HR 61: 50th Southern Regional Conference and the Centennial Celebration of the Southern Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.; recognize

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia House of Representatives. It recognizes the Southern Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., which was founded in Atlanta in 1926, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary in 2026. The resolution also welcomes attendees of the sorority's 50th Southern Regional Conference, scheduled to be held in Atlanta from August 7 through August 9, 2026. The text praises the sorority's history of public service, scholarship, and community programs, and notes that Georgia previously created a revenue-sharing specialty license plate connected to the organization to fund scholarships and community programs. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to the sorority's regional leadership and two local alumnae chapters. It does not change any Georgia law.

• Formally recognizes and commends the 50th Southern Regional Conference and the Centennial Celebration of the Southern Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
• Welcomes attendees traveling to Atlanta for the conference held August 7 through August 9, 2026.
• Congratulates the sorority on 100 years of service, leadership, scholarship, sisterhood, and social action.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the Southern Regional Director, the Conference Leadership Team, and two named local alumnae chapters.

The resolution directly names the Southern Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., its Southern Regional Director, its Conference Leadership Team, the Decatur Alumnae chapter, and the Stone Mountain-Lithonia Alumnae Chapter, all of whom receive formal recognition and copies of the resolution.

The resolution carries symbolic rather than legal weight. It does not create funding, programs, or legal obligations, but it puts the Georgia House of Representatives on record honoring the sorority's centennial and welcoming conference attendees to Atlanta in August 2026.

• The whereas clauses describe the sorority's 1913 founding at Howard University and the Southern Region's 1926 founding in Atlanta.
• The whereas clauses reference a prior, separate piece of legislation that converted the sorority's Georgia specialty license plate into a revenue-sharing plate funding scholarships and community programs.
• The resolving clause formally recognizes and commends the conference and centennial celebration and congratulates the sorority.
• The final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to specific sorority leaders and chapters.

1. 2026-06-23House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-06-23House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-06-23House Hopper (House)

• Viola Davis (D, HD-087)Primary sponsor
• Terry Cummings (D, HD-039)
• Sheila Jones (D, HD-060)
• Rhonda Burnough (D, HD-077)

• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
• legislative recognition
• Atlanta events
• community organizations