Proclaims Wednesday, March 12, 2008, as the Tenth Annual Alpha Kappa Alpha Day throughout the State of Illinois.
Congratulates Allegra E. Biery, Gloria Santona, Lauren Streicher, Andrea L. Zopp, and the Chicago Foundation for Women on the occasion of being honorees at the Women of Achievement Awards Dinner hosted by the Anti-Defamation League.
Congratulates Dr. J. Kamala Buckner on the occasion of being the recipient of the African American Lifetime Achievement Award from the Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary Frank Houston Council 251.
Congratulates Valerie F. Davis on the occasion of her retirement.
Mourns the death of Leonard Owens Sr.
Congratulates Theodore Gottfried on the occasion of his retirement as Director of the State Appellate Defender in Springfield.
Mourns the death of former Chicago mayor Eugene Sawyer.
Mourns the death of Joan Greene.
Congratulates Gwen Lee on the occasion of her retirement as Thornridge High School's Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction and Professional Development, Director of Special Education, and District Coordinator for Small Learning Communities.
Mourns the death of Rudolph Sherman Jackson of Chicago.
