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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 819 Offered January 24, 2017 Commending the Upsilon Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. ----------
Patrons-- Bagby, Aird, Carr, Hayes, McQuinn, Price, Torian and Ward; Senators: Dance and McClellan
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WHEREAS, the Upsilon Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., has engaged in tireless volunteer and community action efforts in the greater Richmond area for the past 46 years; and

WHEREAS, the Upsilon Nu Chapter was chartered in October 1971, and since that time its members have been actively engaged in the Richmond community, participating in activities such as the national Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, voter registration efforts, and the Million Man March, among others; and

WHEREAS, in April 2016, the Upsilon Nu Chapter received the Social Action Chapter of the Year award, a recognition of the members’ outstanding volunteer efforts among 39 other Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Chapters in Virginia and Washington, D.C.; and

WHEREAS, in July 2016, Richmond Mayor Dwight Clinton Jones issued a proclamation recognizing the Upsilon Nu Chapter’s many years of community service in the greater Richmond area; and

WHEREAS, the Upsilon Nu Chapter’s honorable social action efforts have been spearheaded by its leadership team, many of whom have been awarded Omega Man of the Year for their unwavering dedication to the community; and

WHEREAS, since 1976, the Upsilon Nu Scholarship and Social Action Foundation has awarded more than $280,000 in scholarships to college-bound high school seniors in the greater Richmond area; and

WHEREAS, members of the Upsilon Nu Chapter have exemplified the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s principles of manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Upsilon Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., for its tireless volunteer and community action efforts in the greater Richmond area for the past 46 years; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Upsilon Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for the organization’s outstanding commitment to improving the lives of the citizens of greater Richmond.