SISTER NETWORK

JULY 1, 2023
Upcoming Attachments
Events -Updated Officers and Committee
July 15-Treasurer's Report
Chairs
July 15-Rosebud Nominations
-Fall Board Registration
July 20-23 International Conference-
-23-24 Yearbook Criteria
Phoenix
-You can Do Yearbook
August-19-Fall Board

Dear Alabama State Sisters,

President's Newsletter
It honors yet humbles me to serve as your Alabama State President for the 2023-2025 biennium.
You each have been an influence and encouragement to me as you epitomize key women educators
who reach beyond yourself to make a lasting impact.

Our founders’ purposes give us a clear outline of steps to achieve success for our chapter and state
organization. Honoring exceptional women educators, impacting education, uniting, and advancing
women in education are the pillars of our organization
that are as vital today as in 1929 when our foundation was laid. By focusing on and committing to
these goals as a priority, we will continue to make a difference and share our passion for DKG.

The Texas Twelve and our state founders valued the purposes that directed them, they made those
goals a priority, and they applied passion to the task. As they combined these three essentials, they
worked as a cohesive unit composed of women of differing
backgrounds, interests, and talents. The accomplishments are evidenced by the worldwide sphere
of influence that our organization now maintains.

We must put the pieces together as differently-skilled women to carry on our founders’ legacy. The
purposes of honoring professional women educators, encouraging growth, being informed and
united are essential in continuing to impact education and remain
an effective force for furthering education.

Our foundation of purposes must be a present-day priority. We must act intentionally to continue
the legacy of impacting. As we do this, we, like our founders, will exhibit a contagious passion, not
only for our organization, but for each of our sisters.

A goal for the upcoming biennium will be to continue to provide resources, solutions,
encouragement, workshops, and assistance to chapters. As your Alabama state leaders, we want to
serve and give support as you seek to grow and connect with educators. We request that you join in
and help us achieve this goal by completing the chapter survey that will be available at Fall Board
on August 19 th at Dalraida Church of Christ in Montgomery.
Additionally, we hope you will honor one member with fewer than 8 years by nominating her as your
chapter Rosebud before July 15th and bring her with you to Fall Board. The nominees will be
recognized, and we will seek their input on ways that our organization can help them personally and
professionally in the challenges they face. We can then share this information to the benefit of each
chapter.

Finally, I request that you show your passion and join this biennium in contributing to the Autism
Support of Alabama organization or local autism projects as the Alabama State Organization Project
for 2023-2025. This project is dear to my heart as I have grown in understanding through personal
experiences with my lovely granddaughter Claire.

When the pieces of our “Purpose, Priority, and Passion” unite, imagine the resulting creation. Picture
a completed puzzle, a pieced keepsake quilt, a kaleidoscope of beautiful colors, a stained-glass
window, a mosaic of intricate design, or a force of sisters working collectively to further education
and leave a legacy that blesses. That force is Alabama State Organization DKG!

Thank you for all you do for DKG. Hope to see you at Fall Board.
Ann Jones
Alabama State Organization President 2023-2025
Putting the Pieces Together: Purpose, Priority, and Passion

Reminders
-Please send prayer requests, news celebrations to President Ann
anndkg@gmail.com or Corresponding Secretary Amy stillsdkg@gmail.com
-Please share this newsletter with your chapter presidents.
-Please note the updated officers and committee chairs in the attached form,
these need to be included in your yearbooks.
-Attached are the 23-24 Yearbook Criteria and the You Can Do a Yearbook
information that is attached. This will help you in developing your yearbook.
-Fall Board Registration is attached. Hope to see you there!