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Risky Business
Personal Risk – a reminder to our Sorors and those we serve
“Safety is a Serious Matter”
P lease
follow these basic precautions during your stay in St. Louis.
l. Any medicine that you require should be kept in your tote/purse at all times.
2. Keep your insurance card and name of your primary care provider with you.
3. Sit in the appropriate areas as designated.
4. Be mindful of older sorors who might need your assistance.
5. Consider using the safe in your room or the hotel safe deposit system.
6. Lock your luggage when it is left in your room. Secure electronic devices.
7. Remove your key from the jacket that identifies your room.
8. Hang expensive clothing under other items, as thieves shop for what they can see.
9. Don’t leave your door ajar just because you are going down the hall for ice. Lock the door
and take the key.
10. Always walk with at least one other person. Keep on well-traveled routes.
(from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Safety Tips)
"New Dimensions of Leadership"
Submitted by Soror Jacqueline Brown
To be a leader takes courage – one of the most important virtues of all. Without cour-
age, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently. You can be kind for a while; you
can be generous for a while; you can be just for a while, or merciful for a while, even
loving for a while. But if you wish to lead and lead well, it is only with courage that you
can be persistently kind and generous and fair. Paraphrased from Maya Angelou
And remember that the challenge of leadership is to be strong but not rude; be kind,
but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful but not lazy; be humble but not
timid; be proud but not arrogant because in the end, your job is to produce more
leaders, not more followers.
In the Spirit of Learning and Leading,
The Leadership Development Committee
Soror Faye Terrell-Perkins, Chairman