WRGO SPECIAL INTEREST ARTICLES
Written by VALENCIA “MOTHER DIVA” DANTZLER
AKA (ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY REGIONAL CONFERENCE)
This spring AKA Sorority INC. held their regional conference in Chicago where the headquarters of the organization is located. The
purpose of the conference is to review sorority business and elect new officers . AKA is the oldest Greek-lettered organization established by African-American College Women at Howard University in Washington DC on January 15, 1908, ironically 21 years later this
date became the birthdate of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Their First National President, Nellie Quander, believed in order to continue to grow as a body it
would take faithful and dedicated members keeping their vows to the organization.
On January 29, 1913 AKA SORORITY BECAME INCORPORTATED, ironically several decades
later this date would be the birthdate of media mogul Oprah Winfrey. It was decided that the mission of AKA would be educational and philanthropic.
Please read the Central Region mission statement here.
http://www.akacentral.org/aboutus/aka-national-separator/our-mission-menu.html
WRITER’S NOTE: The below information is taken in part from the AKA website, Houston Style Magazine, and Facebook.
AKA SORORITY INC . INTERNATIONAL PRESIDIENT CAROLYN HOUSE-STEWART
DENOUNCES SLAVE TRAFFICING & HUMAN EXPLOITATION.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority condemns the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian girls and joins the
worldwide rallying cry to “Bring Back Our Girls!”
Speaking on behalf of the Sorority’s 265,000 members and those in 985 chapters worldwide, Carolyn House Stewart, International President, denounced the abductions and declared that the Sorority fully supports U.S. and international efforts to ensure the safe return of these girls.
READ FULL STORY HERE http://stylemagazine.com/news/2014/may/06/alpha-kappa-alphasorority-expresses-outrage-over-/
CAROLYN HOUSE-STEWART was honored with a PHENOMENAL WOMAN GALA AWARDS at
the 20th Anniversary of The Black Women’s Expo .
Like them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/akasorority1908
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