Sisterhood is apart we share hey we know is always there wise men say Only true akv in a sorority take my hand take my whole life too we can’t help being in love with you sister is a Barbie share for a cake oh hey you know it’s always true We hey we know it’s always there wise men say only true aka never be in a sorority hello on behalf of the illustrious iota lambda chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated we would like to welcome each and every one of you for coming to our Founders Day celebration this wonderful evening for
109 years Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority has been setting records and making strides the purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority it is a cultivate and emerge high scholastic and ethical standards to promote unity and friendship among college women Society and I believe it promises very girls and women in order
To improve their social stature to maintain an interest in college life and to get service to all mankind since nineteen hundred and eight Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority has been serving the community and countless of others through our international program launching new dimensions of service we focus on five target areas the first
Educational enrichment the first of our national target to the educational enrichment the focus on this initiative was three programs the first being of sin in which we help young women in the community by tutoring them the second being the one-million backpack program in this program we collect school supplies for underprivileged children in
The community as well and then the last being think HBCU and this one we promote HBCU awareness our second target is health promotion we focus on three areas Alzheimer’s disease heart disease and mental illness in the fall participate in our annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s
And a spring we have our pink goes red for heart disease art art initiative is family strengths we highlight childhood hunger which occurs in October when we launch partnerships with local food pantries in addition we collect and donate season around things like coaches sweaters for families in need lastly we enhance fiscal responsibility
To conduct business we enhance physical responsibility by conducting events that focus on budgeting and financial planning our fourth national target is environmental ownership we pride ourselves on being stewards of the environment from planting a garden at our local Boys and Girls Club for our aka 1908 playground project to promoting
Recycling preventing littering and waste management through our acts of green program Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated leads by example through daily green efforts within our local community this national target is Ola impact Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority honors partnerships with the UN AUSA as well as Africa through the implementation of
Projects such as the global classroom project as well as the youth hunger initiative this is displayed through constant efforts to teach today’s young youth about the complex society that awaits them as well as making dresses for girls in African countries okay doing everything got a fee sisters
A feelin that sisterhood is being taught today by the illustrious ladies of a came I’m saying that sisterhood is deep hanji are – Dorothy found it and I see no way I got a feeling I gotta feel it yeah sisterhood is being taught today by the sorority founded in 1908 got a
Feeling I got a feeling that sisterhood is being taught today by the sorority founded in 1908 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated on January 15th 1908 at Howard University and we have 20 illustrious pearls yes 20 mm okay Abdo henchman liar our visionary head our guiding light right
What is it down with the beautiful vision to create this illustrious sorority Randall was an educator and there’s notable contributions to her profession by becoming the first black teacher in Oklahoma Hey always always Anna Easter Brown yeah she played a key role in burning the final constitution in Barlow’s while
Documenting Alpha Kappa Alpha history as an instructor she improved the social stature of the black community by educating her students of their history Beulah Elizabeth Burke created the neg the colors and the motto she also organized three undergrad chapters and so graduate Lily birth was born in Hereford North
Carolina she was a co-creator of our model by culture and by Mary she was also an educator an English professor who helped change the lives of her students margaret flag homes the heritage muse put her mark on our sorority by hoping to create its first constitution and bylaws but is perhaps
Most notable for providing the first sketches of our founding members Marjorie who uh-huh during her time at her university she served our community in our illustrious aura tea after graduating from Howard University she continued her teaching career at Morgan College she did why Lavinia Norman was our longest
Living founder she was an educator for over 40 years and taught the languages of English Latin and French she became an IV beyond the wall at the diamond age of 100 years old Lucy dig slow is behind the creation of the first junior high school in the Washington DC area
She served as its principal from 1919 to 1922 until she became the women’s team at Howard University Lucy Dix low was an amazing athlete she went over 17 titles and her sport of tennis and became the first African American women woman to win a national title and tennis here in the United
States now okay Marie woofle Taylor she became the first secretary of our sorority she also helped to drop our sororities first constitution and bylaws additionally Chicago ADA from our University magna laude and 1908 don’t muck normal Elizabeth Tory was an educated in a director alpha Papa alpha natural poly
Mystic council being the face for Human Rights echo Jones Mowbray Medicaid in the development of art sororities signature expansion programs she was even coined as the inspiration behind her educational enrichment initiative Marie join as a sophomore she entered the Teachers College at Howard University and 1906 while at Howard she
Wrote many articles I was republished in the Howard University journals everything Sarah Merriweather nutty was well known for having helped to establish the new chapter at West Virginia State University as well as chartering the beta beta Omega chapter in Charleston Joanna Barry shield she served as an educator
For more than 20 years and she was also a leader in civic activities while serving on the New York mayor’s committee for human right Carrie Elizabeth Snowden not only was she an educator but she was also a learner after graduating from the prestigious University Howard University in 1910
She returned 33 years later to continue her education she also chartered the first Washington DC graduate chapter SCI Omega Harriet Josephine Terry she composed Alpha Kappa Alpha initiation him she also was the first sophomore to become president of the Alpha chapter of my sorority Julia eat Brooks received her
Bachelor’s degree from Howard University and her master’s degree from Columbia University she dedicated her life to education as she served as the assistant principal and the dean of girls at the prestigious Dunbar High School in Washington DC Nellie Mae wanders led the incorporation of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority she was also a leader in civic and community affairs where she served on the board of directors for the YMCA YWCA and other organizations Shea look right Nellie Pratt Russell was the first supreme vice president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority many bitter Smith one of our incorporators she was involved in
The process of expanding our sorority who caught the petitions and perseverance she fought to protect the ideas principles and brand I make the essence of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority right I got Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated deep first and define it all right during our early years Alpha Kappa Alpha emphasized black
Consciousness and awareness through programs focusing on history literature art in music in 1935 Alpha Kappa Alpha launched its Mississippi health project bringing primary health care to children in rural Mississippi via the Alpha Kappa Alpha mobile clinic the first mobile clinic and the United States why course like our initiatives in our programs our
Members are also first in many ways all right Kamala Harris was the first black woman to be elected to the US Senate representing California and Katherine Johnson Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson were these first black women to have a monumental role and launching a man into orbit securing the United States place
In the space race in Vegas this was Kappa Alpha is nothing short of extraordinary we are innovative and we are impactful okay okay let’s go yeah yes this is free yes that’s a to beat and xax to be the first the finest in head free single right can see that concede
It that’s what they say but your number what way enemy da hi Elsa Lanchester aka and I love it I love it I love it I love it I love it I love my a hey [Applause]
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