The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority on Sisterhood and Community | American Women | Vogue

I think it’s just great to be in this group of women who all strive for excellence new service over here you guys sisterhood thriving over here it’s just really like a great place to grow and become who you will be [Applause] tell me about becoming a queen so we had

A pageant here well we have a pageant traditionally every year since 1982 what are your responsibilities in the Queen a well for most I have to excuse my platform that I’m passionate about in my platform is mental health and the importance of it that what you’re going

To do when you graduate yes I want to incorporate that passion with arts so that I can kind of create a platform for people to openly discuss things like mental health from the age of four I knew I want to be a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated I

Remember being a little girl and walking in like Walmart or Belk or Dillard’s and I remember looking at women and I can literally walk up to them and say are you an aka and I knew immediately they were aka by the way they carrot themselves it’s my 50th I’m golden this

Year my golden Tim hi you guys I’m 51 no never know how strong she is until you put into hogwash you never know how strong a woman is until you put her at the hot water and you are a strong system thank you [Applause] You

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