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alpha kappa alpha

international service organization- the oldest greek letter organization established by African American college-educated women.

Founded

Howard University Campus (D.C) 1908

Territories

United States, Bahamas, Canada, Germany, Japan, Liberia, Nigeria, South Korea, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and US virgin islands.

International President

Danette Anthony Reed- Dallas, Texas

Founded: Five Basic Tenets

• to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards,

• to promote unity and friendship among college women,

• to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature,

• to maintain a progressive interest in college life,

• and to be of “Service to All Mankind.”

Founders

January 15th, 1908- Apart of the 25 women who received bachelor of arts degrees from Howard university between 1908-1911

NINE FOUNDERS

Anna Easter Brown

Beulah Burke

Lillie Burke

Majorie Hill

Margaret Flagg Holmes

Ethel Hedgemon (Lyle)

Lucy Diggs Slowe

Marie Woolfolk (Taylor)

Ethel Hedgemon

Leader-Hedgemon experienced numerous notable achievements in her life and her career, among them included being the first female African-American to teach in a “normal” school in Oklahoma,

First Ivy beyond the wall

Majorie Hill (1909)

Nellie Quander

Lead Incorporater

INCORPORATED IN 1913 IN DC JAN 29 1913

Longest Living Founder

Lavinia Norman (1983)

First Ivy Day

May 25 1909 (Miner Hall HOWARD U)

1st Supreme Basileus

Nellie May Qaunder

Highest Honor

Honorary Membership

First Honorary Member

Jane Addams- Nobel Peace Prize

What is Africare

The oldest and largest African American orginization devoted to development in Africa to improve quality of life (1970)

First Initiation

Feburary 11th 1909

All incorporators

Nellie M. Quander,

Julia Evangeline Brooks,

Nellie Pratt Russel,

Minnie B. Smith

Official Symbol

Green Enameled Ivy Leaf

Official Flower

Pink Tea Rose

Official Magazine

The Ivy Leaf Magazine (Published 1921)

President

Basileus

VP

Anti-Basielus

Treasurer

Tamiouchos

Recording Secretary

Grammateus

20 Pearls

Founders and Incorporators

Service Targets

 1. Strengthen Our Sisterhood

2. Empower Our Families

3. Build Our Economic Wealth

4. Enhance Our Environment

5. Advocate for Social Justice

6.​​​ Uplift Our Local Community

Mission Statement

Global Leadership through timeless service

Important Themes

1. Importance of the individual

2. The strength of an organization of women of ability and courage

20 PEARLS

Founders and Incorporators

Motto

By culture and By Merit

Boule

Bi-ennually/ Twice a Year

Sophmore Pearls (7)

Norma Elizabeth Boyd,

Ethel Jones Mowbray,

Alice P. Murray,

Sarah Merriweather Nutler,

Joanna Mary Berry Sheilds,

Carry Snowden,

Harriet Josephine Terry

Divine Nine

Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Phi Psi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta., Sigma Gamma Rho, Iota Phi Theta,

When was the National Pan Hellenic Council Founded

May 10 1930, HOWARD, Incorporated 1937

NPHC Headquarters

Indiana University

When did Alpha Kappa Alpha start using greek names?

1913

Where was the second chapter chartered?