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When and where was Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founded? - ANSWER 1908. Howard University. Washington, D.C. Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? - ANSWER To make college experiences meaningful and valuable by enhancing the capacity of college-trained women for significant self-realization Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and by whom was she influenced? - ANSWER Ethel Hedgemen Lyle; Tremain Robinson and Elizabeth Appa Cook (school teachers) How are chapter program activities determined? - ANSWER By the International Program Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus How many individuals were in the original group? - ANSWER Nine; Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle), Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe and Marie Woolfolk (Taylor) Who was elected as the first president? - ANSWER Lucy Diggs Slowe Who are the seven (7) Sophomores who were admitted into the sorority without initiation in 1928? - ANSWER The Seven (7) Sophomores: Norma Boyd, Ethel Jones (Mowbray), Alice Murray, Sarah Meriweather (Nutter), Joanna Berry (Shields), Carrie Snowden and Harriet Terry "Ivy Beyond the Wall" meaning - ANSWER Deceased soror January 15, 1908 - ANSWER AKA was founded January 29, 1913 - ANSWER AKA was incorporated Programs for Graduate Members - ANSWER Fellowships, financial aid, job placement When and where was the first international chapter set up? - ANSWER 1948 in Libera When was the first national office opened? - ANSWER October 8, 1949 Cleveland Job Corps Center - ANSWER 1965: First woman's organization to have opportunity to assisted the government in preparing women and girls for the responsibilities of citizenship through an anti-poverty program.
Heritage Series on Black Women - ANSWER 1968: A series of brochures detailing the accomplishments of Black women. Domestic Travel Tour - ANSWER 1969: One week tour of cities with sites, significant to Black heritage. AKA Connection - ANSWER A Communication Network. Leadership Fellows Program - ANSWER Two-phase development program for undergraduates designed to improve their leadership skills via structured theoretical exposure and pragmatic training. The History Committee - ANSWER TBD Current International Program - ANSWER Launching New Dimensions of Service Where is the sorority's Corporate Office? - ANSWER 5656 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 773-684- Corporate Office's Chief Adminstrator - ANSWER Executive Director; Maintains permanent records, transacts business, implements AKA programs. Chapter president and role - ANSWER Presides at all meetings of the chapter, appoints members of committees, and serves as an ex-officio member of all committees. Local chapters and functions - ANSWER TBD Chapter Standing Committees - ANSWER TBD Greek word for President - ANSWER Basileus Greek word for Vice-President - ANSWER Anti-Basileus Greek word for Secretary - ANSWER Grammateus Greek word for Assistant Secretary - ANSWER Anti-Grammateus Greek word for Treasurer - ANSWER Tamiouchos Greek word for Financial Secretary - ANSWER Pecunious Grammateus Greek word for Hostess - ANSWER Hodegos Greek word for Sergeant-at-Arms - ANSWER Phliacter
AKA Chief Officer - ANSWER Supreme Basileus; Presides at all meetings of the Boule and Directorate. Appoints the chairmen and members of all sorority committees, filling any vacancies. Exercises general supervision over employed personnel and over the Boule. How many undergraduate and graduate chapters are there in AKA? - ANSWER How many regions make up AKA? - ANSWER 10, including the International Region. Which states make up the North Atlantic region where you live? - ANSWER CT, DE,DC, Eastern NY, Eastern PA, MA, ME, MD, NH, NJ RI, VT Who is the Regional Director of your region? - ANSWER Meredith L. Henderson What is a Regional Conference? - ANSWER A study session designed to clarify procedures and resolve problems of the chapters within a region through workshops, discussions, demonstrations, and other types of group activity. How often are Regional Conferences held? - ANSWER Annually. What is the Leadership Seminar? - ANSWER A training session for officers and members which is held in alternate years when the Boule doesn't meet. When may the Bylaws be amended? - ANSWER At a regular meeting of the Boule by two-thirds of the votes cast, provided that the proposed amendments shall have been circulated to chapters no later than April 30 preceding the Boule. How far in advance is the Supreme Basileus of AKA elected? - ANSWER Four years; she serves as First Supreme Anti-Basileus for four years following her elections, and then is installed as Supreme Basileus. How does a Soror become a member of an International Committee? - ANSWER Appointed by Supreme Basileus; Nominated Committee is composed of elected regional representatives. What is the "Ivy Leaf?" - ANSWER The official publication of the sorority. Which former Supreme Basilei are still living? - ANSWER Carolyn House Stewart, Esq. (28), Barbara Anne McKinzie, LHD (27), Norma Solomon White, LHD (25), Eva Lois Allmon Evans, PhD(24), Faye Beverly Bryant (21), Bernice Irene Sumlin, LHD (19), Mattelia Bennett Grays, EdD (18) To whom do you report to as a candidate? What is her role? - ANSWER Membership Chairman; Serves as liaison between the chapter and the candidates.
When and where was Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founded? - ANSWER 1908. Howard University. Washington, D.C. What is the official flower? - ANSWER Pink Tea Rose What are the five targets of launching new dimensions of service? - ANSWER Target 1. Educational enrichment. Target 2. Health promotion. Target 3. Family strengthening. Target 4 Environment. Target 5. Global impact How many Articles are in the constitution and bylaws? - ANSWER 8 articles. Article 1. Name; Article 2. Purpose; Article 3. organization Article 4. governing body: Boule; Article 5. bylaws; Article 6. Regions. Article. 7 chapters; Article. 8 amendments What is the rank order governing documents? - ANSWER 1. Constitution and bylaws
- Manual of Standard Procedure
- Chapter bylaws
- Roberts rules of order Who is the Chapter President? What is her role? - ANSWER Shirelle Ripetta. To preside at all meetings of the chapter, appoint members of chapter committees, and serve as an ex-officio member of all committees. Who is the Vice President? - ANSWER Stacy Sherman Who is Recording Secretary? - ANSWER Gloria Robinson Who is the Assistant Recording Secretary? - ANSWER Temika Edwards Who is the Corresponding Secretary? - ANSWER Alia Coggins Who is the Treasurer? - ANSWER Yolanda Pinckney Who is the Assistant Treasurer? - ANSWER LaShell Robinson Who is the Financial Secretary? - ANSWER Kim Ellington Who is the Assistant Financial Secretary? - ANSWER Diedre Jernigan Who is the Historian? - ANSWER Tracey Spain
Walker-Steele, Central Regional Director;Jan Carpenter-Baker, Mid-Western Regional Director; Carol R. Dixon, Far Western Regional Director; Gizette L. Thomas, Esq., International Regional Director Founder Facts: Anna Easter Brown - ANSWER Born: 1879 - Died: 1957 Educator Anna Easter Brown was the first treasurer of Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. While at Howard University, Brown was an honor student, a library aide, a member of the school choir and a passionate writer. She graduated from Howard University in 1909 and began her teaching career in Bricks, NC, where she ultimately taught in Rocky Mount, NC for over 30 years. She also was the chartering president of Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in that city in 1925. Brown was an advocate of history and was known especially for her annual Negro History Week Founder Facts:Beulah Elizabeth Burke - ANSWER Beulah Elizabeth Burke Born: 1885 - Died: 1975 Educator Beulah Elizabeth Burke is credited with having created the name, motto and colors of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She became a charter member and president of Beta Omega Chapter in Kansas City, MO, a charter member and president of Mu Omega Chapter in Kansas City, KS and chartered the first three undergraduate chapters of the sorority that were established after incorporation. Although she trained to be a language teacher, she demonstrated mastery in home economics, resulting in administrators requesting her to concentrate in the area and leading to a master's degree in home economics. Ms. Burke taught in public schools (Kansas City, MO and Atlantic City, NJ) and at a state institution in Dover, DE, served as manager of a housing project (Atlantic City, NJ) and was director of a residence hall for female government employees (Washington, D.C.) Founder Facts: Lillie E. Burke - ANSWER Lillie E. Burke Birth: 1884 - Died: 1949 Educator Lillie E. Burke enrolled in Howard University's preparatory academy in tandem with her year-younger sister Beulah and subsequently they both enrolled in Howard's College of Liberal Arts at the same time. At the time of the formation of the Sorority, Burke, like her sister, was an honor student, a Greek scholar and a senior. She is credited with having helped with the creation of the Alpha Kappa Alpha motto and was a charter member of Xi Omega Chapter, the first graduate chapter in the District of Columbia. After graduation, Burke accepted her first teaching assignment at Downing Institute in Downingtown, PA, where she began a career where she distinguished herself as a gifted teacher. Founder Facts: Marjorie Hill - ANSWER Marjorie Hill Birth: Unknown - Died: 1909
Educator Marjorie Hill was a senior at Howard when she joined the small group that went on to form the sorority and graduated in May of 1908. She chose to pursue a teaching career at Morgan College in Lynchburg, VA immediately after her undergraduate degree was conferred. Not much is known of Hill after she left Howard University as she died during the summer of 1909, becoming the group's first Ivy Beyond the Wall (deceased member of AKA). Founder Facts: Margaret Flagg (Holmes) - ANSWER Margaret Flagg (Holmes) Birth: 1886 - Died: 1976 Educator Margaret Flagg helped write Alpha Kappa Alpha's first constitution and bylaws. It is through her recorded recollections about the personalities of the other original founders that the character sketches of those pioneering young women now exist for future generations of members. Nine years after her graduation, the talented teacher married and moved back home to her childhood home of Chicago. Once back home, Holmes served as vice president and recording secretary of Theta Omega Chapter. Her community involvement continued with her involvement in the NAACP, the YWCA and the Chicago school system, which recognized her as an outstanding Latin teacher. An avid traveler, she toured the United States, Canada and Europe with her husband John. Founder Facts: Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle) - ANSWER Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle) Birth: 1887 - Died: 1950 Educator Ethel Hedgeman was the visionary and principal founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Her warmth and outgoing personality, combined with a strong desire to join with other collegians with like minds and exceptional talents for the betterment of themselves and mankind, propelled her to spearhead the movement that led to the founding of the nation's first black sorority. Hedgeman experienced numerous notable achievements in life and her career upon her graduation, among them marriage to George Lyle, being the first African-American to teach in a "normal" school in Oklahoma, founding the Mother's Club of Philadelphia, being a charter member of the West Philadelphia League of Women Voters and chairing the Philadelphia Mayor's Committee of 100 Women Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Within the sorority she played such an integral part in founding, she served as national treasurer for 23 years, was a charter member and president of Omega Omega Chapter in Philadelphia and was the only member ever to be named Honorary Supreme Basileus (International President) Founder Facts: Lavinia Norman - ANSWER Lavinia Norman Birth: 1882 - Died: 1983
American Red Cross, the YWCA, the NAACP and was an organizer for Atlanta's Community Chest, a precursor of the United Way. What are the Greek words for Alpha Kappa Alpha? What do they mean? - ANSWER Askosi, Kai, Axiosis; Our Motto: BY CULTURE AND BY MERIT, is taken from words formed from the initial letter of the words, Alpha Kappa Alpha. Alpha Kappa Alpha Colors - ANSWER Apple Green and Salmon Pink signifying Abundance of Life, Womanliness, Fidelity and Love. Alpha Kappa Alpha Symbol - ANSWER The Ivy signifies Strength and Endurance. What are the other Greek Organizations in the Divine 9? - ANSWER Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Sigma Gamma Rho, Zeta Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Iota Phi Theta Alpha Kappa Alpha's mission - ANSWER Alpha Kappa Alpha's mission is 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". Moto - ANSWER By Culture and By Merit Who are the twenty Pearls? - ANSWER Founders and Incorporators
