All Entries Tagged With: "Alpha kappa alpha"
Metro Detroit AKAs Giving Back
Source It is not always easy to put the needs of others before your own, but that feeling you get when you serve your fellow man is phenomenal. That is something Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior believed in and my sorority sisters do, too. On the day when the nation remembers the dream, the legacy [...]
AKA Soror Kristen Bridges Among Top Student-Athletes at Ole Miss
Source A West Jones High School graduate is among 10 Ole Miss student-athletes selected to the 2011-12 Who’s Who Among students In American Universities and Colleges for the University of Mississippi. Jones County resident Kristen Bridges, daughter of Rev. W. E. and Janice Bridges, is among those selected for the honor. She is a member [...]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Arrives at Washington and Lee University
Source At Howard University in 1908, sisters Beulah and Lillie Burke helped to found Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority. At Washington and Lee University 103 years later, sisters Devin Cooper ’11 and Amber Cooper ’12 helped to found a W&L chapter of that Greek organization. “We tease them and call them the Burke sisters,” said Tamara [...]
Alpha Kappa Alpha to Celebrate The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with Annual Commemorative Breakfast
PEOPLE MOTIVATING OTHERS (PMO) and PI MU OMEGA CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WITH ANNUAL COMMEMORATIVE BREAKFAST Charitable Organization Challenges Community to Do Something for Others; Community Leader and United States Army Officer Brigadier General Barrye L. Price will honor us with a [...]
Cox Promotes AKA Soror Rhonda Taylor To Chief People Officer
Source Cox Louisiana human-resources executive Rhonda Taylor has been named the Cox Communications chief people officer, effective immediately, succeeding Mae Douglas, who announced her retirement recently. Douglas is leaving at the end of the year and will assist in the transition. Taylor, who also has been named executive vice president, reports to Cox president Patrick Esser. [...]
Obituary: AKA Soror Dr. Pamela C. Williams, 57
Age 57 of Nashville, passed on November 21, 2011 following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Dr. Pamela Williams was born in Savannah, GA and was educated in the public schools of that city. She completed three years of medical undergraduate studies at Fisk University before entering Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine. Dr. [...]
AKA/EPA Unite to Educate Underserved Communities on Environmental Risks
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA/UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNITE TO EDUCATE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS Collaboration will promote environmental and green awareness Chicago, Illinois – November 26, 2011 – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have joined forces to protect communities from environmental health risks through an aggressive and [...]
Mount Laurel AKAs To Honor Seniors at Annual Senior Buddy Luncheon
Since 1978, Theta Pi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. ® has honored senior citizens in the community during the holiday season. The chapter believes the contribution senior citizens make to society is invaluable. “The Senior Buddy Luncheon enables us to serve and embrace our seniors with love and gratitude,” comments Yvette Sample, President of the Theta Pi Omega Chapter, “the luncheon is a [...]
The NPHC of Marquette University Presents The 2012 Brew City Stomp Down Step Show
The National Pan-Hellenic Council of Marquette University Presents The 2012 Brew City Stomp Down Step Show Sponsored By City Year Milwaukee On Saturday, February 4, 2012, the National Pan-Hellenic Council of Marquette University once again brings you Wisconsin’s largest step show- and this time it’s BETTER THAN EVER. Featuring the organizations of the Divine Nine: Alpha [...]
Gwinnett County AKA Chapter Accepts Applications for $1,000 Biz Grants
$1,000 Economic Success = Partnership Grants Available Lawrenceville, GA – November 30, 2011, the Upsilon Alpha Omega Chapter, along with its non-profit affiliate, The Gwinnett Pearls of Service Foundation, Incorporated, will end the application phase in their second Economic Success = Partnership business grant program. First awarded at the beginning of 2011, these $1,000 grants [...]
