Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is the first historically African American Greek-lettered sorority. The organization was founded on 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’
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is the first historically African American Greek-lettered sorority. The organization was founded on 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’ The sorority is one of the nation’s largest Greek-letter organizations consisting of college-educated women of many diverse backgrounds from around the world. It serves through a membership of more than 300,000 women in 1,024 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Women may join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university or they may also join through a graduate chapter after acquiring an undergraduate or advanced college degree. Alpha Kappa Alpha is part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. The current International President is Dr. Glenda Glover and the sorority’s document and pictorial archives are located at Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. The first initiation was held in a wing of Miner Hall on Howard University on February 11, 1909. On May 25, 1909, Alpha KappaAlpha held its first \”Ivy Week,\” a celebration that included planting ivy at Miner Hall. A second chapter at the University of Chicago chartered in fall 1913. A year later at the Boulé, the Ivy Leaf was designated as the official organ of the annual’Founders’ Week, paying honor to the founders.
The honor code was established in 1921 and accepted in the same year as the Greek letter ‘ΆΚΑ’ The motto was written by Grace Edwards and was adopted by the 1920 BoulÉ, Phyllis Wheatley Waters and accepted by Phyll is Wheatley. The sor fraternity’s pledge was written in honor of the founders and was written to pay honor to Pearls Pearls, the goddess of learning and learning. The pledge was also written by the founders, paying tribute to the Greek letters ‘KΆK’ and ‘L’ and the Greek word ‘kappa’ The first sorority was incorporated on January 29, 1913; the 1st African-American sorority to do so do so was chartered at Chicago University. In addition to providing scholarship funds for members at school and foreign studies, Alpha Alpha helped to support members by providing scholarship money for school andforeign studies. In the early 20th century, the organization helped to improve social and economic conditions through community service programs. Members have improved education through independent initiatives, contributed to community-building by creating programs and associations, such as the Mississippi Health Clinic, and influenced federal legislation by Congressional lobbying through the National Non-Partisan Lobby on Civil and Democratic Rights. Members who wanted to change the colors, letters, and constitution of the sor fraternity left the organization and formed Delta Sigma Theta in 1913. On January 13, 1913, the members who. wanted to transform Alpha Kappaalpha into a permanent sorority left the group.
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