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Questions : What do you know about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (besides the mushy: it's a great organization, full of great women who do great work in the community)? What makes Saturday significant? I mean, what do you know about the organization's Purpose? Do you even know what our current Targets are? What they have been? What, in your honest opinion, is the purpose of a sorority? Now, how does it relate to the purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha? Are they aligned? And do you believe that they HAVE to be aligned in order for you to join the organization?


Saturday is significant because memberfriends commemorate 97 years of service by celebrating their Founders Day. Although founded on January 15, 1908, the organization became a perpetual entity with incorporation on January 29, 1913. The first Greek letter organization for Black women, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated was established by 9 Founders, 7 Sophomores, and later 4 Incorporators (in conjunction with 2 Sophomores) at Howard University. Other than that, I know the purpose, symbol, colors, motto, targets, national programs, and some famous members (many of which are women I revere).

In my opinion, the purpose of a sorority is to promote fellowship and sisterhood among like minded women. In a sorority focused on community service and uplifting their community, these like minded women work together towards common goals. I believe my definition a sorority certainly falls in line with the purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

The purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is:

1. To cultivate high scholastic and ethical standards
2. To promote unity and friendship among college women
3. To study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women
4. To maintain a progressive interest in college life
5. To be supreme in service to all mankind

Under the national program theme of “ The SPIRIT (sisterhood, scholarship, service, partnership, innovation, respect, investment, and technology) of Alpha Kappa Alpha” , the current targets are The Black Family, the Arts, Economic Empowerment, Health, and Education. National programs and foundations to promote and further develop these targets include (and, in the past, have included) the MLK Day of Service, National Family Volunteer Day, AKA Coat Day, ON TRACK programs, Ivy Reading AKAdemy, Partnerships in Math and Science, HIV-AIDS Awareness Programs, Black Dollar Day, Educational Advancement Foundation, women’s suffrage programs, “Buckle Up” program, Cleveland Job Corps Center, Mississippi Health Project, and much much more. Past “targets” include Scholarship, Undergraduate Housing, Health and Social Action, but the focus has always remained the same, to be supreme in service to all mankind.



Question: If a memberfriend invited you to a function and you have a scheduling conflict, what would you do? Would you think it was fair of the memberfriend to refrain from extending future invitations?

If invited to a function, and I have a conflict. Depending on the nature of my originally scheduled commitment, I would try to reschedule. However, if I could not, I would thank the memberfriend again for extending an invitation, express my disappointment, and ask if she would be willing to let me know about another event in the future. Although, I would like to be informed or invited in the future, it would certainly be within her right not to invite me again.

Disclaimer: Pardon me if my wording is not exactly correct in describing your organization. I am speaking from the outside looking in so I may be unclear on specific terminology.