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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority International President to be honored by the
Atlanta Graduate Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha

August 12, 2003- Linda M. White, the 26th International President of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., will receive one of the Spirit of Maynard
Jackson
Awards during the Public Program of the Atlanta Graduate Chapter (Eta Lambda)
on Sunday, September 7, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. The Honorable Marc Morial, former
Mayor of New Orleans and the President and CEO of the National Urban League
will
give the keynote address. Rev. Herman "Skip Mason, president of the local
Atlanta Chapter said, "we are honored that Ms.White is joining us for this
event and further delighted to have the opportunity to present her this award
for
achieving the signal honor of serving as the leader of this premier
organization for African-American women. The AKA's have a stellar record for
their work
both locally, nationally and globally. "

Ms. White, who was initiated into the sorority in Atlanta at Clark College (
now Clark Atlanta University) will join other honorees for this event
including Construction magnate Herman J. Russell; Alexis Scott, Publisher of
the
Atlanta Daily World; Mrs. Coretta Scott King, Founder/King Center for Non
Violent
Social Change; former NBA legend Walt Bellamy, Mayor Patsy Jo Hilliard of
East Point, Georgia, Mrs. Ora Bell Sherman, Legendary Hostess at Paschals'
Restaurant, Mother Mary Hughes, Community Advocate and the Atlanta Alumni
Chapters
of Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta Sigma and Omega Psi Phi Fraternities.

The Second Annual Public Program will honor the legacy of the late Maynard H.
Jackson, first African-American Mayor of the City of Atlanta and a member of
the Eta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The late mayor was
initiated into the fraternity in 1956 at Morehouse College. During the
program,
chapter officers and the local undergraduate chapter officers from Morehouse
College, Clark Atlanta University and Georgia State University will be
installed.


Eta Lambda Chapter, the seventh graduate chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity was established on May 20, 1920. Former members include the late
Alonzo
Franklin Herndon (founder of Atlanta Life Insurance Company); Heman Perry
(founder
of Citizens Trust Bank); former college presidents John Hope and Hugh Gloster
of Morehouse College; Matthew Davage, James P. Brawley and Thomas Cole of
Clark College , now Clark Atlanta University; John H. Lewis and John
Middleton
of Morris Brown College; and Austin T.Walden, first African-American Judge in
Atlanta. Current members include Ambassador Andrew Young, Dr. James Gavin,
President Morehouse School of Medicine; Atlanta City Councilmen Ivory Young
and
Derrick Boazman; Georgia Supreme Court Justices Horace Ward and Robert Benham
and Gregory Baranco of Baranco Car Dealership.

Currently, there are 245 members in the Atlanta chapter housed at the Alpha
Community Center in East Point. The chapter recently leased a portion of the
building to the Kipp Charter School program. This summer at the 97th
Anniversary Convention in Detroit, Michigan, Eta Lambda presented a check
for
$50,000
to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Foundation in memory of Dr. King, a
member of Alpha Phi Alpha and a former member of Eta Lambda Chapter. The
chapter's signature mentorship program "The Sons of Alpha" which targets
junior
and
senior males from the Metropolitan Atlanta School system along with Project
Alpha and the Fatherhood Initiative are key programs of the chapter.

All members of the Metropolitan Atlanta Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority are invited to come out and share in this occasion with President
White
and
the members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The event is free and opened
to the public. Please share and email this release to your local members and
chapters. Formal invitations will be mailed to local chapter presidents.