Alpha Kappa Alpha: 100 Plus Years of the Ivy "Spreading and Climbing"

[RitaMae1908]

Originally Posted by IlovemyAKA

The chapter took a pic with her. I'm undecided about the Ivy Ball. Will you be here?

I won't be there this year due to prior engagements...

A chapter Soror sent me the link to the pics taken at the program!

http://rodneymendel.smugmug.com/

^^^^Check them out here Sorors!

[AKA2D '91]

http://video.knbc.com/player/?id=216502


I had to share this with those on the other side of the tracks.

[IlovemyAKA]

Originally Posted by RitaMae1908

I won't be there this year due to prior engagements...

A chapter Soror sent me the link to the pics taken at the program!

http://rodneymendel.smugmug.com/

^^^^Check them out here Sorors!

pic #37 of 51 is one of a few of my chapter Sorors. I should've stayed for the pic! booo!

[Steeltrap]

Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

http://video.knbc.com/player/?id=216502


I had to share this with those on the other side of the tracks.

Very nice. I know two of the sorors who were interviewed in this video, and I also need to go to L.A. and see the exhibit. I had a conflict and didn't make it to the reception.

[AKA2D '91]

Trust me, there was no way the tv station could capture the entire exhibit. That segment would have been much longer. There was so much history in that exhibit, that you would need an entire day (at the least) to go through it extinsively. It's well worth the trip.



ETA: Yeah, one was your former RD.

[Ideal08]

Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

There was so much history in that exhibit, that you would need an entire day (at the least) to go through it extinsively. It's well worth the trip.

TRUE DAT!!!!! I got kicked out of the museum when I went. I had no idea so much time had passed and the museum had closed. They were doing their closing sweeps when they found me and told me I had to leave. I wasn't done yet, either. I only had one more part to see and they still made me leave. Hmph.

But I am glad it was here in Cinci and that I didn't have to travel for it. But I would have b/c it was definitely worth it!!! Soror ST, go early and make a day of it so you can take your time (and not get kicked out, lol).

[btb87]

Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

http://video.knbc.com/player/?id=216502


I had to share this with those on the other side of the tracks.

Love it!

[CountryGurl]

Peggy Quince, Florida Supreme Court Justice and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha's International Membership Committee, has been elected chief justice, the highest judicial position in the state.

Quince's milestone is doubly significant. She becomes the first black woman to lead the Florida Supreme Court or any branch of state government. The chief justice also oversees the entire state court system.

http://www.aka1908.com/news/qince_3/

[Exxtra1908]

Sorors,

The time is fast approaching. As a member of one of the hosting chapters, I look forward to meeting all of my beautiful sisters. If you can think of anything that would make the experience even better please express your suggestions.

[SummerChild]

Soror,
Someone paying my registration fee that I just coughed up would have made it better! Whew. Alpha Kappa Alpha is a *serious* matter! I'm going home to lie down now.... LOL.
SC

Originally Posted by Exxtra1908

Sorors,

The time is fast approaching. As a member of one of the hosting chapters, I look forward to meeting all of my beautiful sisters. If you can think of anything that would make the experience even better please express your suggestions.

[Exxtra1908]

Soror,
I feel you. LOL at "laying down".

[btb87]

Sorors,

Slideshows are available on the website showcasing our Centennial Walk. Look for your chapters and Sorors!

[CountryGurl]

July 7, 2008Recommend (31)

BY CHERYL V. JACKSON cjackson@suntimes.com
The women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority really know how to get dolled up -- and focus on business.

They'll show that this week when they hit Washington, D.C., about 35,000 strong, for their biennial convention and get a look at one of their newest members: Barbie.


Mattel Inc. created the limited-edition AKA Centennial Barbie, the first Barbie based on any sorority.

The doll, outfitted in a pink and green evening gown, matching jeweled shoes and gold jewelry, honors the Chicago-headquartered sorority, the first established by black women.

The sorority has inducted about 200,000 members -- including actress Phylicia Rashad, educator Marva Collins and author Toni Morrison -- since its founding at Howard University in 1908.

The AKA Barbie has some company. Another business, the Sisterhood Boutique, last year modeled a collectible doll on the sorority. That creation, the $125 Ivy Rose (www.sister hoodboutique.com), made its way into official gift bags for celebrity presenters at the Grammy Awards in February.

The Mattel doll will sell for $50 through the Barbie Collector catalog, the Barbie Collector.com Web site and retailers. The sorority gets a percentage of the sales.

Mattel isn't the only company eager to work with AKA. Among the sorority's other recent corporate deals:

• • Converse has designed shoes for Alpha Kappa Alpha and five other black Greek-letter organizations and will sponsor a march at the AKA convention.

• • Chase last year gave AKA more than $100,000 to support an African-American home ownership initiative.

• • DNA tracing firm African Ancestry Inc. has partnered with the group.

The sorority expects its members to drop more than $100 million in Washington during the weeklong convention, which kicks off Friday.

http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1...rbie07.article
Click where it says ENLARGE to get a bigger picture.

[Little32]

Love it!

[Anticipatience]

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