NPHC BGLOers: Why Did you Join?

[Blacksocialite]

I love this topic too!

Some of the most elegant and impressive women I have had the pleasure and honor of claiming as mentors are Alpha Kappa Alpha women including my cousins (who were my first influence).

There is an indescribable majesty that these Alpha Kappa Alpha women possessed that I was determined to emulate. I am also extremely impressed and proud of our founders' vision of claiming femininity for Black women (in the selection of the colors, flower, pearls, etc.) during a time in American history when we were just a few years removed from slavery.

We are often subjected to stereotypes of being too girly and superficial as a consequence. But when we look how Black womanhood is being attacked in the media and music industry today, I am reminded of our founders who were the architects of the Black Sorority movement in America and; their foresight to leave us the great legacy in continuing to claim and reclaim our femininity as Black women.

Someone hand me a tissue...