The
purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is 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."
Founded January
15, 1908 on the campus
of Howard University in Washington, DC and
incorporated on January 29, 1913, Alpha Kappa Alpha is the world's oldest
college-based sorority founded by African-American women.
As
the Sorority grew, it kept in balance two important themes: the importance of
the individual and the strength of an organization of women of ability and
courage. As the world became more complex, there was a need for associations
that cut across racial, geographical, political, physical and social barriers.
Alpha Kappa Alpha's influence extends beyond campus chapters and student
interest. It has a legacy of service that deepens, rather than ends, with
college graduation.
The
Original Group: Ethel
Hedgeman Lyle, Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Elizabeth Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie
Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe and Marie
Woolfolk Taylor
The
Sophomores: Norma
Boyd, Ethel Jones Mowbray, Alice Murray, Sarah Merriweather Nutter, Joanna
Berry Shields, Carrie Snowden and Harriet Terry
The Incorporators: Norma Boyd, Julia Brooks, Ethel Jones Mowbray,
Nellie Quander, Nellie Pratt Russell and Minnie Smith
To learn more information about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., please visit our national website:
https://aka1908.com