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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Zeta Chi Omega Chapter Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 1 Zeta Chi Omega Chapter ® In This January Health Tips Scholarships Issue: Metropolitan Founders’ Day MLK Day of Service ZCO 2016 Leadership Training Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Zeta Chi Omega Chapter Newsletter Greetings From The Basileus Soror Rhonda Luss Happy New Year & Happy Founders’ Day Sorors, thank you for electing me your Basileus. It is an honor to serve in this esteem position. I will strive to fulfill the duties of my office with integrity, high moral and ethical standards, and to uphold the sacred trust you have bestowed upon me. For I 4 CALENDAR know, “to whom much is given, much is required” (Luke 12:48). 5 SPIRIT January will be a busy month for the Chapter. So get ready to conduct the business of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® and 7 PROGRAMS Zeta Chi Omega Chapter. 12 OFFICER REPORTS January Meeting Date As a friendly reminder, the January General Body Meeting will be 15 STANDING held on the second Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM, COMMITTEE Nannie J. Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Join us for a festive celebration as we officially kickoff the REPORTS second year of Launching New Dimensions of Servicesm. 16 SCHOLARSHIPS January Meeting Attire All sorors are asked to wear a white top to the Chapter meeting, 18 EAF along with their Launching New Dimensions of Servicesm pin and scarf or kerchief. 19 FOUNDERS’ DAY Worship Service 26 PHOTO GALLERY Please join me on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Antioch Baptist Church, 6531 Little Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039 at the 31 INTERNATIONAL 11:30 a.m. -
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— Extensions of Remarks E79 HON
January 15, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E79 HONORING SGT. MARQUITA A. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me raphers.’’ He served as photographer aboard GEORGE in recognizing a rising soldier of our United the USS Birmingham during the Mexican Inter- States Air Force, Sgt. Marquita A. George. vention in 1914, and he also invented the first HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON f handheld oblique camera for aerial photog- raphy. Pushing the limits of what a camera in OF MISSISSIPPI MEGARA PULLEN the air could do, he even survived a crash IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aboard the first U.S. Navy zeppelin, the USS Wednesday, January 15, 2014 HON. ED PERLMUTTER Shenandoah in 1922. He subsequently was OF COLORADO Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- honorably discharged from military service on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES er, I rise today to recognize a fellow Mississip- January 1, 1926. Walter Leroy Richardson pian, and pay tribute to a soldier of The United Wednesday, January 15, 2014 passed away on June 14, 1945 and is interred States Air Force, Sgt. Marquita A. George of Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Washington D.C. Sunflower County, Mississippi. today to recognize and honor Megara Pullen Walter Leroy Richardson’s pioneering spirit Sgt. George is the only child born to Terri for receiving the Greater Golden Chamber of and dedication to his craft and country make and the stepdaughter of a former Navy man, Commerce Ambassador of the Year Award. it an honor to dedicate Naval Air Station Build- Mr. -
Your Presence Is Requested in St. Louis ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC
024-025-Boule-SP10:024-Boule-SP10 3/26/10 2:57 PM Page 24 Your Presence is Requested in St. Louis ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. presents an women who have made a way out of no way , and women who have Ardent Assembly the 2nd TIME AROUND! never settled for mediocrity. In typical AKA fashion we set a Guinness World Record for the largest sit-down dinner in the history of conven- The Occasion: 64th International Boule tions worldwide during the 2008 Centennial Celebration in W ashing- The Location: Saint Louis, Missouri ton, DC. Let’s break our centennial attendance record in St. Louis, MO. The Home of Soror Ethel Hedgeman Lyle St. Louis is a monumental city in our organization’s history . As all of The Dates: July 10-16, 2010 you know, one of St. Louis’ most famous and cherished native daugh- The Attire: Pretty Pinks and Glamorous Greens ters is our founder , Soror Ethel Hedgeman L yle. She was born in St. Designated Ceremonial Attire* Louis, MO in 1887. Soror Hedgeman L yle attended elementary and high school and graduated from Sumner High School (the first high The Hostesses: Sorors of Cluster V of Central Region: Gamma school for African American Students west of the Mississippi River) Omega, Gamma Kappa Omega, Delta Delta with honors. In honor of our “Guiding Light” we would like to guide Omega, Omicron Eta Omega, Omicron Theta sorors home, not only to our founder’s birthplace, but back to each Omega, Upsilon Phi Omega, Beta Delta, Delta other-to the reason we exist in the first place. -
Complex Civil Rights Organizations: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, an Exemplar
COMPLEX CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS: ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, AN EXEMPLAR Gregory S. Parks,† Rashawn Ray,‡ and Shawna M. Patterson* The narrative about African American organizations and their role in Blacks’ quest for social equality and civil rights in the United States is often a conventional one. Traditional civil rights organizations take center stage, with the efforts that they made and make, as well as the model that they employed and continue to employ, being the exemplar. Take, for example, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP”). After the civil war, a number of groups and movements attempted to organize and ensure franchise for African Americans.1 From this collection of independent and sometimes fragmented enterprises rose the Niagara group, which held “strategic mass meetings and annual conventions.”2 Simultaneously, a small group of Whites who were concerned with the racial riots of the early 1900s organized a meeting in New York, which began the organization of the future NAACP.3 That group, led by Mary White Ovington and English Walling, sought a larger conference with the Niagara group led by W.E.B. Du Bois.4 The first conference was held on May 30, 1909.5 Within a year, the group was incorporated in New York as the NAACP, with the five incorporators—W.E.B. Du Bois, Oswald Villard, 6 Walter Sachs, John Haynes Holmes, and Mary Ovington. Much like the NAACP, the National Urban League (NUL) had its roots in several turn of the century organizations. 7 Groups like the † Assistant Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law. -
Founders the Original Group
Founders The Original Group Anna Easter Brown • Born: Easter Sunday, April 13, 1879, West Orange, NJ • Employed at Howard as chief evening librarian • First Tamiouchos Alpha Chapter • Graduated from Howard in 1909 • Began her teaching career in Bricks, NC; • Taught 31 years in Rocky Mount, NC • Traveled extensively to research & write articles for the National Urban League magazine Opportunity & other publications • Presented annual exhibits of African American history; received national publicity for the 25th exhibit • Charter member Chi Omega Chapter in 1925 in Rocky Mount, NC; served as Basileus (president) • Charter member of the Rocky Mount, NC YWCA • Died: 1957 Beulah Elizabeth Burke • Born: July 20, 1885, Hertford, NC • With her sister, Lillie, entered Howard’s prep school in 1900 • Created organization name, motto & colors • Charter member Beta Omega Graduate Chapter (Kansas City, MO) & Mu Omega Chapter (Kansas City, KS); served as Basileus (president) of both • Served as Mid-Western Organizer (Regional Director) & 2nd Supreme Anti-Basileus (2nd vice president) • Received A.B. degree in Latin; M.A. in home economics from Columbia University • Taught Latin, German & English in Georgia & in Kansas City, MO • Taught at Delaware State College & in Atlantic City, NJ • Member Xi Omega Chapter (Washington, DC) • Served for a time as manager of Slowe Hall, Howard University residence for graduate women students— named for school’s first dean of women, Lucy Slowe • Died: 1975 Lillie Burke • Born: Hertford, NC • Co-created organization motto • Graduated from Howard’s College of Liberal Arts in 1908 with A.B. in English • Completed graduate course at the University of Pennsylvania • Taught in Downingtown, PA, Fayetteville, NC & Washington, DC • Participated in organizing Xi Omega Chapter (Washington, DC) • Died: 1949 www.aka1908.com/centennial Marjorie Hill • Graduated from Howard in 1908 with B.A. -
Chapter 1: Background 1
THE STORY OF DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL: HOW STUDENTS FROM THE FIRST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR BLACK STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES INFLUENCED AMERICA A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of The School of Continuing Studies and of The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Liberal Studies By Kenneth Alphonso Mitchell, Jr., A.B. Georgetown University Washington, D.C. February 28, 2012 THE STORY OF DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL: HOW STUDENTS FROM THE FIRST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR BLACK STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES INFLUENCED AMERICA Kenneth Alphonso Mitchell, Jr., A.B. MALS Mentor: Maurice Jackson, Ph.D. ABSTRACT Dunbar High School is the first public high school for black children in the United States and the first public high school in Washington, D.C. The school was founded in 1870, as the Preparatory High School for colored youth; and was also the first public high school in Washington, D.C. The school changed names many times before it was finally named Dunbar, after poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. The story of this school is important because many of the students and teachers of the school went on to become some of the most notable blacks in America. From 1870 until 1955, when the United States Supreme Court declared segregation in District of Columbia public schools unconstitutional in the landmark case, Bolling v. Sharpe, which was also supplemented with Brown v. Board of Education; the school had a reputation for being the best black high school in the country and its teachers were some of the best scholars this country had to offer. -
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— Extensions of Remarks E80 HON
E80 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 15, 2014 see that the House Republican agenda for OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL This prestigious organization, founded at 2014 does not include renewing federal unem- DEBT Howard University by nine visionary women in ployment insurance. The long-term unem- 1908, at a period when Jim Crow laws flour- ployed cannot wait on Congress to restore this HON. MIKE COFFMAN ished in the law books, knew the rigors of their critical support any longer, and I urge my Re- OF COLORADO journey during the early 1900s. Those nine special women were: Anna Easter Brown, publican colleagues to act now. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Mar- Wednesday, January 15, 2014 garet Flagg Holmes, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, f Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January Lavinia Norman, Lucy Slowe, and Marie PROFESSOR MICHAEL S. GREEN & 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- Woolfolk Taylor. 2013 EUGENE ASHER DISTIN- fice, the national debt was The organization, which has grown to a sis- GUISHED TEACHING AWARD $10,626,877,048,913.08. terhood of more than 260,000 members in 975 Today, it is $17,287,251,611,151.62. We’ve chapters worldwide, includes an extraordinary added $6,660,374,562,238.54 to our debt in 5 collection of women, who now encompass di- HON. DINA TITUS years. This is over $6.6 trillion in debt our na- verse ethnicities and nationalities and are tion, our economy, and our children could united by a bond of sisterhood and a commit- OF NEVADA have avoided with a balanced budget amend- ment to service. -
Black History Month Program of Events Is As Follows: to Learn More, Contact Carl Rush, Equity Coordinator, at 540-667-4253,
Program of Events Winchester Public Schools proudly celebrates Black History Month! As we contemplate this year’s theme: The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity, we are reminded of the importance of families in our community, Commonwealth, and Nation. “ The black family has been a topic of study in many disciplines—history, literature, the visual arts and film studies, sociology, anthropology, and social policy. Its representation, identity, and diversity have been reverenced, stereotyped, and vilified from the days of slavery to our own time. The black family knows no single location, since family reunions and genetic-ancestry searches testify to the spread of family members across states, nations, and continents. Not only are individual black families diasporic, but Africa and the diaspora itself have been long portrayed as the black family at large. While the role of the black family has been described by some as a microcosm of the entire race, its complexity as the “foundation” of African American life and history can be seen in numerous debates over how to represent its meaning and typicality from a historical perspective—as slave or free, as patriarchal or matriarchal/matrifocal, as single-headed or dual-headed household, as extended or nuclear, as fictive kin or blood lineage, as legal or common law, and as black or interracial, etc. Variation appears, as well, in discussions on the nature and impact of parenting, childhood, marriage, gender norms, sexuality, and incarceration. The family offers a rich tapestry