NATIONAL FOUNDERS’ DAY 113th Anniversary Commemoration Realizing the Aspirations of Our Founders January 15, 2021

Soror Glenda Glover Supreme Basileus

National Founders’ Day 113th Anniversary Commemoration

Realizing the Aspirations of Our Founders SORORITY, INCORPORATED® Congratulates

Vice President-Elect Kamala D. Harris On Her Historic Election! 4 Dr. Glenda Glover SUPREME BASILEUS

January 15, 2021 Dear Sorors: I am simply delighted to convene this national commemoration as we celebrate our 113th Founders’ Day. Today, we celebrate the courageous vision of , the unflinching determination of Nellie Quander and the shared purpose of other like-minded women who blazed a trail where none existed. Today, we also celebrate the dawning of a new day in the history of this nation as one of our very own, Soror Kamala D. Harris, will ascend to the pinnacle of our democracy. Today, we marvel at the arc of history of our beloved sisterhood culminating in the realization of our Founders’ greatest aspirations. It is daylight for us in America. Alpha Kappa Alpha has helped to usher in this new day, this new light, this new season. With the commitment of our Founders as our compass, our sisterhood fought for freedom and equality for Black women as we struggled to expand our democracy to include the entire framework of the first three words of our Constitution, “We the People.” Alpha Kappa Alpha’s robust history is replete with instances where we stood up for justice and equality. The role of extraordinary Alpha Kappa Alpha women who have made indispensable contributions is too numerous to call. Indeed, when Incorporator Nellie Quander demanded a respectable place in the Women’s Suffrage March of 1913, she set Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority on a course that would change history. She empowered Black women to believe we are worthy, we are qualified, and we have something to contribute to our democracy and to the world. As we celebrate today on the eve of history, I am reminded of the inaugural poem by Soror Maya Angelou in which she summoned each of us to make a difference in the world, and she awakened us to the reality that each new day brings with it the chance for a new beginning. Sorors, we are on the pulse of morning, but we still have more work to do. It will be hard work, unending work, and often uncertain work, but we must continue to do the work. We must serve because that is who our Founders purposed us to be. I thank God for Alpha Kappa Alpha. I thank God for the opportunity to have been entrusted with this awesome mantel of leadership. I am proud to be a member of this great sisterhood. Sorors, because of you, my cup runneth over. I love you and I thank you for the ways in which you honor the legacy of our Founders. May God bless each of you, and may He continue to bless our great sisterhood. Happy Founders’ Day,

Soror Glenda Glover

5 Danette Anthony Reed FIRST SUPREME ANTI-BASILEUS

January 15, 2021

To Soror Glenda Glover, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc ® Supreme Basileus and my Sorors of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,

I am excited to bring you greetings on this occasion of our 113th Founders’ Day. On January 15, 1908, nine progressive and courageous women on the campus of , Washington, D.C. imagined and dared to create the first African American Sorority. For more than 113 years, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sisterhood has become an indomitable force for good in our communities, state, nation, and the world.

As we celebrate Founders’ Day, I want to extend salutations to our Diamond, Pearl, Golden and Silver honorees who are celebrating 75, 65, 50, and 25 years of membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc®. You have demonstrated continuous dedication to our sisterhood and to our service mission, Exemplifying Excellence Through Sustainable Service SM.

Congratulations to our Soror Kamala Harris, the first woman of color and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc ® to become the next Vice President of the of America. I celebrate the fruition of her conviction and hard work that is making her vision a reality. Happy 113th Founders’ Day ! ! !

Danette Anthony Reed Soror Danette Anthony Reed

6 Jasmyne E. McCoy SECOND SUPREME ANTI-BASILEUS

January 15, 2021

Greetings!

Happy 113th Founders’ Day, Sorors! We honor the bold step our Founders made on January 15, 1908. We thank them for their vision, creativity, and perseverance to do something that had never been done before. It is because of our guiding light, Soror Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, college-educated African American women all over the world have united to be of “service to all mankind.” What started as 20 pearls have grown into a sea of more than 300,000.

In this virtual celebration, we honor our Founders for doing what was previously unthinkable. As the first and finest African- American Greek-letter sorority, we set the standard! In Miner Hall at Howard University, great minds with even greater hearts came together to defy the status quo. These women were a generation removed from slavery and living in the segregation era. But even that was not enough to trample their spirits. They would become deans, teachers, and members of the NAACP.

We also unite in a special celebration of Soror Kamala D. Harris’ ascension to Vice President-Elect of the United States. She represents the hope our Founders had for a future where women who look like us are accepted, chosen, and elevated to positions of power. As I said in a promotional video for the Biden-Harris campaign, “Seeing an African-American woman as the Vice- Presidential pick for the Democratic party is a major leap of progress. It’s women’s empowerment, it’s representation, and it’s breaking down barriers to preconceived notions of what a leader looks like.” Today, we celebrate the leadership of our Founders, Soror Kamala D. Harris, and every woman, past and present, who has had the honor to call herself a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated!

Jasmyne E. McCoy Soror Jasmyne E. McCoy

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® NATIONAL FOUNDERS’ DAY 113th Anniversary Commemoration Realizing the Aspirations of Our Founders January 15, 2021

Welcome ...... Soror Charisse Richardson

Invocation ...... Soror Pamela Bates Porch, International Chaplain

"Lift Ev’ry Voice & Sing" ...... Afro Blue

Introduction of the Directorate & Former Supreme Basilei . . . .Soror Benita Stephens

Presentation of Supreme Basileus Greetings and Occasion

Soror Glenda Glover Supreme Basileus

Soror Mattelia Bennett Grays 18th Supreme Basileus

Regional Greetings ...... Soror Mary Bentley LaMar, North Atlantic Regional Director Soror Jennifer King Congleton, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Soror Carolyn G. Randolph, South Atlantic Regional Director Soror Carrie J. Clark, Great Lakes Regional Director Soror Mitzi Dease Paige, South Eastern Regional Director

Greetings ...... Soror Daphne Rankin Soror Lorri Saddler

Regional Greetings ...... Soror Joya T. Hayes, South Central Regional Director Soror Sonya L. Bowen, Central Regional Director Soror Twyla G. Woods-Buford, Mid-Western Regional Director Soror Shelby D. Boagni, Far Western Regional Director Soror Joy Elaine Daley, International Regional Director

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® NATIONAL FOUNDERS’ DAY 113th Anniversary Commemoration Realizing the Aspirations of Our Founders January 15, 2021

Musical Selection ...... "Rise Up" by Andra Day, arr., Alpha Chapter Sorors

Poetic Tribute ...... Soror Gayle Danley

Introduction of Vice President-Elect . .Soror Madison Thibeaux, Basileus, Alpha Chapter

Vice President-Elect of the United States The Honorable Kamala D. Harris

Conversation with Linesisters Soror Kamala D. Harris & 38 Jewels of Iridescent Splendor (J.O.I.S.)

Congressional Greetings ...... Congresswoman Alma Adams Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Congresswoman Terri Sewell Congresswoman Fredericka S. Wilson Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman Congresswoman Lauren Underwood Congresswoman Nikema Williams

Special Tributes ...... Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, President, Howard University Soror Grace Davis, Diamond Soror Soror Josephine Baker, Pearl Soror Soror Phylicia Rashad, Golden Soror West Point Sorors Soror Jill Louis, Howard University Trustee and 38 J.O.I.S.

Prayer ...... Soror Karen Hayes

National Hymn ...... 67th Boule Virtual Choir Closing

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® FORMER SUPREME BASILEI

+ Ethel Hedgeman Lyle * Honorary Supreme Basileus

Nellie Quander* Loraine R. Green* L. Pearl Mitchell* Pauline S. Puryear* B. Beatrix Scott* 1913-1919 1919-1923 1923-1925 1925-1927 1927-1929

Maudelle Bousfield* Maude B. Porter* Ida L. Jackson* Margaret D. Bowen* Dorothy B. Ferebee* 1929-1931 1931-1933 1933-1936 1936-1939 1939-1941

Beulah T. Whitby* Edna O. Campbell* Laura T. Lovelace* Arnetta G. Wallace* Marjorie H. Parker* 1941-1946 1946-1949 1949-1953 1954-1958 1958-1962

Julia B. Purnell* Larzette G. Hale-Wilson* Mattelia B. Grays Bernice I. Sumlin* Barbara K. Phillips* 1962-1966 1966-1970 1970-1974 1974-1978 1978-1982

Faye B. Bryant* Janet J. Ballard* Mary Shy Scott* Eva L. Evans* Norma S. White 1982-1986 1986-1990 1990-1994 1994-1998 1998-2002

Linda M. White* Carolyn House Stewart Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson 2002-2006 2010-2014 2014-2018

* Ivy Beyond The Wall + Named Honorary Supreme Basileus by authority of the 1926 Boule

10 Realizing the Aspirations of Our Founders National Founders’ Day 113th Anniversary Commemoration AKA History HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington D.C. onfined to what she called “a small circumscribed life” in the Csegregated and male-dominated milieu that characterized the early 1900s, Howard University co-ed Ethel Hedgeman dreamed of creating a support network for women with like minds coming together for mutual uplift, and coalescing their talents and strengths for the benefit of others. In 1908, her vision crystallized as Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Negro Greek-letter sorority. Five years later (1913), lead incorporator, Nellie Quander, ensured Alpha Kappa Alpha’s perpetuity through incorporation in the District of Columbia.

AKA has since grown into a force of more than 300,000 collegiate and graduates, constituting 1,026 chapters in 42 states, the District of Columbia, the U. S. Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Japan, Germany, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Liberia and South Africa. The Alpha Kappa Alpha program today still reflects the communal consciousness steeped in the AKA tradition and embodied in AKA’s credo, “To be supreme in service to all mankind.” Cultural awareness and social advocacy marked Alpha Kappa Alpha’s infancy, but within one year (1914) of acquiring corporate status, AKA had also made its mark on education, establishing a scholarship award. The programming was a prelude to the thousands of pioneering and enduring initiatives that eventually defined the Alpha Kappa Alpha brand. AKA has enriched minds and encouraged life-long learning; provided aid for the poor, the sick, and underserved; initiated social action to advance human and civil rights; worked collaboratively with other groups to maximize outreach on progressive endeavors; and continually produced leaders to continue its credo of service.

Guided by twenty-nine international presidents from Nellie M. Quander (1913-1919) to Dr. Glenda Glover (2018-2022), with reinforcement from a professional corporate office staff since 1949, AKA’s corps of volunteers has instituted groundbreaking social action initiatives and service programs that have transformed communities in cities, states, the nation, and the world for the better.

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Directorate

Glenda Glover Supreme Basileus

Danette Anthony Jasmyne E. McCoy Chelle Luper Gayle P. Bonnie Alysse Guerrier Jasmine Williams Reed Second Supreme Wilson Miles-Scott Washington Undergraduate Undergraduate First Supreme Anti-Basileus Supreme Supreme Murdah Member-At-Large Member-At-Large Anti-Basileus Grammateus Tamiouchos Supreme Parliamentarian

Mary Bentley Jennifer King Carolyn G. Carrie J. Clark Mitzi Dease Paige Joya T. Hayes Sonya L. Bowen LaMar Congleton Randolph Great Lakes South Eastern South Central Central North Atlantic Mid-Atlantic South Atlantic Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director

Twyla G. Woods- Shelby D. Boagni Joy Elaine Daley Buford Far Western International Mid-Western Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director

Executive Team Martha Perine Beard Kimberly Esmond Adams Valarie A. Hill Chief of Staff to Special Assistant to Chief Legal Resource the Supreme Basileus the Supreme Basileus

Corporate Office Staff Cynthia D. Howell Nicole H. Barrett Executive Director Deputy Director

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International Committee Chairmen

AMENITIES/COURTESIES DISASTER RELIEF Soror Delawne W. Quinn, Chair Soror Jasmine Adkins Moore, Chair Soror Mary E. Wilson, Co-Chair ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY ARCHIVES Soror Vereda Williams, Chair Soror Sonja W. Garcia, Chair FINANCE BUILDING AND PROPERTIES Soror Gayle P. Miles-Scott, Chair Soror Patricia Booth Magee, Chair FINANCIAL OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATION/ CHAPTER BASILEUS CERTIFICATION FOUNDATIONS Soror Mary B. Conner, Chair Soror Berna Greer, Chair Soror Kathy A. Walker-Steele, Co-Chairman FORMER DIRECTORATE/FORMER SUPREME BASILEI CHAPTER HISTORY BOOK PROJECT Soror Tamara D. Smith, Chair Soror Lauren N. Peebles, Chair GRADUATE ADVISORS’ CERTIFICATION CONFERENCE PLANNING Soror Joyce Gilchrist, Chair* Soror Mona M. Hudson, Chair Soror Toni Kendrick, Co-Chair

CONGRESSIONAL WOMEN’S ROUNDTABLE GRADUATE/UNDERGRADUATE TASK FORCE Soror Alma Adams, Chair Soror Yolanda Stith, Chair

CONNECTION HBCU PRESIDENTS ROUNDTABLE Soror Roslyn M. Brock, Chair Soror Dorothy “Dot” Cowser Yancy, Chair

CONSTITUTION HBCU TASK FORCE Soror Bonnie Washington Murdah, Chair Soror Emily M. Dickens, Chair

CORPORATE STRATEGIC PARTNERS HONORARY MEMBERS/AWARDS Soror Chiquita V. White, Chair Soror Staci R. Collins Jackson, Chair Soror Nicole M. Adams, Co-Chair HUMAN RESOURCES CORPORATE WOMEN’S ROUNDTABLE Soror Rose Butler-Hayes, Chair Soror Barbara Whye, Chair IMPACT DAYS COVID-19 PANDEMIC TASK FORCE Soror Shawn Emerson Simmons, Chair Soror Joy Elaine Daley, Chair INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER Soror Kimberly Esmond Adams, Co-Chair Soror Brenda L. G. Smith, Chair DIAMOND/PEARL/GOLDEN/SILVER STAR SORORS INVESTIGATIONS Soror Alana M. Broady, Chair Soror Terri Barnett Coleman, Chair

* Ivy Beyond The Wall

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International Committee Chairmen

INVESTMENT SANCTIONS, FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS Soror Karla A. Hall, Chair AND REVIEW Soror Erma W. Barron, Chair LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Soror Lucretia Payton-Stewart, Chair SISTERLY RELATIONS Soror Susan Johnson, Co-Chair Soror Andrea K. Miles, Chair

LEADERSHIP FELLOWS SPECIAL PROJECTS Soror Elicia Pegues Spearman, Chair Soror Vanessa Rogers Long, Chair Soror Linda Gaines-Brooks, Co-Chair SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP Soror Vanessa Caston LaFleur, Chair Soror Tracey Morant Adams, Chair SPIRITUAL OVERSIGHT MEMBERSHIP INTAKE PROCESS Soror Pamela Bates Porch, Chair Soror Cynthia J. Finch, Chair STANDARDS Soror Yolanda Murdock, Co-Chair Soror Brenda Lewis, Chair MUSIC STRATEGIC PLANNING Soror Gail M. Atley, Chair Soror Archalene Amos Martin, Co-Chair Soror Pamela Lynne Redden, Chair

NOMINATING TECHNOLOGY Soror Armisha L. Walker-Harrison, Chair Soror Nichole Jordan, Chair Soror C. Denise Wright, Co-Chair PROGRAM UNDERGRADUATE ACTIVITIES Soror Ora B. Douglass, Chair Soror Jasmyne E. McCoy, Chair PROTOCOL VENDOR OVERSIGHT Soror Jennelle F. Rush Dabney, Chair Soror Schylbea Jean Hopkins, Chair PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS Soror Carisma Ramsey Fields, Chair SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS Soror Kelli Sharpe, Co-Chair Soror Nancy Sewell, Special Advisor REINSTATEMENT TASK FORCE Soror Vivian L. Smith, Special Advisor Soror Linda Groomes, Chair Soror JoAnn S. Brown, Conference Consultant RISK MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE Soror Arlean Leland, Contract Review Soror Kimberly Esmond Adams, Chair Executive Resource Support Soror Amirah Salaam, Liaison to Capitol Hill RITUALS Soror Nadine C. Bonds, Chair Soror Star Jones, Moderator, Virtual Series

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Alpha Chapter 1986

We salute Soror Kamala D. Harris who was initiated into our sisterhood with 37 college-trained women on March 17, 1986 as part of the 38 Jewels of Iridescent Splendor.

Soror Rona Stevenson Soror Inez D. Brown Soror Benita M. Stephens , IL Beta Alpha Omega Mu Iota Omega Soror Daphne E. Rankin (North Atlantic) (South Atlantic) Phi Lambda Omega Soror Kamala D. Harris Soror Erin N. Thomas (South Eastern) General Membership Delta Theta Omega Soror Jennifer C. Haley (North Atlantic) (South Eastern) General Membership Soror Tanya Kelley Soror Mignon McLemore (Far Western) General Membership General Membership Soror Debbie-Anne Reese (North Atlantic) (North Atlantic) Xi Zeta Omega Soror Malena Calvin* Soror Lisa D. Campbell (North Atlantic) Soror Valerie W. Thomas General Membership (South Atlantic) Soror Carla L. Mannings General Membership Xi Omega (North Atlantic) Soror Kuae K. Mattox (North Atlantic) Soror Lisa D. Jackson General Membership (North Atlantic) Soror Tracye J. Donovan General Membership General Membership (South Central) Soror Marie Moore (Central) Soror Sherilyn Z. Pruitt Chicago, IL Soror Brenda Z. Reed General Membership Soror Elaine H. Witter General Membership (North Atlantic) Xi Omega (South Atlantic) Soror Monique L. Poydras (North Atlantic) Soror Kathy T. Gray General Membership Soror Lisa M. Beale General Membership (North Atlantic) Washington, DC (Central) Soror Brenda Golden Soror Jaye W. West Soror Karyn S. Upshaw General Membership Omega Zeta Omega Xi Zeta Omega (North Atlantic) (North Atlantic) (North Atlantic) Soror Lesli L. Adams Soror Jill B. Louis Soror Cyprianna L. Jackson Mu Epsilon Omega General Membership General Membership (Far Western) (South Central) (South Atlantic) Soror Darla D. Washington Soror Rhonda G. Cox Soror Gayle D. Danley Xi Omega Delta Phi Omega General Membership (North Atlantic) (Central) (North Atlantic) Soror Antoinette Smith Soror Demetria L. Singleton Soror Joy Thomas* Washington, DC Epsilon Omega Soror Karen N. Hayes Soror Lorri L. Saddler (North Atlantic) General Membership Sigma Omega Omega (North Atlantic) (South Atlantic)

* Ivy Beyond The Wall

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Acknowledgments

National Founders’ Day Committee Jasmyne McCoy Martha Perine Beard Second Supreme Anti-Basileus Chief of Staff to the Supreme Basileus Mary Bentley Lamar Kimberly Esmond Adams North Atlantic Regional Director Special Assistant to the Supreme Basileus & Shelby Robinson Boagni Risk Management Task Force Chairman Far Western Regional Director Daphne E. Rankin Cynthia D. Howell Phi Lambda Omega Chapter Executive Director Lorri L. Saddler Nicole H. Barrett Sigma Omega Omega Chapter Deputy Director

Program Sub-Committee Daphne E. Rankin, Chairman Lorri L. Saddler, Co-Chairman Phi Lambda Omega (South Eastern) Sigma Omega Omega (South Atlantic) Linda P. Carmichael Cassandra B. Rich Alpha Kappa Omega (South Central) Xi Omega (North Atlantic) Deidra A. Davis Deborah Robinson Xi Omega (North Atlantic) General Membership (North Atlantic) Jennifer C. Haley Cyprianna L. Jackson General Membership (Far Western) General Membership (South Atlantic) Karen N. Hayes Comelia R. Sanford General Membership (North Atlantic) Xi Omega (North Atlantic) Michelle Hord Benita M. Stephens General Membership (North Atlantic) Mu Iota Omega (South Atlantic) Lisa D. Jackson Erin N. Thomas General Membership (South Central) Delta Theta Omega (South Eastern) Jill B. Louis Jennifer Thomas General Membership (South Central) Xi Omega (North Atlantic) Kuae K. Mattox Valerie W. Thomas General Membership (North Atlantic) General Membership (North Atlantic) Mignon McLemore Karyn S. Upshaw General Membership (North Atlantic) Xi Zeta Omega (North Atlantic) Monique L. Poydras Jennifer L. Wallace General Membership (North Atlantic) Lambda Tau Omega (Central) Kimberly L. Reed Darla D. Washington Xi Omega (North Atlantic) Xi Omega (North Atlantic) Debbie-Anne Reese Elaine H. Witter Xi Zeta Omega (North Atlantic) Xi Omega (North Atlantic) 16 Realizing the Aspirations of Our Founders

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