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The Ivy Pearl the Official Publication of Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter • Volume 25, Issue 1 • January, 2020 Basileus Soror Manessa Wilson 2020 Leadership Team The Ivy Pearl The Official Publication of Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter • Volume 25, Issue 1 • January, 2020 Basileus Soror Manessa Wilson 2020 Leadership Team Anti-Basileus Soror Cynthia Todd Archive Committee Soror Linda Nelson Grammateus Soror Miriam Blankenship Budget & Finance Committee Soror Deborah Hawkins Anti-Grammateus Soror Glenda Brown-Wade Connection Committee Soror Jameria Moore Tamiouchous Soror Deborah Hawkins Constitution & Bylaws Committee Soror Malera Traylor-Wright Anti-Tamiouchous Soror Danielle Ridgeway Executive Committee Soror Manessa Wilson Pecunious Grammateus Soror Maria Flournoy Membership & Reactivation Committee Soror Nadine Reese Anti-Pecunious Grammateus Soror Wendy Jones Hicks Nominating Committee Soror Doris Bentley Epistoleus Soror Candace Prince Program Committee Soror Cynthia Todd Hodegos Soror Vergie Davis Standards Committee Soror Doris Bentley Philacter Soror Veronica Ellison Technology Committee Soror Kimberly White Ivy Leaf Reporter Soror Michelle D. Harris Investments Committee Soror Lori Harris Historian Soror Linda Nelson Leadership Development Soror Michelle Sallie Lee Graduate Advisor Soror Michelle Sallie Lee Protocol Committee Soror Kady Williams-Abbott Parliamentarian Soror Malera Traylor-Wright Sisterly Relations Committee Soror Vergie Davis Chaplain Soror Raven Moore 2020 UEO January Ivy Pearl 2 Please join Madam Supreme, Soror Glenda Glover, in sharing the importance of membership to you through the “Membership is Why” Campaign. Download the 8.5 X 11 card, fill in your word, snap a photo, then post using the hashtag #membershipis or email your photo to www.communication@aka1908. “Never regret anything that made you smile.” Mark Twain 2020 UEO January Ivy Pearl 3 The Ivy Pearl The Official Publication of Upsilon Eta Omega The Ivy Pearl is a monthly publication of Alpha Kappa Alpha Executive Board…2 Sorority, Inc.®, Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter, Fairfield, AL. Soror Spotlight…3 Table of Contents…4 Letter from the Editor…5 Spiritual Oversite…6 Greetings from the Basileus…7 Sorors: Michelle D. Harris, Chairman The Cover Story…8 Manessa Wilson, Basileus Silver Celebration…9 Cynthia Todd, Anti-Basileus Octavia Townsend What’s the “tea”?...10 Kecia Ashley iLead…11 Cherroyle Webb Estelle Riggs Reactivation Day: “It’s A Rukiya McClain Celebration”…12 Programs of Success…16 Upsilon Eta Omega “Sew Pearlfect”…18 Ivy Leaf Reporter Soror Michelle D. Harris MLK Day of Service…19 [email protected] Scholarship Workshop…23 January Ivy Pearl Cover Connection…25 Graphic Artist Soror Michelle D. Harris Sisterly Relations…27 Nu Delta: Undergraduate Social Media Update…29 Graphic Artist Soror Rukiya McClain SER Presidents’ Retreat…30 Upcoming Events/Announcements…31 VPSF…36 Pearl Soror…37 2020 UEO January Ivy Pearl 4 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® The Ivy Pearl, The Official Publication of Upsilon Eta Omega Letter from the Editor Soror Michelle D. Harris, Ivy Leaf Reporter Happy New Year sorors! It is a honor to serve as the Ivy Leaf Reporter for Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter. The Public Relations Committee and I are looking forward to publishing ten issues of The Ivy Pearl and at least two articles in the international publication of the Ivy Leaf. We look forward to working with all officers and committee chairmen in preparing a visual presentation of the chapter’s service activities. Also, let’s not forget the chapter is turning 25 in April. Let’s celebrate this milestone and document what we have done and willing to do. Please feel free to contact me if I may be of assistance. Sisterly always, Michelle Harris Upsilon Eta Omega Ivy Leaf Reporter Soror Rukiya McClain Find us.. @akaupsilonetaomega Social Media @akasoutheasternregion Tech Savvy Use official hashtags… #AKA1908 #AKAUEO #AKASouthEastern #PerpetualPearls 2020 UEO January Ivy Pearl 5 Soror Raven Moore, Chaplain Our Greatest Constant by Soror Raven Moore Many plans are in a person’s mind, but the Lord’s purpose will succeed. “ -Proverbs 19:21 CEB As we all know, 2020 is the start of a new decade. Many of us excitingly welcomed the year with hopes of the new and expectation for greater opportunities. Some created dream boards. Some vocally proclaimed affirmations of faith. Some may have even put some old backburner dreams into motion. The reason being--a new year represents change. It represents growth. It represents promise fulfilled. But amidst all this new, have we left room for God? Amidst all of our plans for our future, have we left room for God to be God? In the scripture in Proverbs, we not only see our common actions detailed but we also see the foundation of our greatest hope. 2020 is indeed a year for new vision and better insight but let’s not forget who makes it possible. 2020 will encompass many factors in our lives—some good, some better, and even some challenging. But there is one thing of which we can be sure, “the Lord’s purpose will succeed.” He is our greatest source. He is our greatest constant. So—Happy New Year Sorors! Let us embrace this new year and remember the same God. Amen. 2020 UEO January Ivy Pearl 6 Greetings from the Basileus Soror Manessa Wilson, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Happy New Year sorors! “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 (NIV) What a wonderful blessing to be given another opportunity to serve others- together! That’s always been our mission as Upsilon Eta Omega, and will continue to be in 2020. Sorors, we rendered many awesome acts of service in 2019, and we are on track to do the same this year. In fact, we’re well on our way to 25 Acts of Service before our 25th anniversary, and have already completed six service activities in the month of January alone; imagine how many times over we can surpass this by end of year! By all traditional purposes, a 25th anniversary is considered the Silver Anniversary. Google states that “Silver symbolizes brilliance, radiance, and the value of a long-lasting marriage.” Marriage, for all practical purposes, is referenced as “a combination or mixture of two or more elements.” I envision the marriage of 19 college -educated women on Saturday, April 29, 1995; 19 brilliant women of substance, each who exuberated a radiance of commitment and service to all mankind. Nineteen Alpha Kappa Alpha women who united under the surname of Upsilon Eta Omega. And here we find ourselves today, the Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®; 300+ women of strong ethical and moral standards, with a vision to serve the community at large, one day at a time. Sorors, as the Silver Anniversary of Upsilon Eta Omega’s chartering day approaches, it is my hope that we all feel a sense of celebration, a sense of sisterhood, and yes, maybe even a sense of urgency to continue to serve our fellow man in the spirit of excellence; for we know that Luke 12:48 sums it up by saying, “To whom much is given, much will be required.” My challenge to you during this silver celebration year is to consider performing 25 Acts of Kindness within our sisterhood. This might be achieved by bringing a soror a treat to chapter meeting, sending a “just because” card in the mail, worshipping with them at their church service. the list could go on and on. Document it on your heart- and maybe even your planner, if need be - but strive to touch at least 25 sorors lives this year through the gift of kindness, and just watch how the bonds of sisterhood strengthen our chapter and our mission! Forging Forward in Unity and Service, Soror Manessa “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Henry Ford 2020 UEO January Ivy Pearl 7 The Cover: The Founders' Window was produced by an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority member and internationally renowned African-American artist, Soror Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998). Dedicated in 1978, the three-paneled stained glass window commemorates the sorority's founding and memorializes its founders. The Founders' Window is located at Rankin Chapel at Howard University. 2020 UEO January Ivy Pearl 8 ΥΗΩ is celebrating its Silver Star year By Malera Traylor-Wright Upsilon Eta Omega (UEO) has plenty to be excited about in 2020. UEO is celebrating its Silver Star year, serving the City of Fairfield and surrounding areas for 25 years and 112 years of services as an International organization of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®. On April 29, 1995 nineteen (19) ambitious professional women chartered the Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter in Fairfield, Alabama, under the leadership of Eva Lois Allmon Evans, Alpha Kappa Alpha 24th International President and Vanessa Rogers Long, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, 20th South Eastern Regional Director. The 19 members of Upsilon Eta Omega industriously sought to implement and support, the Fairfield communities, through the international programs of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority under the theme “Making the Net Work” focusing on Math and Science; AIDS and African-Americans; Governmental Affairs; and Bone Marrow Registry. Since its inception on April 29, 1995, members of Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® dedicated themselves to making positive and life-changing opportunities to the greater Birmingham area, building healthy individuals, families, and communities. As Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter approaches its 25th Anniversary, it has evolved and matured into the present-day organization (with more than 300 members), which commitment has endured and strengthened. Upsilon Eta Omega has brought girls, boys, women and men unmatched opportunities full of learning (skills and life lessons), academic enrichment (math, reading, and STEM activities), scholastic achievement (mentoring and scholarship), supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), health and recreational activities, empowerment, and a whole lot of love and fun.
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