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ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. July 18-July 23 SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1976 – Directorate Breakfast 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. – Registration 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. – 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Directorate Meeting 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. – City Tour 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon – Boule Orientation 4:00 p.m. – Public Meeting 5:30 p.m. – Reception Soror Bernice I. Sumlin 7:00 p.m. – Directorate Dinner 8:00 p.m. – Undergraduate Song Fest Special Entertainment MONDAY, JULY 19, 1976 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon – Registration 2:00 p.m. - 6:00p.m. – 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Boule Orientation 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon – General Session 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. – Lunch 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – General Session 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. – Meet Candidates & Honorary Members 8:00 p.m. – Bi-Centennial Fantasia Upsilon Omega Chapter Richmond, Virginia TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1976 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon – Registration 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon – General Session 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. – Voting 12:00 noon - 2:30 p.m. – Undergraduate Luncheon 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Workshops Leadership Seminars Reading Experience Workshop WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1976 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon – Registration 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon – General Session 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. – Regional Luncheons Auditorium—15 Minute Production Regional Talent Show 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – General Session 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. – Undergraduate Talent Show 10:00 p.m. – Formal Dance THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1976 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon – General Session 2:30 p.m. – Post Boule Directorate Session 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. – Workshop Sessions Leadership Training Sessions Reading Experience Seminars 7:00 p.m. – Formal Banquet FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1976 POST BOULE TRAVEL TOUR METROPOLITAN AREA CO-CHAIRMEN [[image - black and white headshot photograph of Jean F. Gordon]] [[caption]] JEAN F. GORDON [[/caption]] [[image - black and white headshot photograph of Adrena Cook]] [[caption]] ADRENA COOK [[/caption]] [[image - black and white headshot photograph of Jackie Ray]] [[caption]] JACKIE RAY [[/caption]] PROGRAMS OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA The National Program Focus of Alpha Kappa Alpha reaches across the nation to carry out its commitments of service. These programs are formulated by the Boule (National Convention) and developed by the Program Committee of the Sorority. The National Office Staff has the responsibility for promoting and implementing various specialized activities. These national programs are designed to communicate with a wide sector of the population in order to alleviate some of its major problems. These activities are: Job Corps Center for Women, Educational Scholarships and Grants, AKA Heritage Series and Leadership Training. PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT NOW Alpha Kappa Alpha recognizes that its basic strength lies in the creative and diversified programming engaged in by chapters on the local level. Programs are developed in accordance with needs of the community and have grown out of mutual interest of Sorority members and the people they serve. JOB CORPS CENTER FOR WOMEN Since 1965, the Sorority has operated a Women's Residential Training Center in Cleveland, Ohio for nearly 500 young women of all races and from all sections of the country. Of the two non-profit organizations of this kind, Alpha Kappa Alpha is the only predominately Black oriented group to continuously and successfully hold a contract for a job corps center with the Federal Government. EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS Of the more than 220 Alpha Kappa Alpha graduate chapters, annual awards are made for one or more scholarships to deserving students selected in local communities. In addition, scholarships are awarded to qualified outstanding students who are enrolled in the Cleveland Job Corps Center. Grants for domestic and foreign travel are made to high school students and undergraduate Sorority members. AKA HERITAGE SERIES A series of brochures have been developed in depth on contemporary Black women in various occupational categories. In too many instances historians have not recorded the achievements of Black women. It is in this context that the Sorority has developed the AKA Heritage Series. 202