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AREA CODE 312 - TELEPHONE: 684-1282 [[image - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority symbol]] Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority INCORPORATED ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA OFFICE: 5211 S. GREENWOOD AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60615 HYNES AUDITORIUM Boston, Mass. July 18-23, 1982 METROPOLITAN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER HOSTS HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION In 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority became America's first Greek-letter organization established by and for Black women. Her roots date back to Howard University, Washington, D.C., where the idea for the formation was conceived by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle of St. Louis, Missouri. She viewed the sorority as an instrument for enriching the social and intellectual aspects of college life by providing mental stimulation through association with friends and associates. Through the years, however, Alpha Kappa Alpha's functioning has become more complex. After her incorporation as a perpetual body in 1913, Alpha Kappa Alpha gradually branched out and became the channel through which selected college-trained women improved the social and economic conditions in their city, state and the nation. The tradition has continued and today, nationally and locally, Alpha Kappa Alpha cultivates and encourages high scholastic and ethical standards, promotes unity and friendship among college women, alleviates problems concerning girls and women, maintains a progressive interest in college life and serves all mankind through seven program foci-Life-Long Learning, Health Care, The Arts, Heritage, Self-Fulfillment, Leadership and Collaboration. Alpha Kappa Alpha has continuously etched her footprint in the sands of time. From making monetary donations to varied agencies involved in social action to volunteering woman-hours to effect social change, contributions have been felt. Among the innumerable imprints which Alpha Kappa has made are the following: 1935 - Waged war on diptheria and smallpox and improved nutritional and dental practices by launching the first mobile health clinic (The Mississippi Health Project) in the United States. 1938- Initiated action to assure decent living conditions, permenant jobs and a voice in determining the conditions under which Blacks lived and worked by organizing the first civil rights lobby. 1965 - Mounted an attack on poverty, bigotry and ignorance by becoming the first predominantly Black organization to acquire a contract to operate a Job Corps Center (Cleveland). 1972 - Financed the purchase of Martin Luther King's birthplace by contributing $20,000 to the Martin Luther King Center for Social Change. 1975 - Aided Central State University in restoring its tornado-ridden Hallie Q. Brown Collection of Rare Books by and about Blacks by contributing $25,000 to that project. 1978 - Increased the educational opportunities for minorities by making the final payment on a half-million dollar pledge to the United Negro College Fund and furthered the advancement of community-action-oriented programs by contributing $50,000 to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1979 - Filed a Brief Amicus Curiae in the Supreme Court in the Fullilove vs Kreps Case as an effort to insure that minority contractors maintained their guaranteed 10% set aside of all federal grants awarded to contractors. 1980 - Donated $55,000 to various organizations during its national meeting and, through local chapters, gave $500,000 in awards, scholarships and grants. Dr. Barbara K. Phillips, national president, Winston-Salem, N.C. is the Boule Chairman and Dr. Earnestine Green, executive director, Chicago, IL, is the Boule Coordinator. Mrs. M. Tamao Denniston of Boston is chairman of the hostess chapters. BARBARA K. PHILLIPS SUPREME BASILEUS FAYE B. BRYANT FIRST SUPREME ANTI-BASILEUS CHERYL LYNN HOWELL SECOND SUPREME ANTI-BASILEUS ROSALIND BARNES GRIFFIN SUPREME GRAMMATEUS LOANN HONESTY KING SUPREME TAMIOUCHOS PATRICIA A. RUSSELL SUPREME PARLIAMENTARIAN JANINE P. ROUSON UNDERGRADUATE MEMBER-AT-LARGE DEBRA PALMER UNDERGRADUATE MEMBER-AT-LARGE NELLIE W. GAYLORD NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL DIRECTOR EVELYN R. SYPHAX MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL DIRECTOR DeLORIS HAM OLIVER SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL DIRECTOR GLORIA SMITH GREAT LAKES REGIONAL DIRECTOR JOHNELLA H. MARTIN SOUTH EASTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR PEGGY LeCOMPTE CENTRAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR DOROTHY JOHNSON SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR WANDA F. JOHNSON MID-WESTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR CHARLENE D. CARODINE FAR WESTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR EARNESTINE GREEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 140
