Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
Upsilon Xi Omega Chapter
“A Catalyst for Excellence”
November 15, 2014
Greetings from the Basileus
On November 27,
2014,
Thanksgiving Day,
we will sit
down together,
count our
blessings,
and give
thanks for our families and loved ones. Our families are
bound together through times of joy and times of grief.
They shape us, support us, instill the values that guide us as
individuals, and make it possible all that we achieve.
So on this special day, we will give thanks for our family -for all the wisdom, support, and love they have brought
into our lives. But Thanksgiving is also a day to remember
those who cannot sit down to break bread with those they
love. Those who must spend tomorrow apart from their
families to work a second job, so they can keep food on
the table or send a child to school.
We are grateful beyond words for the service and hard
work of so many Americans who make our country great
through their sacrifice. So when we gather on Thanksgiving
Day, let us also use the occasion to renew our commitment
to building a more peaceful and prosperous future that
every family can enjoy.
In this season of thanksgiving, I want to take a moment to
express my gratitude to you for the service that you continually provide to our community.
VOLUME 7, ISSUE 9
“The Walls of AKA ”
They are our founders. They were undergraduates, Lucy Slowe,
Norma Boyd and the other founders. Although from meager
beginnings, they were visionaries. If this is where we came
from, let’s look at ourselves and determine where we are going.
Our incorporators, spearheaded by Nellie Quander, wanted
to ensure the perpetuity of our organization. The purpose of
Alpha Kappa Alpha is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship
among college women, and to be of service to all mankind. If
this is our purpose, we must support it. Why did we join AKA
if we didn’t support the purpose. Are our actions aligned with
our purpose?
Programs are the heart of AKA. Program initiatives are principles of basic human rights. We as members are asked to devote our talent and resources to this cause. What is your number one service initiative?
Who is AKA, what is her purpose? We must not forget that.
What does AKA mean to you? Why did we join AKA?
What made us want to become members? --To better our community, better ourselves. Did we look up to members of AKA.?
What should we look for in new members? - Leadership positions, high ethical and moral standards, volunteer service?
What can a new member bring to our house. If we want respect from a new member, we must have class, be the person
who our founders intended us to be. People will always remember how you treat them. Our actions affect the house of
AKA. If one person does something inappropriate or unsanctioned, it could put the entire chapter in jeopardy. If we don’t
protect the inside of our house, it starts to crumble, to fall
apart. Will we be known as the sorors who ruined the house?
Cont’d page 2.
Upcoming Events:
With warmest wishes for a happy holiday season,
November 27 - Thanksgiving Day
Soror Devarn Flowers
January 20 - MLK Day of Service
February - “Pink Goes Red”
March 25 & 26 - AKA Day at the
Capitol
April 15-19 South Atlantic Regional
Conference
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“The Walls of AKA cont’d ”
It starts with each of us. When someone is doing something that is wrong, it is time to tap their shoulders and tell them
they are doing something that is not right. Hold them accountable. Are you willing to turn a blind eye when someone is
doing something that is not right?
We must maintain communication as we build the generational gap. We must remember who we are. We are the tenets
of AKA. We must protect our house - to serve mankind. When we look in our house, does it look like our fathers intended
it to be? We must always protect our pearls. We are the first, we are the originators, we are ethical and moral; We
have high scholastic standards; We respect and honor our history and our founders; We love and we have fun. We
make mistakes but we forgive. We protect each other--we are committed to sisterhood and service.
UXO PLAYS ACTIVE ROLE IN DIABETES WALK
Starting Line
Volume 7 Issue 9
Page 3
Think HBCU
Sorors proudly celebrate HBCU’s
Florida A& M University Rattlers
Bethune Cookman Wildcats
Savannah State University
Representing Tennessee State, Johnson C. Smith, Virginia
Union, Albany State, and Hampton University
Upsilon Xi Omega
“A Catalyst for Excellence”
2014
Chapter Officers and Committee Chairmen
Basileus .................................................................................................................. Devarn Flowers
Anti-Basileus .......................................................................................................... Linda Brown
Second Anti-Basileus .............................................................................................. Delores Williams
Grammateus .......................................................................................................... Lisa George
Anti-Grammateus .................................................................................................. Barbara Scruggs
Epistoleus ............................................................................................................... Cynthia McDonald
Pecunious Grammateus ......................................................................................... Debra Simpson
Anti-Pecunious Grammateus ................................................................................. Shaoren Goodwin
Tamiouchos ............................................................................................................ Lisa Bell
Anti Tamouchos ..................................................................................................... Shirley Lamar
Hodegos ................................................................................................................. Hazel Grisham
Philacter ................................................................................................................. Gina Stuart
Historian/Archives ................................................................................................. Rose Merritt
Ivy Leaf Reporter .................................................................................................... Margaret Hayes
Graduate Advisor ................................................................................................... Sharoen Goodwin
Parliamentarian ..................................................................................................... Helen Walker
Member-At-Large .................................................................................................. Sharoen Goodwin
Chaplin ................................................................................................................... Crystal Spence
RECOMMENDED MEETING DATES
Chapter Meeting Dates
September 27, 2014
October 25, 2014
November 15, 2014
December 13, 2014
January 24, 2015
February 28, 2015
March 28, 2015
April 25, 2015
May 23, 2015
June 27, 2015
Executive Board Meeting Dates
September 20, 2014
October 18, 2014
November 08, 2014
December 06, 2014
January 17, 2015
February 21, 2015
March 21, 2015
April 11, 2015
May 16, 2015
June 20, 2015