AKA's 94th North Atlantic Regional Conference
AKA holds North Atlantic Regional Conference and Public Meeting at Mohegan Sun. Pink and Green was on full display last week at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut during the Public Meeting of AKA’s 94th North Atlantic Regional Conference. Credit: Photos courtesy of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. North Atlantic Region.
Moniesha Shorter
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (March 13, 2025)—(NAR Soror) Moniesha Shorter has been crowned United States of America’s (USOA) Mrs. Maryland, earning the opportunity to represent the state at the USOA Mrs. National Pageant in Las Vegas, NV.
Exclusive Girl Scout CEO Patch
Purchase an exclusive CEO patch for $15 and feel free to make a tax-deductible donation to support Girl Scouts of Connecticut’s mission.
Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Phillips a 50 Year Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®, Psi Omega Chapter is continuing her legacy of first by becoming the first Black woman President of the American Chemical Society.
Shenae Drauhhn, former President of Theta Epsilon Omega
NEW HAVEN — Shenae Draughn, who has been interim president of The Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of New Haven since former CEO Karen DuBois-Walton was named to head the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
Alexia Hudson-Ward
The Notable North Atlantic Regional Archives Lead Alexia Hudson-Ward, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®, Psi Omega Chapter, explored how academic library directors learned from informal networks while leading organizational restructuring during times of crisis for her dissertation. Participants identified two key networks they engaged with: a professional peer network and a diverse, cross-sector network. Through these informal networks, these leaders refined and/or developed 20 key competencies, including change management, courage, decisiveness, and systems thinking. Based on their strategies for building and engaging these informal networks, She theorized the concept of “network leadership” as an emergent leadership behavioral trait.
Psi Lambda Omega Breast Cancer Striders
The American Cancer Society, Making Strides for Breast Cancer Walk took place on Sunday October 27, 2024, in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
Team Name – Psi Lambda Omega Striders
The goal of the team was to raise $10,000. AS of 11/3 the team raised $8, 673.00.
Shils Fund Celebrates Innovation in Oral Health with 2024 Annual Awards
The Mississippi Health Project: In recognition for being the nation’s first mobile health clinic, setting a model for community-based care. (accepted by Elicia Pegues Spearman, Esq.)
The Shils Partnership Awards Program is designed to recognize and support innovative projects that make a meaningful impact on oral health and healthcare overall. Each award recipient receives a $5,000 grant and is paired with a dedicated mentor from the Shils Fund Board to provide ongoing guidance and support in further developing their projects.
Alpha Beta Upsilon Omega Chapter
Dr. Dana Williams
Dr. Dana Williams, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®, Alpha Beta Upsilon Omega Chapter, Co-Leads Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice (MHHJ).
Together We SOAR!
Together We SOAR: AKA Rallies the North Atlantic Region to SOAR to the Polls in Historic Election Cycle
North Atlantic Regional Director Elicia Pegues Spearman waves to Vice President Kamala Harris after she spoke at the AKA 71st Boule in Dallas. Photo courtesy of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Hasoni Pratts, Senior advisor to CEO and President Marc Morial at the National Urban League
NYS Legislature Elects Three New Members and Re-elects Three Members to Board of Regents.
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA | 93RD NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way speaks at Alpha Kappa Alpha conference in Atlantic City.
Focusing on Alpha Kappa Alpha’s theme of the 93rd North Atlantic Regional Conference, Way spoke about the other words AKA stood for this past week: Authentic, Knowledgeable and Accessible.
Joint Metropolitan Founder's Day
Soaring Sweetly Into Service: Over 2,000 AKA Members Celebrate Founders’ Day with Service Project. More than 2,000 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® (AKA) members from the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia area (DMV) gathered for the Joint Metropolitan Founders’ Day Celebration at the Gaylord National Resort in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Jan. 7, 2024.
Mona Calhoun, PhD, MS, Med, RHIA, FAHIMA
AHIMA Announces 2024 Board President/Chair, New Board Members
CHICAGO – January 18, 2024 – Members of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) elected Mona Calhoun, PhD, MS, Med, RHIA, FAHIMA, as president/chair of the 2024 AHIMA Board of Directors. Her one-year term began on January 1.
New York Skyline Shines with AKA Pink & Green on Sorority’s Founders’ Day
Iconic New York Skyscraper Shines with Pink & Green Commemorating the 116th Founding of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Tau Omega Chapter Harlem, NY
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members make care packages for homeless women. HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — Volunteers from Alpha Kappa Alpha helped collect and put together toiletries and feminine hygiene products for Harlem area shelters on Monday.
Andrea D. Williamson, MD
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Iota Gamma Omega Chapter Andrea D. Williamson has been appointed as the MD Ambassador for the Military Women’s Memorial (MWN) and it is an honor to support their efforts in registering military women who are currently serving and who have served. There are 3,000,000 women who have served since WWI and only 300,000 are register in the MWM.
Malika M. Pegues
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Epsilon Pi Omega Chapter Graduate student Malika Pegues, of the school psychology program, is an advocate for mental health and social justice.
Xi Sigma Omega Chapter
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® North Atlantic Region Soars Into Maryland To Provide “Comfort” & Conduct Business.
Rho Xi Omega Chapter
Rho Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority highlights community organizations making a difference.
Deborah Dyett Desir, MD
The American College of Rheumatology Names Deborah Dyett Desir, MD as President. Deborah is a Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ® Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter.
Doxie McCoy
Boston College honors McCoy, school’s 1st Black woman hockey player!
Doxie McCoy, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®, says she was just a Black girl who decided to play ice hockey. Boston College says she’s living history.
BC held “Doxie McCoy & Alumni Day” on Friday as part of its 50th anniversary of women’s hockey at the Chestnut Hill campus.
NAR featured During 2023 Breast Cancer Series
Beating the Odds: South Jersey woman Lavinia Taylor says sorority sister inspired her to screen for breast cancer!
Dr. Lynn O'Connor
Making history: Dr. Lynn O’Connor becomes NYPD’s first Black female police surgeon.
She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®, Theta Iota Omega Chapter.
Hartford Girls Rock!
In Hartford, there is a leadership institute dedicated to helping high school girls reach their unique and highest potential. It’s led by women in the capital city’s chapter of the nation’s oldest Black sorority.
Hartford Girls Rock! That’s the name of, and message behind, a special leadership program led by the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated’s Epsilon Omicron Omega chapter through the Foundation for Educational Opportunities.
Dr. Alexandria Connally
New Assistant Director’s arrival marks a Westchester homecoming
Dr. Alexandria Connally (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ®, Pi Iota Omega Chapter), brings diverse experience and a passion for children to the role
Dr. Alexandria Connally brings a coach’s ethos to her new role as Southern Westchester BOCES’ Assistant Director of Special Services.
Tahesha Way
Governor Murphy chooses Tahesha Way as Lt. Governor.
ICYMI: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ®, North Atlantic Region Celebrates Appointment of AKA Member Tahesha L. Way as New Jersey Lieutenant Governor.
Marla Frederick
Marla Frederick, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ® Psi Omega Chapter named next dean of Harvard Divinity School.
Karenthia A. Barber
Life Member Karenthia A. Barber Appointed First Black Woman To Serve As Maryland Port Commissioner.
Norma R. Evans, Public Information Liaison
Governor Phil Murphy Announces Appointments to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.
Dr. Leslie A. Hayes
Dr. Leslie A. Hayes, deputy commissioner of the Division of Family and Child Health in the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, spoke with the Amsterdam News recently about her role, the Division of Family and Child Health, and health resources for children and families in NYC. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Jennifer Thomas U.S. Fulbright Awardee
Delayed Trip Will be worth the wait. NAR congratulates Soror Jennifer on this prestigious designation and ensuing trip this summer. Broadcast Journalism Professor Jennifer Thomas received Fulbright Specialist Award to South Africa.
Soror Jennifer will complete a project this summer at Rhodes University on the Eastern Cape that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions, and communities both in the U.S. and overseas.
From NYC with AKA Tau Omega sorority sisters supported our member Sunny Hostin on ‘The View’ Click Here to Read More!
Kim Council appointed as Deputy Brooklyn Borough President
“Being appointed deputy borough president gives me the opportunity to carry this work out at a larger, borough-wide level alongside a colleague I’ve long respected,” Council said as part of a longer emailed statement.
Malika Jefferies-EL Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts
Congratulations on your appointment as AAS Fellow!
Mona Calhoun, PhD, M.S., M.Ed., RHIA, FAHIMA
The Honorable Leslie Dixon-Meek
Leslie Dixon-Meek of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Alpha Beta Upsilon Omega Chapter has received U.S. Senate confirmation of President Joseph Biden’s nomination of her to the District of Columbia Superior Court. Leslie Dixon-Meek was initiated at Pi Chapter, Fisk University.
The Honorable Kendra Davis Briggs
Special Congratulations to Kendra Briggs! All rise and greet the newest Associate Judge of The Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
On 12/15/22 the United States Senate confirmed our Kendra’s nomination to the D.C. Superior Court. Special congratulations and lots of love to an outstanding lawyer, wife, friend, mom.
Vanessa Roberts Avery
New Haven – Vanessa Roberts Avery, 47, of West Hartford, was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut by Chief U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in New Haven. President Joe Biden nominated Ms. Avery to serve as U.S. Attorney on January 26, 2022, and the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination on April 27, 2022.
Kelley Brisbon Hodge
Appointed to U.S. District Court
Kelley Brisbon Hodge of Omega Mu Omega Chapter in Philadelphia, PA has been appointed as a United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, after being nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and confirmed by the United States Senate. Prior to her elevation, Soror Hodge became the first black woman to serve as District Attorney of Philadelphia.
Kelley Hodge has held a variety of legal positions throughout her 25-year career in both criminal and civil law, from serving as a public defender, a prosecutor, in private practice and in policy positions. Now, she will utilize this broad range of legal experiences as a District Court Judge. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Virginia, and Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law. Kelley Hodge is a Silver Star and Charter member of Omega Mu Omega Chapter.
Alisa R. Drayton
Yawkey Club alumna, Alisa R. Drayton, returns as its new executive director
2022 winners of the CyberScoop 50 Awards
Government Leadership:
Hope Goins (Xi Omega Chapter – Washington, DC), Majority Staff Director, US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security
2022 Philadelphia Tribune’s Most Influential Event – Three Philadelphia Presidents Were Honored:
The Philadelphia Tribune honored prominent Philadelphians in education, business, health and community and religious organizations Thursday, September 22, 2022 during its annual Most Influential African American event.
- Charlene Collins, Omega Omega
- Milika Singleton, Omega Mu Omega
- Celeste Merriweather, Rho Theta Omega
Gina Scott
How the NFLPA’s Gina Scott Makes Her Business Personal
AKAs Inaugurate Spearman
A banquet hall became a sea of pink and green as AKAs inducted a new 35th North Atlantic Regional director.
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A steadfast leader and champion of faith, family, service, and community and of the pink and green has made history as the first Connecticut-based director of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated’s North Atlantic Region.
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