ABOUT

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ® (AKA), an international service organization, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1908. It is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-educated women.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated® is comprised of more than 365,000 initiated members in graduate and undergraduate chapters located in 13 nations and territories including the United States, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Japan, Liberia, Nigeria, South Korea, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Led by International President & CEO Danette Anthony Reed of Dallas, Texas, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, often is hailed as “America’s premier Greek-letter organization for African American women.”

MISSION Purpose

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated^® was founded on a mission of five basic tenets that have remained unchanged since the sorority’s inception. Our mission is

to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards,
to promote unity and friendship among college women,
to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature,
to maintain a progressive interest in college life,
and to be of “Service to All Mankind.”

Founders Original

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC. Our founders were among the fewer than 1,000 Negroes enrolled in higher education institutions in 1908, and the 25 women who received bachelor of arts degrees from Howard University between 1908 and 1911. Nine juniors and seniors constituted the founding members.

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Our History
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated^® Founders Harriet Josephine Terry, Joanna Berry Shields, Margaret Flagg Holmes and Beulah Burke
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Regions
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated^® has ten regions.
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Quick Facts
Insights into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated^® are historic and significant.
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LEADERSHIP Organization

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FORMER PRESIDENTS Leaders

For more than 117 years, thirty women have passionately and ably assumed the mantles of sisterhood, leadership and service as national (and later, international) president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated^®.

Under their stewardship, the sorority has evolved from a sisterhood on the campus of Howard University to a global organization laser-focused on issues involving economics, education, social action, the environment, human rights, political activism and equity.

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