Quander advised the group that they had no right legally or ethically to make such changes and advised them to hold a poll of the entirety of the sorority. While the entire body of the organization was invited to be a part of the changes, Quander opposed the changes.
In this meeting the group proposed to change the name, colors and symbols of the sorority. In October, former President Nellie Quander received an invitation to attend a meeting of the sorority. By the end of the 1911–12 school year, there were more than 40 members of the sorority at Howard. Incorporation: 1912–1913 Ī 1921 Certificate of Membership from the Gamma Chapter at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Īlpha Kappa Alpha continued to grow at Howard. Some examples of service demonstrated before 1912 include helping create the NAACP, dc chapter, feeding the hungry and clothing the poor. The sorority continued many service efforts that continue today. On May 25, 1909, Alpha Kappa Alpha held its first "Ivy Day," a celebration that included planting ivy at Miner Hall. The first initiation was held in a wing of Miner Hall on Howard University on February 11, 1909. The students began their "official" community service efforts on May 1, 1908, with the planting of ivy and a tree on the campus of Howard University. The Sorority developed a beautiful tradition of ritualic services and intimate social affairs for its members, cultural and civic presentations for the general public and varied academic, service and spiritual life for the university. In its first few months of life, Alpha Kappa Alpha cast the mold for its pattern of leadership in the activities of the campus. On February 21, 1908, the 7 sophomores invited to continue the legacy of the sorority were admitted without initiation and endowed with found status. Wednesday, January 15, 1908, nine female students held the first official bi-weekly meetings in Miner Hall. Informal sessions continued, with regular bi-weekly meetings beginning after the holiday. The Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity made its presence known on December 20, 1907, but it was not actually given permission to exist at Howard until the spring of 1908. Many have given the credit of this accolade to the Beta (second) chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha however the Alpha (first) chapter of AKA was accepted in November 1907. This approval made the sorority the first member of the divine nine to be created at an historically black college or university. Hedgemon and Marie Woolfolk gave a presentation to the administration to secure approval, which was granted immediately. The women returned to Howard in the Fall of 1907 to work on the creation of the sorority. She and the rest of the group used the summer of 1907 to research and explore options for their new organization. (Robinson and other female students had not been able to participate in the existing sororities because of their race.) To implement her idea, Hedgemon began recruiting interested classmates during the spring of 1907. Robinson encouraged Hedgemon by relating her own observances of sorority life at the Women's College at Brown University. In the spring of 1907, Ethel Hedgemon Lyle led efforts to create a sisterhood at Howard University. Miner Hall was the site of Alpha Kappa Alpha's founding on January 15, 1908. The current International President is Danette Anthony Reed, and the sorority's document and pictorial archives are located at Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Īlpha Kappa Alpha is part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC). Women may join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university, or they may be invited to join by a graduate chapter after acquiring an undergraduate or advanced college degree. The sorority is one of the nation's largest Greek-letter organizations, having had more than 350,000 members in 1,024 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Alpha Kappa Alpha was incorporated on January 29, 1913. Forming a sorority broke barriers for African American women in areas where they had little power or authority due to a lack of opportunities for minorities and women in the early 20th century. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen students led by Ethel Hedgemon Lyle. ( ΑΚΑ) is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority.
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