Famous Sorors
State Senator Hunter Names May 15 Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in Illinois
In honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and celebration, State Senator Mattie Hunter (IL) released the following statement: As an Alpha Kappa Alpha sister, State Sen. Mattie Hunter expressed her enthusiasm and support for Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in Illinois. “Alpha Kappa Alpha is a true cornerstone of our African-American community,” said Hunter. “AKA plays […]
GET WELL SOON CARD: Soror Maya Angelou Hospitalized
Sorors from around the world are sending their love, thoughts, and prayers to poet and author, Soror Maya Angelou, as she recovers from recent hospitalization. She is reported to be at her Winston-Salem home after spending a few days at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center being treated for an undisclosed illness. Her physician, Dr. Jeff […]
Official Release: ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA MOURNS LOSS OF FORMER INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT MARY SHY SCOTT
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of our IBTW Soror Mary Shy Scott. Feel free to leave your well wishes and condolences. Official sorority press release below: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority mourns the passing of Mary Shy Scott, of Atlanta, Ga., on April 15, who served as the Sorority’s 23rd International president […]
Soror Maya Angelou Pens New Memoir, Mom, Me, & Mom
With seven autobiographies under her belt, our Soror Maya Angelou, is still taking time for personal reflection and celebration. In her newest memoir, Mom & Me & Mom, Soror Angelou explores her relationship with her mother, Vivian Baxter. Literary fans are abuzz about this new work from such an extraordinary, timeless woman. In a recent interview, […]
Sign Soror Vanessa Bell Calloway’s Birthday Card!!!
Soror Calloway: Some call you ‘Nessa, that pretty girl from Coming To America, or the lady from Shameless, but to us, you will always be “Soror!” Your style and grace is sought after. You have a simple sophistAKAtion that many attempt to achieve, but never find. You are an exemplary woman, role model, mother, soror, […]
VIDEO: Soror Alicia Keys EMPOWERS WOMEN against AIDS
- from the site – WE ARE EMPOWERED. Grammy Award-winning artist and HIV advocate [and Soror] Alicia Keys teamed up with Greater Than AIDS to reach women about HIV/AIDS. One in four people living with HIV in the U.S. today is a woman. As mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, partners and people living with HIV, we […]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Honored by the 113th U.S. Congress
March is Women’s History (or HERSTORY) Month in the United States. U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) took the opportunity to celebrate this month and all the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, in remarks to the U.S. Congress on March 4, 2013. Her remarks have been recorded in the official Congressional Record of The Library […]
In Photos: ThrowBackThursday, When Soror Alicia Keys Became an Honorary Member
Many people hear of celebrities joining sororities, but never get to see pictures of this historical event. Here we feature a few pictures from the celebration of Soror Alicia Keys and her selection as honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The pictures are OH SO PRETTY! Soror Keys is pictures here with our […]
