This is the first African American Sorority founded in 1908 with a motto "By culture and by merit". Alpha Kappa Alpha believes in sisterhood and service and has been positively impacting the world for the past 103 years! The colors are salmon pink and apple green. These women are often looked at as classy, beautiful, intelligent and passionate about their goals. They promote high ethical and moral standards, promote education, unity and friendship among college women, maintain progressive interest in college life and provide service. They paved the way and set the example for other sororities to follow. Alpha Kappa Alpha is the First and the Finest! Three times imitated, but Never duplicated. If you're looking for a lifelong bond with strong women and to help make a change in the world around you, this is the sorority for you!
I wanted to be an AKA and here's the reason why.
Of all the towns around, no better group I found
So I joined them right away
And this I have to say
We have tried, we have tried, we have tried
Now we made it to AKA!
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the Only way!
For more info about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. See www.aka1908.com
Of all the towns around, no better group I found
So I joined them right away
And this I have to say
We have tried, we have tried, we have tried
Now we made it to AKA!
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the Only way!
For more info about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. See www.aka1908.com
by FOURce Field June 13, 2011
In 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority became America's first Greek-letter organization established by Black college women. Her roots date back to Howard University, Washington, D.C., where the idea for formation was conceived by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle of St. Louis, Missouri. She viewed the Sorority as an instrument for enriching the social and intellectual aspects of college life by providing mental stimulation through interaction with friends and associates. Through the years, however, Alpha Kappa Alpha's function has become more complex. After her incorporation as a perpetual body in 1913, Alpha Kappa Alpha gradually branched out and became the channel through which selected college-trained women improved the socioeconomic conditions in their city, state, nation, and the world.
In a world in which materialism is pervasive, and technology and competition have decreased the need for collaboration and cooperation, it is critical to have an association that cuts across racial, international, physical, and social barriers to help individuals and communities develop and maintain constructive relationships with others. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is that vital organization.
Alpha Kappa Alpha is a sisterhood composed of women who have consciously chosen this affiliation as a means of self-fulfillment through volunteer service. Alpha Kappa Alpha cultivates and encourages high scholastic and ethical standards; promotes unity and friendship among college women; alleviates problems concerning girls and women; maintains a progressive interest in college life; and serves all mankind through a nucleus of more than 170,000 women in the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa.
Candidacy for membership into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is open to women of high ethical and scholastic standards who are pursuing or have completed courses leading to a degree in an accredited college or university. Our official headquarters is in Chicago, Illinois.
In a world in which materialism is pervasive, and technology and competition have decreased the need for collaboration and cooperation, it is critical to have an association that cuts across racial, international, physical, and social barriers to help individuals and communities develop and maintain constructive relationships with others. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is that vital organization.
Alpha Kappa Alpha is a sisterhood composed of women who have consciously chosen this affiliation as a means of self-fulfillment through volunteer service. Alpha Kappa Alpha cultivates and encourages high scholastic and ethical standards; promotes unity and friendship among college women; alleviates problems concerning girls and women; maintains a progressive interest in college life; and serves all mankind through a nucleus of more than 170,000 women in the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa.
Candidacy for membership into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is open to women of high ethical and scholastic standards who are pursuing or have completed courses leading to a degree in an accredited college or university. Our official headquarters is in Chicago, Illinois.
by PinkLawGirl08 May 31, 2006
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is and was the first black women sorority...but not the best. Delta Sigma Theta has put them to rest. AKA's have always been known for their colors and sometimes pretty faces but what else??? AKA's are nothing but a social organization...to really be honest you can get your letters in three days without even working for them. See in Delta...you will work for what you have, nothing will be given to you that easy. So if you want to be known as haters and sluts for the rest of your life join the stupid sorority of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
AKA: oh my god...what have I done....I wanted to be a Delta but I chose Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. cause I THOUGHT I would be pretty!
by Tranquilizer March 15, 2008