Michelle knows what's up. All rights reserved. July 27, 20094:46 PM. In my book, she is now officially skee-WEAK. As far as history is concerned, AKA history is DST history. I would not want to be called other names.. for the dst and zpb and sgr.. i just wouldnt There are currently over 1,000 chapters of the sorority nationwide. Wowand now I realized why I decided NOT to go that routeSWEETIE. civil rights activist; first African-American woman to work at a white newspaper, award-winning author, celebrity journalist, former beauty queen, actress, model, producer, social activist and philanthropist, scholar, author, professor of African American Cultural Studies, Law, and Bioethics, writer; granddaughter of Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, principal dancer, River City Ballet Company; founder and Artistic Director, Ballet on Wheels, core dancer, Lindy Hop All-star Dancers; winner of 2004 American Lindy Hop Championships Open Showcase division; winner of 2003 New York Lindy Hop Open Champions Routine division, producer, Five Sisters Production Company, Mrs. United States 2007; Mrs. Michigan America 2010; Mrs. Michigan International 2005; Mrs. Michigan Galaxy 2006, Mrs. District of Columbia America 2009; Mrs. Maryland United States 2005, Miss Black Delaware 1996; University Dean, first African-American woman invited to sing at the White House, R&B singer and songwriter; lead background vocalist for, one of two African-American hosts for the, Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter, education activist, trained Rosa Parks during workshops at Highlander Folk School School, civil rights advocate and social reformer, first African-American woman to head the Urban League in Washington, D.C.; personal confidante to first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The event ended as the women held hands and sang the sororitys 100-year-old hymn accompanied by a full orchestra and choir. NOPE and I don't expect you to. Of course you may never agree about the differences because you are two different organizations. FAB FLIX OF THE DAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH! Senior Vice-President, Business Operations, first African-American and longest-serving mayor of, artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater, Vice President of Northern Regions Energy Delivery Services, Progress Energy; first woman and first African American to chair the State Board of Community Colleges in North Carolina, president of E. G. 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Williams Advertising Agency, Founder and Executive Director of 5000 Role Models of Excellence, Incorporated, State Senator, District 33, Vice President of licensing and Oracle Corporation; former president, Ameritech Illinois and Ameritech Ohio, first African-American woman to receive a patent for a medical procedure, the Cataract Laserphaco Probe in 1988, advocate for women's health; established health clinics in Washington, D.C. and Mississippi, Computer pioneer who helped calculate the trajectory for the 1969, The first African-American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at, first African-American woman federal judge in the, Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, judge, District Court of Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Michelle Obama] is the epitome of what the sorority stands for." If Sen. Obama is elected president in November, his wife will be the second first lady inducted into Alpha Kappa. It is called modesty. It really does take homage away. Every organization has honorary members including fraternities. When I fell in love with AKA, I made a lifetime commitment for MENot for anyone one else on this thread or in my life. I love politico doublespeak, LOL. As an African American woman I am proud. first African-American female municipal judge, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, first African-American Judge appointed Supervising Judge of Civil Court, Kings Co., Brooklyn. "She looks forward to working with all of them to help bring change to their communities." How is calling members of Alpha Kappa Alpha "superficial" hating? PREVIOUS: T.O. real women wear 10 pearls and 2 rubies ", My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Sipuel v. 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This Just In: Michelle Obama Inducted As An Honorary Member Of AKA! i remember the good feeling in our country when JFK and jackie had two small children in the white houseand i look forward to the obamas and their girls sharing eight great years at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. Michelle Obama will choose what she feels best suits her. I wonder if she's checked their history? I also want the readers here to notice where the majority of the hate is coming from. Before you post comments in open forums, learn to spell simple words and compose simple sentences. And our organization who continues to beat adversity after being unfairly dubbed the "underdogs"? If we are following in your footsteps, why weren't you marching down Pennsylvaina Avenue during the Women's Suffrage March in 1913? [/quote] For each greek woman on this thread, we each had the same choice that Mrs Obama has, and for whatever reason we selected the org that was best for us. From calling other sorors "not pretty enough", to attempting to make other sororities feel inferior and calling others "perps"you ladies have covered every form of nastiness. do u know EVERY detail of my org? contingent in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, said Lawrence Otis Graham, the author of Our Kind of People:Inside Americas Black Upper Class, I know they teach these things in elementary school. CORRECTION: A previous version of this article listed Michelle Obama and Toni Braxton as members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is a SERVICE organization sweetie. Michelle Obama says she'll be proud to be an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the black sorority holding its centennial celebrations in DC this week. Facebook of them has a very entrenched image. She is such an ethical elegant woman. Pearlflection, my soror does know her history, the problem is that YOU don't. We are unable to fully display the content of this page. She would be foolish to limit herself to just the AKAs. I know for those who pledge are loyal and proud of your soro but there is no need to tear one each other down. The same method has been used to be accepted into schools and into the workforce in the past. That is the image that the members put out of themselves. Congrats welcome to the Phrist Family. But if you didn't intend to get an answer to your question a simple period at the end of your INCORRECT statement would have sufficed. If you have to downgrade my prestigious organization to make you feel better about your own than I feel sorry that you made the wrong choice! I am financial in my chapter, but I support every greek org in my area without being a member. <---A financial card carrying, hardworking member of my beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha since I was crossed those sands *check check* The talented actress who has earned roles in Tyler Perry's "The Haves and the Have Nots," HBO's Bessie, the "Ride Along" movie series, and who is playing First Lady, Michelle Obama, in the upcoming Barack Obama biopic Southside with You, was inducted yesterday [] That is all[/quote] [2], Alpha Kappa Alpha has a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters in the United States and several other countries. By the way, what was her outstanding achievements that set her apart in her community and careers? Among those being inducted tomorrow are Rutgers University basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer and Wangari Muta Maathai, the Kenyan environmental and political activist who is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. I am an active, financial member of Zeta Phi Beta and one of my fav things about Mrs. Obama was that she was unaffiliated. The country is better off for all of you and your sisters who preceded you, Fenty said to thunderous applause. Maybe there is a disconnect between new members and old members. Vice President of Employment and Diversity, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. founder of the Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, founder of DuSable Museum of African American History in, first African book publisher in the United Kingdom; writer and broadcaster; inducted into the, global marketing director, personal care division, Avon, first African-American woman to form a commercial, president of the National Association of Black Journalists; Managing Editor and primary anchor at, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for, founder of Westside Preparatory School in, taught in New York City schools for 28 years. The pretty members are stuck-up & out of the 30, 60, and 100+ plus groups that cross- be serious- not many are still active and financial and virtually none learn their history or their line sisters names. That sounds pretty selective to me. According to Ms., AKA spearheaded the first full-time congressional lobby for minority-group civil rights, the National Non-Partisan Council on Public Affairs between 1938 and 1948. Well everyone can't go that way sooooooo. [quote comment="140541"]Whats up with all the ridiculousness?? I have met these members - which kinda disproves many superficial theories of the sorority overall. Former GMA3 Co-Anchors T.J. 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