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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

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About AKA

Alpha Kappa Alpha is the oldest Greek-letter organization established in America by Black college women. The record of its origin, growth and development, activities, evolving goals and accomplishments is more than an interesting chronicle of a colorful bit of college-based Americana. It is, rather, a significant and inspiring reflection of the development of a minority group in a changing culture.

 

In 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority became America’s first Greek-letter organization established by and for Black women. Her roots date back to 1908 at Howard University, Washington, DC, 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.

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Through the years, however, Alpha Kappa Alpha’s functioning 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 social and economic conditions in their city, state, nation and the world. Today, that tradition has continued--internationally, nationally and locally. 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 265,000 women in over 983 chapters.

 

For more information about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, visit www.aka1908.com or visit the social profiles linked below.

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The Notable North Atlantic Region

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About North Atlantic Region
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The North Atlantic region is the birthplace of Alpha Kappa Alpha and home to 140 graduate and undergraduate chapters in Massachusetts, Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, DC, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Elicia Pegues Spearman, Esq. is the current North Atlantic Regional Director. 

 

Rho Kappa Omega Chapter is a member of the Notable North Atlantic Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. To learn more about the North Atlantic Region, visit http://aka1908.com/northatlantic or visit the social profiles linked below.

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Rho Kappa Omega Chapter

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The idea of a Hudson County Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was initiated by Mrs. Melody McGowan-Parker. Mrs. Parker decided that Jersey City would be the home base for Alpha Kappa Alpha national initiatives and generated enough interest that she was able to attract fourteen other dynamic women living and/or working in the area to join her efforts. These women operated as an interest group for two years and acted as a chapter. The interest group was known as 

 

"The Women of Distinction"

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Some of the activities the group sponsored included a clothing drive for the homeless, donated a  doll to the African-American Museum in Jersey City dressed in traditional Alpha Kappa Alpha clothing, worked with pregnant young women, and sponsored a health fair. Rho Kappa Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was chartered on September 18, 1988 at Il Galletto Restaurant in North Bergen, New Jersey, in which it serves the communities of Hudson County, New Jersey.  

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RHO KAPPA OMEGA CHARTER MEMBERS​

Angela Best Nedwell 

Barbara E. Moore *

Dolores L.A. Curtis

Doreen Draughan

Dorothy Daniels *
Ethel Washington *

Gwendolyn Anthony-Garnett

Janet Daugett-Chavis

Linda Hill

Melody McGowan-Parker

Sheila McRae-Randolph

Sherie Jackson
Trudy Miles
Valerie Campbell 

Wanda Gadson *

*notates deceased

 

PREVIOUS CHAPTER PRESIDENTS â€‹

Dolores L.A. Curtis

June Day

Rasheeda Green

Nicole Jackson

Sha-Nieka Muniz

Sobande F. Afolabi, Esq.

Cimeron Bryant

Vanetha Wood-Stradford

Sabrina Riley

Corinne E. Rivers, Esq. 

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Chapter Leadership

Chapter Leadership Team

Nokeima T. Jones

President

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Jasmine Butler

Vice-President

Erica Coleman

Recording Secretary

Virginia Wolfe, Ed. D.

Assistant Recording Secretary

Marquita Smith

Corresponding Secretary

Sobande F. Afolabi, Esq.

Graduate Advisor

Seraphine Jean-Louis

Treasurer

Tynesha Banks

Financial Secretary

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Janice T.. Watson

Chaplain

Darcell Medley-Stokes

Parliamentarian

Ashlee Sullivan 

Historian

Breanna Arthur

Public Relations Director

Jazmin Gooding

Sergeant-at-Arms

Sabrina Riley 

Keeper of Property

Vanessa Jean-Louis

Official Hostess

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