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AKA Day at The State House

Ashley Brown, Angela Hunter, Maria Fernandes, Chenita Daughtry, Tracey Cameron
AKA Day at The State House,. : Left Chenita Daughtry, President Psi Omega Chapter, Center Charlotte Golar-Ritchie, Right Tracey Cameron, President Rho Epsilon Omega
AKA Day at The State House Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated met with legislators on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at the State House.
Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated met with legislators on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at the State House. More than 40 members of the sorority representing 4 chapters (Psi Omega, Rho Epsilon Omega, Psi Iota Omega and Lambda Upsilon) attended the event. The event started with lunch at Carrie Nation followed by a pilgrimage to the State House. While at the State House members met with their respective representatives to shared legislative priorities including Civil Rights and Social Justice and Family Strengthening. Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ) is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African-American college women. Alpha Kappa Alpha’s mission is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of “Service to All Mankind.”