Founded Date - answer Wednesday, January 15, 1908 at Howard University,
Washington, D.C.
Incorporated Date - answer January 29, 1913
Motto - answer By Culture and By Merit
Symbol - answer Ivy Leaf
Flower - answer Pink Tea Rose
Colors - answer Salmon Pink and Apple Green
International President (Supreme Basileus) - answer Danette Anthony Reed 2022 -
2026
Global Membership - answer114,000 active members and more than 355,000 members
initiated worldwide
soror - answersister of AKA. We do not call other D9 members
"Ivy Beyond the Wall" - answerDeceased soror
Name the 9 original pearls - answerEthel Hedgeman Lyle, Beulah Elizabeth Burke, Lillie
Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Homes, Larina Norman, LucyDiggs Slowe, Mary
Woolfolk Taylor, Anna Easter Brown
Name the 4 pearl incorporators - answerNellie M. Quander, Julia Evangeline Brooks,
Nellie Pratt Russel, Minnie B. Smith
AKA mission - answer-To cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards
-To promote unity and friendship among college women
-To study and help 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
Types of Membership - answerundergraduate, graduate, general, associate, life,
honorary
, Who wrote the Ivy hymn? - answerEvangeline E. Harris
Intake/initiation - answerThe structured process candidates undergo to become a.
member
What are the AKA primary documents? - answerThe Pink & green handbooks that
include the constitution and bylaws
2023-2026 Initiatives - answer- Empower Our Families
- Build Our Economic Wealth
- Enhance Our Environment
- Advocate for Social Justice
- Uplift Our Local Community
What are the types of risk mentioned? - answerHazing
How many committees are there? - answer- 18 standing committees
- 19 ad hoc/ special committees
How many regions are there? - answer10 regions
What are the regions of AKA? - answerNORTH ATLANTIC
MID-ATLANTIC
SOUTH ATLANTIC
GREAT LAKES
SOUTH EASTERN
SOUTH CENTRAL
CENTRAL
MID-WESTERN
FAR WESTERN
INTERNATIONAL
Official Publication - answerIvy Leaf magazine, first published in 1921
What is AKA? - answerIt is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African
American college-educated women.
Iota Tau chartered at the campus of Uofa when ? - answerMay 7th, 1975
What is a sorority: - answera society for female students in a university or college,
typically for social purposes.
What is a Boule: - answerExecutive Power and Policy Making body. Policy Decisions
and adjudications. Meets biennially in the summer. Voting is limited to delegates, the
directorate; former supreme basilei, and staff executives. All chapter are subordinate to
the Boule. Boule delegated powers to directorate to administer business.
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