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    A Proud Legacy of Leadership Through Timeless Service
    A Proud Legacy of Leadership Through Timeless Service
    A Proud Legacy of Leadership Through Timeless Service
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    A Proud Legacy of Leadership Through Timeless Service

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    Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, has a long and distinguished history of which we are very proud. From its inception to present day, this chapter has provided service to all mankind in an exemplary and noteworthy manner. This is not only reflected in various awards and accolades bestowed upon the membership, but also through its longevity and growth in membership. Furthermore, the tremendous impact this chapter has had in diverse sectors of the community also emphasizes the outstanding works of this chapter. This distinct history will be chronicled through reflective summaries of the chartering of Epsilon Phi Omega and national, regional, and local programs. In addition, there are highlights of chapter membership, celebrations, community outreach, and awards. These narratives begin with notable events during the administration of the chapters first basileus, Velma Daye. Through her leadership Epsilon Phi Omega was chartered. The history will also include a recapping of current initiatives carried out under the leadership of Dr. Tesha Isler.
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    Release dateNov 22, 2013
    ISBN9781491832820
    A Proud Legacy of Leadership Through Timeless Service
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    History Committee

    The Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter History Committee, consisting of Sorors Beulah Jones Grant (Chairman), Tesha Isler (Basileus), Vernal Best, Renita A. Dawson, Regina R. Harvey, Dolores Hayes, Brenda Herring, JoAnn Lloyd, Arzie S. Mason, Thelma Smith, Christine Strowbridge, Melba Uzzell, and Eva Wilder worked diligently with tireless effort and dedication in order to see this project to fruition. For their work, overwhelming gratitude, love and appreciation are extended. Thank you to Soror Dorothy Woodard Hardy for the design of the book cover. Additional thanks is given to past chapter basilei and chapter members for their contributions in words and pictures. This project was a collective effort by many; therefore, thank you is extended to everyone who helped make the printing of Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter’s history a reality.

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      A Proud Legacy of Leadership Through Timeless Service - History Committee

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      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 12/17/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-3281-3 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-3280-6 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-3282-0 (e)

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Acknowledgements

      History Committee

      1.   Dedication

      2.   Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated A Legacy of Sisterhood and Timeless Service

      3.   A Historical Perspective of the Mid-Atlantic Region

      4.   Introduction

      5.   In the Beginning—The Making of Epsilon Phi Omega

      6.   Epsilon Phi Omega’s Thirty-Second Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference - The Finale

      7.   Involvement in Boules, Regional Conferences, Leadership Seminars, Clusters, and Retreats

      8.   A Boule Anecdote

      9.   The Spirit of AKA

      10. Support of Newly Chartered Chapters

      11. Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter Basilei Profiles Deceased*

      12. Interesting Basilei Anecdotes

      13. In Memory of Ivies Beyond the Wall

      14. Founders’ Day

      15. Sisters’ Reunion

      16. The Centennial Celebration ~~ 2008

      17. Soror Arlena Parks’ Celebration

      18. Epsilon Phi Omega Celebrates Birthday of Diamond Soror

      19. National and International Targets

      20. Local Chapter Programs

      21. Recognitions and Awards

      22. Community Outreach

      23. Notable Events

      24. Chapter Officers

      25. Members Profiles

      26. Appendix

      1. A. Chapter Firsts

      2. B. Chapter Facts

      3. C. Basilei Newsletter Themes

      4. D. Recognition of Chapter Members

      5. E. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

      6. F. Timeless Service in Fundraising and Scholarships

      7. G. Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

      27. Bibliography

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      The Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter History Committee, consisting of Sorors Beulah Jones Grant (Chairman), Tesha Isler (Basileus), Vernal Best, Renita A. Dawson, Regina R. Harvey, Dolores Hayes, Brenda Herring, JoAnn Lloyd, Arzie S. Mason, Thelma Smith, Christine Strowbridge, Melba Uzzell, and Eva Wilder worked diligently with tireless effort and dedication in order to see this project to fruition. For their work, overwhelming gratitude, love and appreciation are extended. Thank you to Soror Dorothy Woodard Hardy for the design of the book cover. Additional thanks is given to past chapter basilei and chapter members for their contributions in words and pictures. This project was a collective effort by many; therefore, thank you is extended to everyone who helped make the printing of Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter’s history a reality.

      HISTORY COMMITTEE

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      Sitting (Left to right): Sorors Dolores Hayes, Tesha Isler, Beulah Grant, and Christine Strowbridge

      Standing (Left to right): Sorors Vernal Best, Regina Harvey, Melba Uzzell, Renita Dawson, Eva Wilder, JoAnn Lloyd, and Arzie Mason. Not pictured, Sorors Brenda Herring and Thelma Tracy Smith

      DEDICATION

      Soror Doris L. Brown Horton

      This twenty thirteenth edition of Epsilon Phi Omega’s history book is dedicated to Soror Doris (Tommy) Littlejohn Brown Horton posthumously

      (March 19, 1999).

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      She was a visionary charter member of Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter who served as the chapter historian for nearly four decades. She tirelessly and lovingly kept records of chapter events, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings which she stored in her home as the chapter’s archives. She summarized all the chapter notables and combined them in a yearly composite which was read to chapter members at the final meeting of the year.

      ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED

      A LEGACY OF SISTERHOOD AND TIMELESS SERVICE

      Confined to what she called a small circumscribed life in the segregated and male-dominated milieu that characterized the early 1900s, Howard University co-ed Ethel Hedgeman dreamed of creating a support network for women with like minds coming together for mutual uplift, and coalescing their talents and strengths for the benefit of others. In 1908, her vision crystallized as Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Negro Greek-letter sorority. Five years later (1913), lead incorporator Nellie Quander ensured Alpha Kappa Alpha’s perpetuity through incorporation in the District of Columbia.

      Together with eight other coeds at the mecca for Negro education, Hedgeman crafted a design that not only fostered interaction, stimulation, and ethical growth among members; but also provided hope for the masses. From the core group of nine at Howard, AKA has grown into a force of more than 265,000 collegiate members and alumnae, constituting 972 chapters in 42 states, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Liberia, and Canada.

      Because they believed that Negro college women represented the highest—more education, more enlightenment, and more of almost everything that the great mass of Negroes never had—Hedgeman and her cohorts worked to honor what she called an everlasting debt to raise them (Negroes) up and to make them better." For more than a century, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sisterhood has fulfilled that obligation by becoming an indomitable force for good in their communities, state, nation, and the world.

      The Alpha Kappa Alpha program today still reflects the communal consciousness steeped in the AKA tradition and embodied in AKA’s credo, To be supreme in service to all mankind. Cultural awareness and social advocacy marked Alpha Kappa Alpha’s infancy, but within one year (1914) of acquiring corporate status, AKA had also made its mark on education, establishing a scholarship award. The programming was a prelude to the thousands of pioneering and enduring initiatives that eventually defined the Alpha Kappa Alpha brand. Through the years, Alpha Kappa Alpha has used the Sisterhood as a grand lever to raise the status of African-Americans, particularly girls and women. AKA has enriched minds and encouraged life-long learning; provided aid for the poor, the sick, and underserved; initiated social action to advance human and civil rights; worked collaboratively with other groups to maximize outreach on progressive endeavors; and continually produced leaders to continue its credo of service.

      Guided by twenty-eight international presidents from Nellie M. Quander (1913-1919) to Carolyn House Stewart (2010-2014), with reinforcement from a professional headquarters staff since 1949; AKA’s corps of volunteers has instituted groundbreaking social action initiatives and social service programs that have timelessly transformed communities for the better—continually emitting progress in cities, states, the nation, and the world.

      Signature Program Initiatives

      2000s—Launched Emerging Young Leaders, a bold move to prepare 10,000 girls in grades 6-8 to excel as young leaders equipped to respond to the challenges of the 21stcentury; initiated homage for civil rights milestones by honoring the Little Rock Nine’s 1957 desegregation of Central High (Little

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