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Happy Birthday Alpha Chapter

In January, Alpha Kappa Alpha commemorated the 100-year anniversary of the founding of its first chapter—Alpha Chapter at Howard University. The highlight of the milestone celebration was a silent pilgrimage that allowed members to reflect, recall and remember by walking in the paths of those who, five generations before, committed to be "supreme in service to all mankind."

Activities also included:

• $1 million donation to Howard University as a portion of the scholarship fund named for AKA founder Nellie Quander;
  
  
• Dedication of markers at sites of historical significance to the organization;
  
  
• Library dedication at Middle School for Mathematics & Science, which stands on the grounds of Miner Hall—site of the genesis of AKA;
  
  
• Worship service, with the sermon delivered by Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, Pastor of The Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York; and
  
  
• "A KAptured Century" celebration, hosted by the undergraduate members of Alpha Chapter.

Among those who attended the celebration were: the Honorable Peggy Quince, Florida Supreme Court Justice who, in July 2008, becomes chief justice; 102-year-old Mrs. Hazel Hainsworth Young, who joined the Sorority in spring 1922; Judge Rohulamin Quander, nephew of founder Nellie Quander; and Dr. Geraldine Mowbray Arnett, daughter of founder Ethel Jones Mowbray.

Click on either the image thumbnail or the link adjacent to each thumbnail to see photographs of the Alpha Chapter Centennial Celebration, held January 12-15, 2008 in Washington, DC.

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