68th MARC Conference At A Glance

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67th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

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67th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

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CONFERENCE WEBSITE 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Website

http://marc2021.vfairs.com/

CONFERENCE SOUVENIR JOURNAL LINK https://issuu.com/aka.midatlanticregion/docs/68th_marc_souvenir_journal

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TABLE OF CONTENTS CONFERENCE INFORMATION Conference Disclaimer, Website, and Souvenir Journal Link ...................................................................... 2 GREETINGS FROM ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED® From the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director .................................................................................................... 4 From the Supreme Basileus .......................................................................................................................... 5 From the Conference Chairman ................................................................................................................... 6 From the Conference Co-Chairman .............................................................................................................. 7 From the Conference Undergraduate Activities Chairman .......................................................................... 8 From the Conference Undergraduate Activities Co-Chairman .................................................................... 9 GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION Conference Protocol ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Conference Rules ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Conference Agenda (Plenary Sessions) ........................................................................................................ 14 Conference At A Glance ................................................................................................................................ 22 Conference Workshops ................................................................................................................................. 23

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ® 5656 S. Stony Island Avenue • Chicago, Illinois 60637-1997 Telephone 773 684-1282 • Fax 773 288-8251

OFFICE OF: Jennifer King Congleton Mid-Atlantic Regional Director P.O. Box 7063 Greenville, NC 27835 Telephone: (252) 916-9393 Email: JCongleton@aka1908.com My Dear Sorors, I’m excited and honored that you are a part of the historic virtual 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference where we are “Polished and Poised for Excellence!” This year’s unique conference experience is one that will allow us to remain safe and still carry on the business of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Thank you for your contributions to this year’s souvenir journal. By continuing this tradition, we are able to recognize chapters and sorors who are celebrating milestones and continuing Mid-Atlantic’s legacy of excellence. I also appreciate the extra efforts you have shown to reach out to corporate sponsors who have also contributed to this journal. Although we are operating virtually, your continued support is tangible and heartfelt.

This conference, under the leadership of Soror Aurelia Williams, Conference Chair and her dynamic co-chair, Soror Cynthia Nicholson, will be full of exciting presentations, workshops and events that will demonstrate our commitment to continuing our service and our Mid-Atlantic spirit of sisterliness. The world has changed so much in the last year; however, “Exemplifying Excellence Through Sustainable Service” is still our mission. The Mid-Atlantic region has performed above and beyond what we ever could have imagined, and this conference will celebrate those successes.

Thank you again for all you have done individually and as chapters to bring us to this point. Our communities are better for all your efforts to embrace “A New Thing” during such challenging times. I am proud to call you my sisters.

Sincerely,

Jennifer King Congleton Mid-Atlantic Regional Director

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March 25, 2021 Soror Jennifer King Congleton Mid-Atlantic Regional Director PO Box 7063 Greenville, NC 27835 Greetings Sorors: It is my pleasure to extend greetings to you on the occasion of this historic 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference under the theme, PPE: Poised and Polished for Excellence. I am pleased that you have demonstrated your commitment to growing in Alpha Kappa Alpha by your presence and participation in your regional conference.

As we continue to be undeterred in our service to all mankind despite the challenges presented by this unprecedented public health crisis, I am gratified by the ingenuity, determination and excellence on display at regional conferences across Alpha Kappa Alpha in this virtual world. I expect that you will share my enthusiasm as you participate in your virtual regional conference which has been thoughtfully planned over the next few days.

I encourage you to peruse the virtual platform and enjoy all of the features it has to offer as you attend training sessions and other events. Through interactive workshops, sisterly relations activities, and sharing best practices, you will expand your knowledge of Alpha Kappa Alpha and become even better equipped to serve and to lead. I am humbled by your commitment to our sisterhood.

Enjoy the conference as, together, we continue Exemplifying Excellence Through Sustainable Service.

Yours in Alpha Kappa Alpha Excellence,

Soror Glenda Glover Supreme Basileus

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Greetings!

Welcome to the 68th Mid Atlantic Regional Conference, where we are “Poised and Polished for Excellence.” Throughout our virtual conference, you will have the opportunity to celebrate, learn, and exercise your technology skills as we adapt to our virtual platform in response to the pandemic.

If there was ever a time that we are needed to serve our community with boldness and precision, it is now! The country is healing, our educational system is adapting, and we have made history. Indeed, we are doing a new thing and doing it well. Through technology, we are blessed to convene safely and in an engaging manner.

Sorors from across the Mid-Atlantic Region have been working tirelessly to plan an innovative conference that is guaranteed to increase your knowledge of our international program “Exemplifying Excellence Through Sustainable Service.” The 68th MARC will offer all of the features of our inperson conference and a few bonuses! This year, all conference extras were included with your economical registration fee. We hope that you will join us in service, training, and celebration.

I applaud the entire 68th MARC planning team’s efforts, especially the Regional Technology Committee led by Soror Ronda Brown. Your leadership, patience, creativity, and agility created the foundation that supports the entire committee’s programmatic initiatives. Soror Cynthia Salley Nicholson, thank you for your support and leadership as we navigated new waters to launch the first virtual conference for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Madam Regional Director Jennifer King Congleton, I appreciate your trust in allowing me to serve in this capacity as conference chairman. Your support and engagement made all the hard work we shared much more palatable. I am excited that we were poised for this challenge, polished to lead through unprecedented change, and willingly served with a spirit of excellence.

Sorors, in another year of service and gratitude, I am elated to serve as your 68th Mid-Atlantic Reginal Conference Chairman.

In service,

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Dr. Aurelia T. Williams Chairman 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Gamma Delta Omega Chapter

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Greetings Sorors: It is an honor to have served as the Co-Chairman for the 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. We enjoyed planning and preparing every detail of our region’s first virtual conference. Our theme, “PPE: Poised and Polished for Excellence”, captured our ability to thrive in the midst of our country’s current realities. Every activity and program celebrated our region’s rich history of leadership and service.

Congratulations to our esteemed Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, Ms. Jennifer King Congleton! This has truly been a new thing! Your vision to provide a relevant and engaging conference is a true testament of your love and devotion to the Mid-Atlantic Region and our sisterhood.

To our conference Chairman, Dr. Aurelia T. Williams, and to each planning committee member, your diligence and work has made this a conference to remember. It has been a pleasure to work alongside you to make this a memorable experience for each of our registered members.

Even in a virtual platform, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference upheld the promise of delivering a “Marvelous” event. Hopefully, conference attendees will be inspired to serve under any circumstance – virtually or face to face. Together, we are stronger for we know there is none other like our sisterhood.

With Sisterly Love and Admiration,

Cynthia Salley Nicholson, PhD Co-Chairman 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Tidewater Cluster Coordinator

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To my Sorors of the Marvelous Mid-Atlantic Region, I would like to extend my warmest welcome to the FIRST Virtual Regional Conference. We surely are doing a “New Thing!”

I am elated that Madam Regional Director, Soror Jennifer King Congleton, challenged me with the amazing opportunity to lead this committee. It has been an honor to work with her and the Graduate Sorors of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Planning Committee.

It has been a pleasure to work with my esteemed Co-Chair, Soror Alexandria Marsicovetere. By collaborating with her and the other members of the committee, we created an engaging and informative program. I am sure that you will exit this virtual conference prepared to build a rapport with Sorors in and outside of the Marvelous Mid-Atlantic Region. I am excited to share this experience with you and we hope that you can enjoy it even from the comfort of your home!

Sorors, even though we are apart, we can enjoy this historic conference together! Hopefully, by the end of our time together virtually, we will have fostered new relationships and come to appreciate the resilient nature of this illustrious sisterhood even more than ever.

I am overjoyed to gather with you in this new experience!

Sisterly,

Amira Watson Undergraduate Activities Chairman 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

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To my Dear Sorors of the Marvelous Mid-Atlantic Region, I am very excited to welcome you to our 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference - our region’s first ever virtual conference! It is my most sincere hope that, regardless of the virtual medium, you will continue to feel empowered and embraced by the strength of our illustrious sisterhood.

I am honored to learn from our Marvelous Regional Director, Soror Jennifer King Congleton, and the other Marvelous Sorors of the MidAtlantic Regional Conference Planning Committee during the development of the undergraduate program for the conference.

It has been an immense blessing to work alongside the Undergraduate Activities Chairwoman, Soror Amira Watson, other members of the committee, and our Marvelous Mid-Atlantic Region Graduate Advisors to develop an undergraduate program that will celebrate the amazing accomplishments of our undergraduate Sorors while providing an engaging and meaningful experience to support their excellence in perpetuity.

Sorors, no distance is greater than the bonds and strength of our illustrious sisterhood, and it is with a humble heart that I extend my gratitude to each and every one of you for continuing to serve as the pillars of excellence our world so desperately needs.

I am ecstatic to share this experience and send you all wishes of health, hope, and happiness!

Sisterly,

Alexandria (Alex) Marsicovetere Undergraduate Activities Co-Chairwoman 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

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The Rules of the Virtual 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference shall be governed by the 2018 Constitution and Bylaws and Manual of Standard Procedure of Rule 1 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, as well as Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th Edition.

Rule 2

Soror Jennifer King-Congleton, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, is the Presiding Officer for this Conference.

Rule 3 The first order of business shall be the Report of the Credentials Committee.

Rule 4 The second order of business shall be the adoption of the Proposed Standing Rules.

Rule 5

The third order of business shall be the adoption of the Conference Agenda as presented by Soror Jennifer King Congleton, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director.

Each business session and all program activities shall begin and end promptly, in Rule 6 accordance with the official agenda. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, as the Presiding Officer, may make exceptions.

The Regional Director shall appoint a Grammateus, Anti-Grammateus, Philacter Rule 7 and other officers she deems necessary to carry out the adopted agenda of this conference.

The Conference is accessible to registered sorors and registered guests only. All Rule 8 registered sorors, including delegates and registered guests, shall comply with identity verification requests in order to enter all meetings and functions.

A delegate who must leave the Conference shall first notify her Chapter Basileus and then promptly email the Mid-Atlantic Regional Registrar at: registrar@midatlanticaka.org to surrender her delegate status. The alternate Rule 9 taking the delegate’s place will be notified by her Chapter Basileus. After certification by the Registration Chairman and Delegate Certification Chairman, the alternate shall assume the role of “delegate” for the remainder of the Conference.

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In all conference matters not provided for in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Rule 10 Incorporated® International Constitution and Bylaws, the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern the body.

Rule 11

The voting strength of the conference delegation shall be announced at the opening of the first business session of each day of the Regional Conference.

Sorors presenting reports to the conference shall, as recommended by the 2018 Official Guide to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Protocol, address as follows: “To Madam Regional Director, Soror Jennifer King Congleton, Madam Supreme Basileus, Soror Glenda Glover, to our Former Supreme Basilei, Members of the Directorate, and all others who serve Alpha Kappa Alpha, Good Morning/Afternoon.”

Rule 12 There is no greeting before offering a prayer, meditation, grace and/or invocation.

These guidelines are applicable for plenary sessions and events.

This specific greeting, however, is only stated by the first speaker of the event. All others who follow need only acknowledge the Regional Director, Soror Congleton, and the Supreme Basileus, Soror Glover, or the First Supreme Anti-Basileus, Soror Anthony, and then proceed with their committee reports. Speakers should provide an electronic copy of their report to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Grammateus and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Chairman immediately following presentation to the Conference.

Due to the confidential and proprietary nature of sorority business conducted at the Virtual 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, taking pictures, screen shots, utilizing the snipping tool to capture screen shots, video and/or audio recordings of plenary sessions, workshops and forums is prohibited. The only exception to Rule 13 this Rule will be the instances where awards are presented during the public meeting or during plenary sessions where limited screen shots may be allowed.

Any Soror found violating this rule, as verified by the Technology Committee or cyber security, will be asked to delete the images and/or information from her electronic device(s) and may be barred from that session or future sessions.

Texting, tweeting, and/or posting to any social media outlet regarding any Rule 14 information discussed in virtual business meetings including forums, workshops and certification institutes shall not be permitted.

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Rule 15

Sorors should wear appropriate Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® business attire to all business meetings, workshops and forums.

Rule 16

Certified delegates of the Conference shall be entitled to make motions, engage in discussion, and vote.

A delegate who wishes to pose a question or comment shall enter her submission Rule 17 via function available through the meeting platform. A delegate is asked to limit the number of comments to one (1) per issue.

All delegates are asked to exhibit sisterly conduct when an issue is being Rule 18 addressed. No debate (discussion) that directs negative criticism to an individual soror or an individual chapter shall be permitted.

Rule 19

The Regional Director shall rule out of order any discussion, debate, or proposal not specifically related to the conference agenda.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements must be in writing, include the full name of the soror, and the Rule 20 name of her chapter or general membership and email the announcement to the Regional Conference Hodegos at: MARCHodegos@gmail.com SPECIAL RULES ON VOTING

Rule 21

Madam Regional Director and Former Mid-Atlantic Regional Directors will be allowed to vote as delegates at this Conference.

Business may be conducted by unanimous consent.

When the Regional Director seeks unanimous consent motions may be adopted if Rule 22 there are no objections. Delegates will use the platform functionality to raise an objection to unanimous consent. If so, voting shall then proceed by another method after debate The 2020-2021 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Rules Committee submits this report and moves its adoption.

Soror Sandra Harrell Cook, Iota Kappa Omega, Chairman

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CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE Thursday, March 25, 2021 – HBCU/Paraphernalia Day 1:15 PM 1:30 PM 2:45 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 7:30 PM

Welcome and Pre-Conference Opening Constitution Forum Financial Forum Musical Prelude Tribute to Mid-Atlantic Jewels Public Meeting

Friday, March 26, 2021 – Green Day 8:30 AM 8:45 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:30 PM 1:45 PM 2:00 PM 4:00 PM 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Musical Prelude Janet Jones Ballard Leadership Awards Event Formal Opening of the 68th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference First Plenary Session Break Musical Prelude Second Plenary Session Evening Break Friday Night Event Recess for the Evening

Saturday, March 27, 2021 – Pink and Green Day 8:30 AM 9:00 AM 10:15 AM 10:30 AM 11:45 AM 12:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:15 PM 2:45 PM 3:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Barbara K. Phillips EAF Event Conference Workshops (11 rooms) Break/Transition Conference Workshops (11 rooms) Break/Transition Undergraduate Awards Event Break Legacy Parade Musical Prelude Third Plenary Session - Webinar Format Recess Musical Prelude Awards Gala Recess for the Evening

Sunday, March 28, 2021 – Sunday Best 9:00 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM

Memorial Service Prayer, Praise, and Worship Service Regional Director Debriefing with 68th MARC Steering Committee Regional Director Briefing with 69th MARC Steering Committee

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CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS WORKSHOP SESSIONS I 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

WK01 Financial Operations

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

WK02 Membership

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

WK04 MIP Undergraduate

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

WK07 Standards

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

WK11 Protocol

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

WK12 Rituals

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

MARWK200 Women’s Health Issues

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

MARWK500 Financial Management and Opportunities in the Pandemic

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

MARWK600 Planning beyond Tomorrow: Estate Planning & Living Wills

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CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS WORKSHOP SESSIONS II 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

WK03 MIP Graduate

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

WK05 Program

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

WK06 Risk Management

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

WK08 Undergraduate Activities

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

WK11 Protocol

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

WK14 Technology

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

MARWK300 Keeping the Fires Burning: Staying Politically and Civically Engaged After the Election (Panel)

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

MARWK400 How Can I Retire? Paying for Health Care

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