2019 Southern California Cluster Booklet

Cluster Southern California Conference

October 19, 2019

POMONA, CALIFORNIA

Eta nu omega, Kappa theta, & Rho delta

Carol R. Dixon

FAR WESTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Glenda Glover

Supreme Basileus

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OFFICE OF: Carol R. Dixon Far Western Regional Director P.O. Box 730190 San Jose, CA 95173-0190 Phone: (408) 218-1714 Email: cdixon@aka1908.com

October 18, 2019 Greetings Sorors, Welcome to the 2019 Far Western Region Southern California Cluster Conference.

Eta Nu Omega, Kappa Theta and Rho Delta, the host chapters have enthusiastically planned activities that will engage, empower and energize your dedication and commitment to our illustrious organization. This conference is bittersweet as it will be my last Southern California Cluster Conference as your Regional Director.

The Cluster Theme “Excellence is: Daring to be Different” is all about you and your commitment to Exemplifying Excellence Through Sustainable Service. It is my hope when you leave the conference, you will be committed to dare to be different in our efforts to drive forward our international program and service.

Words cannot express how grateful I am for your support during this journey. I have been inspired and energized by your commitment to Alpha Kappa Alpha. It has been my honor to serve as your Far Western Regional Director.

Sisterly,

Carol R. Dixon Far Western Regional Director Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®

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September 28, 2019 Soror Carol R. Dixon Far Western Regional Director P.O. Box 730190 San Jose, CA 95173 Greetings Sorors!

Welcome to the 2019 Far Western Region Cluster Retreat! Attending Cluster is a wonderful opportunity to expand your knowledge and connect with sorors in your area. It is imperative that all sorors are equipped with the knowledge to ensure that we are operating effectively and serving at the highest possible level. Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Founders envisioned a sisterhood that promoted service to all mankind; their legacy has ignited a desire in each of us to carry the torch of service, leadership, and sisterliness. Your leadership and dedication in your community has been amazing - we are certainly proud of your hard work! You continue to rise to the occasion as Alpha Kappa Alpha women.

This retreat will give you the opportunity to reflect on our first year of the Exemplifying Excellence Through Sustainable ServiceSM program. You will be able to share your successes and identify ways to improve and expand your chapter’s impact in your communities. In addition, you will identify strategies to build membership engagement and foster strong sisterly relationships. The smaller setting will allow you to share creative ideas and best practices that can be implemented across the region.

Soror Carol R. Dixon, your Far Western Regional Director, has assured me that this Cluster Retreat exemplifies EXCELLENCE at its best! She, along with your Cluster Coordinator and the 2019 Cluster Retreat Committee, have worked tirelessly to ensure that today’s retreat is executed flawlessly. They deserve our praise and appreciation for their efforts.

I look forward to visiting your region and hearing about your achievements! Be sure to interact with Soror Dixon and your Regional and International Leadership Committee Members during the day’s activities and openly share your ideas and feedback. Thank you again for everything you do on behalf of our beloved sorority!

Yours in Alpha Kappa Alpha Excellence,

Soror Glenda Glover Supreme Basileus Southern California Cluster Conference | Excellence is Daring to be Different

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Greetings Sorors; it’s the 2019 Fall Conference Cluster Season for the Fabulous Far Western Region, this year’s theme is “Excellence is Daring to be Different”. As your Southern California Cluster Coordinator, I am elated that our cluster conference season is upon us. Welcome to the Southern California Cluster Conference hosted by the amazing Sorors of Eta Nu Omega, Kappa Theta, and Rho Delta.

Under the awesome leadership of our dynamic regional director Carol R. Dixon we are excited and welcome your attendance at the 2019 Undergraduate Roundup and the Southern California Cluster Conference.

It is truly our hope that you can gain new knowledge, get inspired, be empowered and motivated to continue doing the amazing work in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Under the guidance of our Supreme Basileus Soror Glenda Glover we are “Exemplifying Excellence through Sustainable Service”, through the five program targets which are HBCU for Life: A Call to Action, Women’s Healthcare and Wellness, Building Your Economic Legacy, The Arts! and Global Impact days. The global outreach of our thriving sorority is a testament to our founders, whom we honor and cherish for their vanguard tenacity.

Lastly, I would like to send out tea roses to the host chapters who have worked hard preparing for the fall cluster conferences. They are excited and honored to be your host and to serve at the pleasure of the Regional Director and the amazing sorors of this fantastic Far Western region.

Sisterly,

Soror Desiree DeShay-Weakley

Soror Desiree DeShay-Weakley Southern California Cluster Coordinator Far Western Region Representative, International Membership Committee

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Excellence is: Daring to Be Different October 19, 2019 Greetings from the sorors of Eta Nu Omega Chapter, Riverside-San Bernardino counties, our Basileus, Soror Elizabeth Macon and our fabulous Far Western Regional Director, Soror Carol R. Dixon. It is an honor and pleasure to host the 2019 Southern California Cluster Conference for you today. We are excited and enthused with your presence and hope that your day with us is productive, engaging and truly blessed.

We come together today in the spirit of sisterhood and friendship, hoping that your time of fellowship with us is a meaningful learning experience. We hope you will gain additional insight and knowledge of the programs, and structure of this organization to take back to your chapters so that you will continue to grow strong in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated©.

We encourage you to always be in pursuit of excellence, as "Excellence is Daring to Be Different.”

Connect with sorors from across the cluster, renew old acquaintances, meet new sorors to further solidify the bonds of sisterhood.

In the spirit of excellence, we implore you to take a journey with us today as we embrace all that is Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® and Dare to Be Different.

Sisterly love, Eta Nu Omega Chapter Riverside-San Bernardino, CA

Soror Elizabeth Macon Soror Elizabeth Macon Basileus

Soror Nellie B. Moore

Soror Mallanie Harris

Soror Nancy Ross

Soror Nellie B. Moore Chairman

Soror Mallanie Harris Co-Chairman, Logistics

Soror Nancy Ross Co-Chairman, Program

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2019 southern california cluster Conference Committee Eta Nu Omega – Kappa Theta – Rho Delta

Soror Desiree DeShay-Weakley Soror Elizabeth Macon Soror Nellie B. Moore Soror Nancy Ross Soror Mallanie Harris

Cluster Coordinator Basileus Conference Chairman Conference Co-Chairman, Program Conference Co-Chairman, Logistics

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Conference Committee Friday Night Event Soror Linda Gaines-Brooks, Co-Chairman Soror Rhonda Egana, Co-Chairman Soror Erika Bennett, Co-Chairman • • • • • • • • • • •

Soror Margaret Jones Soror Tiffanie Moore Soror Daima Calhoun Soror Cynthia Bruce-Green Soror LaShawn Mouton-Stewart Soror NaTanya Johnson Soror Lakieta Emanuel Soror Gloria Green Soror Janis Moore Soror Sheila Adams Soror Stephanie Liggins

Registration Soror Joyce Ballard, Chairman • • • • • • • • • • • •

Soror Charlotte Black Soror Ashlynne McNeil Soror Kenya Gray Lino Soror Tiffani Landrum Soror Darnetta Duncan Soror Bridgette Tillman Soror Shari Crain Soror Miranda Tucker Soror Lois Carson Soror Mariyon Thompson Soror Daphne Martin Soror Margaret Jones

Protocol Soror Yvonne Ashe, Chairman • • • • • •

Community Project Soror Vanessa Hunter, Co-Chairman Soror Tiffany Riley, Co-Chairman •

Gifts Soror Mae Harris Arcie, Chairman • • • • • •

Soror Tania Heard Soror Brenda Bowser Soror Charlene Davis Soror Wanda Jones Soror Tiffani Landrum Soror Linda Bardere

Program Soror Charlene Davis-Long, Co- Chairman Soror Wanda Jones, Co-Chairman • • • • •

Soror Linda Bardere Soror Dolores Curry Soror Temetry Lindsey Soror Kenya Gray Lino Soror Linda Gaines-Brooks Soror Erika Bennett Soror Shalimar Horsley

Soror Temetry Lindsey Soror Stephanie Walton Soror Tamara Frazier Soror Angela Cockrell Soror Rhonda Egana Soror Vanessa Hunter

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Soror Kimberly Issac Soror Daima Calhoun Soror Tamara Frazier Soror Vivienne' Campbell Soror Danielle Divinity, Kappa Theta Soror Araybia Brown, Kappa Theta Soror Jonica Brown, Kappa Theta

Raffles/ Prizes Soror Twillea Evan-Carthan, Chairman

• Greeters/Hostesses and Golden Soror Needs • Soror Cherilynne Hollowell, Chairman • Soror Tiffanie Moore Soror Harriette Moore, Co-Chairman Decorations • Soror Gwendolyn Nelson • Soror Sabrina Freeman Soror Charlotte Black, Co-Chairman • Soror Jaqueline Haynes • Soror Lynne Sheffield Soror Vivienne' Campbell, Co-Chairman • Soror Jua-Nita Houston • Soror Ruth Rembert • Soror Margaret Jones • Soror Cecelia Murry • Soror Amasha Griffin • Soror Tania Heard • Soror Phyllis Chavis • Soror Shatanja Hammond • Soror Demetri Ashford • Soror Jacqueline Haynes • Soror Jacqueline Hall • Soror Kenisha Williams • Soror LaTanya Tillman • Soror Olivia Swift-Ford Budget • Soror Samantha Dotson • Soror Elinor Ritchie Soror Ernestine Warren, Chairman • Soror Kimberly Isaac • Soror Sheila Adams • Soror Gerri Foxall-Kater • Soror Cynthia Bruce- Green • Soror LaTanya Tillman • Soror Lynne Sheffield • Soror Angela Cockrell • Soror Stephanie Walton • Soror LaShawn Mouton-Stewart • Soror Ashlynne McNeil Technology • Soror Daphne Martin Vendors Soror Annette Streeter, Chairman • Soror Shari Crain Soror Jua-Nita Houston, Co-Chairman • Soror Candra Loftis • Soror Brenda Bowser Soror Shunna Bradford, Co-Chairman • Soror Alysha Thomas • Soror Darnetta Duncan • • Soror Jua-Nita Houston Soror Shalimar Horsley • Soror Rosalba Lopez, Rho Delta • Soror Stephanie Liggins • Soror Delores Curry • Soror Zenincia Hollingsworth, Rho Delta

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Agenda Saturday, October 19, 2019 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center Pomona, CA Soror Desiree DeShay-Weakley, Southern California Cluster Coordinator, Presiding 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

General Session

Opening and Introductions

Soror Desiree DeShay-Weakley Far Western Region Representative International Membership Committee Southern California Cluster Coordinator Eta Lambda Omega Soror Nancy A. Ross Cluster Conference Co-Chairman, Program Eta Nu Omega

Welcome

Soror Nellie B. Moore Cluster Conference Chairman Eta Nu Omega Soror Elizabeth Macon Basileus Eta Nu Omega

Meditation

Soror Cherilynne Hollowell Chaplain Eta Nu Omega

Greetings from Supreme Basileus (video)

Soror Glenda Glover Supreme Basileus

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Agenda Introduction of Regional Director

Soror Mallanie L. Harris Cluster Conference Co-Chairman, Logistics Eta Nu Omega

Excellence is “Daring to be Different” Soror Carol R. Dixon Far Western Regional Director Rho Delta Omega

workshops/ reports 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Soror Desiree DeShay-Weakley Southern California Cluster Report Far Western Region Representative International Membership Committee Southern California Cluster Coordinator Eta Lambda Omega 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Risk Management

Soror Keysa Rogers Far Western Region Representative International Risk Mgmt Committee Theta Theta Omega

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Sisterly Relations Activity

Soror Ruth Rembert Hodegos/Sisterly Relations Committee Chairman Eta Nu Omega

12:00 p.m.

Invocation

Soror Barbara Denson Trotter 24th Far Western Regional Director Mu Lambda Omega

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Agenda 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Conflict Resolution

Soror Karen Long Mu Lambda Omega

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Chapter Operations

Soror Lanee S. Burns Far Western Region Representative International Standards Committee Mu Lambda Omega

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Opportunity Drawing Conference Wrap Up

Soror Rosabla Lopez Basileus Rho Delta, CSU - San Bernardino Soror Danielle Divinity Anti-Basileus Kappa Theta, UC - Riverside

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Soror Carol R. Dixon Far Western Regional Director Rho Delta Omega

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Vendors

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Workshop PRESENTERS Soror Lanee S. Burns Soror Lanée S. Burns is the Far Western Regional Representative to the International Standards Committee. Initiated as a General Member in 1997 at Sonoma State University, she is currently a member of Mu Lambda Omega Chapter in Culver City, California.

Professionally, she owns her own Sales Consulting Firm, Lanée S. Burns and Associates, LLC., where she represents some of the top manufacturing firms in the hospitality industry. She has spent 21 years in this industry and 15 of those years investing and building her own company.

She has a daughter, Tyrah who attends San Jose State University.

Soror Karen Grubbs Soror Karen Grubbs Long was initiated as a Graduate Member in Mu Beta Omega in 2001. Currently, she is a member of Mu Lambda Omega Chapter in Culver City, California where she serves as the Anti Grammateus and as an active member on the Women’s Healthcare and Wellness, Ways and Means, and Membership committees. A seasoned educator with over 25 years of experience, Soror Karen is the Local District West Lead Director, Principal Supervisor, for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Soror Karen is married to Arthur L. Long, an Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated member, and they have a daughter, Kennedy Long who attends Williams College in Massachusetts.

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Workshop PRESENTERS Soror Keysa Rogers Soror Keysa Rogers is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Theta Theta Omega Chapter. Soror Keysa has served in various leadership roles in Theta Theta Omega. Soror Keysa currently serves on the Far Western Region Leadership Team as the Undergraduate MIP Liaison and is the Far Western Region Representative to the International Risk Management Committee. Soror Keysa is also a member of the following organizations: The Links Incorporated Las Vegas Chapter (Chapter Treasurer), The Society Inc. Las Vegas Chapter (National Financial Secretary), Top Ladies of Distinction (Chapter Parliamentary) and The Las Vegas Silhouette Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (Chaplin). A native of Shreveport, Louisiana she traveled throughout her childhood living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Mayslanding, New Jersey. Soror Keysa is the wife of (Honey-Do) Elder. James M. Rogers Jr. and the proud mother of three children.

Soror Desiree DeShay-Weakley Soror Desiree DeShay-Weakley is a 23-year member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated having been initiated in Epsilon Eta Omega (Pomona Valley) Chapter. She is a member of Eta Lambda Omega Chapter in Pasadena/Altadena, California. Soror Desiree currently serves as the Southern California Cluster Coordinator under the Far Western Regional Director Soror Carol R. Dixon and was appointed to the International Membership Committee under the leadership of Soror Tracey Morant Adams, Chairman. Soror Desiree also served as the General Conference Chairman of the 90th Far Western Regional Conference in March of 2019.

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GRADUATE CHAPTERS Alpha Gamma Omega – Los Angeles CA Epsilon Eta Omega – Pomona, CA Epsilon Xi Omega – San Diego, CA Eta Lambda Omega - Pasadena, CA Eta Nu Omega - Riverside, CA Theta Alpha Omega – Long Beach, CA Theta Mu Omega – Los Angeles, CA Kappa Omega Omega - Bakersfield, CA Lambda Chi Omega - Aiea, HI Mu Beta Omega, Inglewood, CA Mu Epsilon Omega – Santa Ana, CA Mu Lambda Omega – Culver City, CA Xi Kappa Omega – Oxnard, CA Pi Sigma Omega – Cypress, CA Sigma Lambda Omega – Van Nuys, CA Sigma Pi Omega – Cerritos, CA Tau Beta Omega – Marina Del Rey, CA Tau Tau Omega – Los Angeles, CA Chi Kappa Omega - Lancaster, CA Omega Delta Omega - Eastvale, CA Omega Omicron Omega - San Diego, CA Southern California Cluster Conference | Excellence is Daring to be Different

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UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS Alpha Gamma – University of California, Los Angeles Iota Beta – University of Southern California Kappa Theta – University of California, Riverside Lambda Alpha – California State University, Long Beach Lambda Sigma – University of California, Irvine Mu Iota, San Diego State University Nu Nu – University of California, Santa Barbara Xi Upsilon – California State University, Dominguez Hills Rho Delta – California State University, San Bernardino Rho Epsilon – California State University, Northridge Sigma Rho – Cal Poly Pomona, California State Fullerton, University of La Verne Tau Kappa – Loyola Marymount University Tau Lambda – Pepperdine University

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