The REPORT
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Greetings Luke 2:6-7 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. 1
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Together In Purpose and Spirit Greetings Sorors! As the Pearl Express heads into the home station to recharge and refuel during this holiday season, I’d like to take a moment to reflect. Let’s give ourselves a round of applause, because Together in Purpose and Spirit, we have boldly and successfully hosted our fall regional and chapter activities. Delta Chapter at the University of Kansas started us on a fast track with the Undergraduate Roundup. All chapters held numerous community service projects and chapter retreats. Iota Zeta Omega Chapter (Cluster B and C), Iota Beta Omega Chapter (Cluster A) and Alpha Alpha Alpha Omega chapter (Cluster D and E) hosted us in fine style at our annual Cluster Meetings. Membership intakes and chapter elections are winding down for a short winter break. I am very proud of our accomplishments; however, Sorors, our work is not yet done. I strongly encourage you to start preparations for your End of Year Reports now! I remind you again, that while the website is always open, if you wait until December 31st to enter your reports, you might find the system unavailable, resulting in you missing the deadline. Let’s work smart and efficient Sorors. The Pearl Express remains on track and headed for bigger and greater challenges. Sorors, I am looking to you to welcome our new sisters aboard and embrace them in sisterly love. All aboard, Sorors, for our next great whistle stop excursion: DESTINATION: EXCELLENCE: 90TH Mid-Western Regional Conference in Norman, Oklahoma, March 18-22, 2020. Hope to see each of you there! Sisterly yours always, Soror Twyla
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE a quarterly publication WINTER 2019 vol. 2, Issue 3
In Every Issue Regional Director’s Message
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Mid-Western Region’s P.E.A.R.L . Report Team P.E.A.R.L. Ministry Moments
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Soror Spotlight
Feature Cluster Hightlights 7
Regional Updates & Highlights
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Educational Information - Corporate Office and International Committees.
PLUS - Undergraduate Sorors & Chapter Activities
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Program Information and Updates
Accolades and Achievements
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Reflections/Remembrances and Sisterly Relations
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Looking Ahead - Important Dates and Calendar Information
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The P.E.A.R.L. Report Team Soror Twyla Woods-Buford Mid-Western Regional Director
P.E.A.R.L. Submission Deadlines December 1 2019 April 4, 2020 June 7, 2020 August 25, 2020
Soror Rhonda Harris International Communications and Public Relations Soror Kelly G. Loeb Editor-In-Chief Soror Angela Stevens MWR Information Officer Soror Ramona E. Davis Technology and Design & Layout
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Visit the members only section of our website at http://www.aka1908.com/midwestern
WHERE TO SEND P.E.A.R.L. SUBMISSIONS Undergraduate Chapters Missouri Chapters Colorado Chapters Kansas & Iowa Chapters Nebraska Chapters Oklahoma Chapters
Soror Kelly G. Loeb Soror Elise Brisco Soror Pamela Woodley Soror Angela Stevens Soror Gwendolyn Squires Soror Candiss Williams Soror Cheryl Booth
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Please direct any questions to your IVY TEAM coordinator or to: mwrpublications@gmail.com
HOW TO SUBMIT INFORMATION Please submit all articles via word attachment to mwrpublications@gmail.com or the respective IVY TEAM coordinator for your chapter’s state. Additionally please submit photographs as an attachment as well and identify the photographs by stating the name of the event, Program Target (if applicable), Chapter, Sorors’ names in the photograph. When submitting information please also submit the name, email and phone number of the Ivy Leaf Reporter and/or Soror submitting the information.
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2019 CLUSTER Highlights
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Ministry Moments The Magnificent Mid-Western Region
Ministry Moment – December 2019
by Soror Mary Madison, Iota Zeta Omega Chapter, Des Moines, IA The Lord said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 I read an article about young children telling lies, asserting that all children lie sometimes. I remember my daughter sending me a video of my granddaughter at just three years old, with a chocolate ring around her mouth. She was moving her head from side to side saying, no, I didn’t eat the chocolate cake. We can all laugh and give a gentle reprimand to the three-year-old for lying. How many of us adults have lied and lied in such a way that someone was hurt by our untruth? How many of us have compromised to get something we wanted even though we knew it wasn’t the right thing to do? We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, but praise be to God who is full of mercy and whose grace abounds. God doesn’t hold us guilty forever, but God does require that we make a change, and with that change, we grow closer to the image of the One who cares so much for each of us. Just as we don’t bring up the chocolate cake to the child into their adulthood, God does not hold us guilty, for as in the scripture selection God says “My grace is sufficient for you. I have had mercy and wash your slate clean of any offense.” God knows the places we are weak, and in those times and situations we lean on the Lord, and God becomes our strength. God knows you by every hair, and every thought; nothing is hidden from God.
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Soror Spotlights The Magnificent Mid-Western Region Soror Dr. Sheritta A Strong earned the 2019 Early Career Achievement Award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Alumni Association. Having earned her medical degree in 2004, Dr. Strong is currently an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and co-director of medical student education. Her primary interests are the treatment of chronic and persistent mental illness and increasing community awareness of mental illness. Soror Strong is a member of Delta Epsilon Omega in Omaha, NE.
Golden Soror Sharon Cranford of Beta Kappa Omega Chapter received the 2019 Legacy Award from the NAACP Wichita Branch at its 99th annual banquet and awards event on November 16, 2019.
On November 3rd 2019, Soror Janell Bell and Soror Kristen Young of the Epsilon Theta chapter were proud to welcome more than 700 guests to the University of Iowa for the Assuring Fair and Free Elections in 2020 event featuring speaker Stacey Abrams, former candidate for Georgia governor. Commemorating 100 years of women’s suffrage, the event addressed the state of voter rights going into the 2020 U.S. presidential election, shed light on how this constitutional right is still withheld from many Americans and served as a platform for campus and community engagement.
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Soror Spotlights The Magnificent Mid-Western Region
Soror Jamesha Hill of Rho Iota Chapter was inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success, the nation’s largest leadership and honor society. The organization provides a step-by-step program for members to build their leadership skills and serves as a powerful force of good to better the world.
Soror Yvette Keesee, a Professional Registered Parliamentarian, made history this summer as the first African-American elected as District Director, National Association of Parliamentarians District 7, which includes five chartered associations in Colorado, Oregon, Washington State, and British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. Soror Keesee is also serving her second term as President of the Colorado Association of Parliamentarians, the only African-American to hold the position in the organization's 80-year history. Soror Yvette Keese Epsilon Nu Omega Chapter Denver, CO
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IMPACT Days
Xi Tau Omega Chapter Showing Love For Gregory Ridge Center Staff Grandview, Mo. - The Xi Tau Omega Chapter observed AKA Caregivers Impact Day at the Gregory Ridge Living Center in Kansas City where sorors prepared lunch for 40 of the facility care staff, shared information on how they could provide self care for themselves, and gave them stress relievers to take with them. Target 2 Chairmen Wynter Rice ,Penny Rice and Co-Chairman Shay McNeal served as coordinators. We were thankful for the opportunity to share just a little love and appreciation for those who take care of others loved ones!. Soror Monica Thomas serves as Basileus.
Members of Alpha Alpha Alpha Omega chapter provided breast cancer facts on our social media platforms, to bring awareness to this disease. Starting at 9:08 AM and ending at 9:08 PM, we used #AKABreastCancerDay and posted 11 facts and reasons to get regular breast screenings and shared the American Cancer Society’s screening recommendations.
Alpha Alpha Alpha Omega Chapter Alpha Alpha Alpha Omega delivered tokens of love to members who care for loved ones, saluting sorors who often place the needs of family members and others before their own.
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ACO Breast Cancer Awareness Day
Alpha Chi Omega Chapter Breast Cancer Awareness Day Alpha Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated held its 20th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk and Health Fair on October 5, 2019 at the Tulsa Health Department North Regional Health and Wellness Center. The event raised breast cancer awareness, celebrated survivors and honored friends and family members who have lived with and passed away from breast cancer. Alpha Chi Omega also sponsored a a health fair with a healthy food and cooking demonstration by Charlene Franklin. The event’s proceeds support Oklahoma Project Woman, which provides free mammograms and assistance for those with little or no health care, and Soulful Survivors, a local support group for African-American women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
AAAO Caregivers Day
Pic 2) Survivors from the ACO 20th Annual Walk Pic 4) Survivors and ACO President Ava Fusher & Target I Chairman Priscilla Haynes Pics 5 & 6) Registration Team Pic 12) Golden Sorors Supporting
Beta Omega’s current Basileus Charnissa HollidayScott and former Basileus LaTanya Thomas Patton came out today to encourage all to get that important mammogram. Target II team members and other Beta Omega sorors acknowledge breast cancer awareness day with an early detection event
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Beta Omicron Omega Sharing useful information on healthy eating, nutrition, breast cancer, mammograms, caregiving, grief, flu and colds, Sorors Delores Tarkington, Joylyn Burdine, Cheryl Booth and Gail Jackson of Beta Omicron Omega Chapter gave a presentation on winter wellness at the Senior Center in Shawnee, OK.
September 28, 2019 – Members of Beta Kappa Omega participated at the Susan G. Komen Komen Kansas and Western Missouri More than Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Walk celebrating survivors. – Target 2: Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention
October 7, 2019 – Beta Kappa Omega presented a round table discussion on the ABCs of breast cancer at the HealthCore Clinic, which included light refreshments. – Target 2: Care for the Caregivers
October 19, 2019 – Beta Kappa Omega Chapter collaborated with Kansas Sisters and Brothers for Healthy Infants and KU School of Medicine-Wichita in hosting Celebrate Day 366. The focus of the event was to bring awareness to the AfricanAmerican infant mortality rate in Sedgwick County and Kansas. New and expectant mothers and fathers, caregivers and family members attended the one-day event centered on community education with vendors, volunteers, a community listening session and a free lunch. – Target 2: Health, Nutrition and Wellness
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Delta Epsilon Omega Chapter Hosts HBCU Fair On Saturday September 21, 2019, Delta Epsilon Omega Chapter hosted a Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCU) Fair for high school students interested in attending an HBCU as part of HBCU week. The event was hosted at the Village Empowerment Center and included representation from HBCU alumni representatives, Central High School Step Team performances, raffle drawings and an HBCU panel discussion on Why I Attended an HBCU. Approximately 150 students gained an understanding of navigating the college process through learning how to write personal statements and resumes, obtaining scholarship information, and learning HBCU facts by having oneon-one conversations with HBCU alumni. This HBCU Fair showcased several of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated’s Target areas: · HBCU for Life: A Call to Action target which target is designed to Chapters will promote and market historically black colleges and universities and encourage students to attend HBCUs as a sustainability measure. · The #CAPSM initiative, which is designed to assist students through the college enrollment process. · Building Your Economic Legacy, a target through which Delta Epsilon Omega is promoting its annual scholarship as a way of helping with financial planning for college. “It was truly wonderful to see all of the students and their parents together supporting this event in great numbers. Many expressed their joy about attending and meeting and learn more about the HBCU college admissions process.” said Damita J Byrd, CDP, Senior Director of Diversity & Inclusion and member of Delta Epsilon Omega. “Our goal was to provide HBCU & college admissions information to the students and parents. We will connect the interested students to the college admission representatives in hopes of producing action steps between the two.” Delta Epsilon Omega offers special thanks to all of the HBCU alumni and volunteers who came out to support the day and who represented their schools with pride. Delta Epsilon Omega will continue to focus on education with an emphasis on historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and will remain committed to HBCU for Life: A Call to Action.
Figure 1DEO host HBCU Event
Delta Epsilon Omega CAREGIVERS DAY
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Epsilon Nu Omega Hosts HBCU 5K Caption: Epsilon Nu Omega sorors organized a successful HBCU 5K Walk/Run Fundraiser DENVER -- Epsilon Nu Omega Chapter hosted its first HBCU 5K Walk/Run Fundraiser recently, raising $1,710 for Lincoln University in the Mid-Western Region. More than 70 people registered for the event, which began with a warmup by fitness expert Soror Shannon Burge, followed by strolling or jogging through Stapleton Central Park and Open Space on a sunny, blue-sky Colorado fall day. Tables showcased information from supporting organizations, including Clark Atlanta University and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Epsilon Nu Omega displayed its programs of service and pamphlets with helpful health tips.
Mu Omega took to the airwaves for breast cancer awareness on one of Kansas City's hottest FM radio stations, Hot 103 Jamz. During the broadcast, Sorors Jauqua Wilkins and Tanesha Thompson shared information about the AKA Mobile Mammogram Bus that visited Caanan Missionary Baptist Church of Kansas City, MO on Sunday, Oct. 13.
MO Breast Cancer Awareness Day Soror Jauqua Wilkins
MO Breast Cancer Awareness Day Soror Tanesha Thompson
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Upsilon Rho Omega Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Overland Park, KS – In support of Target II, Upsilon Rho Omega Chapter joined in the Breast Cancer Impact Day on October 7, 2019 by proudly and purposefully putting on pink to support the cause. Six sorors participated in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Saturday, October 26, 2019 in Kansas City, MO. Additionally, the chapter raised $200 in this three-mile walk to help support breast cancer research and programs. Upsilon Rho Omega leveraged its social media outlets to disseminate information about breast cancer and breast health and devoted time to this topic in their October 2019 chapter meeting. Nurturing their minds and spirits too, URO sorors participated in Worship in Pink, a free community efforted sponsored by Susan G. Komen Kansas and Western Missouri, by sharing breast cancer and breast health information at their places of worship.
Upsilon Rho Omega BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY SOROR LENORA IVY
Upsilon Rho Omega Breast Cancer Awareness Valerie Hall
Upsilon Rho Omega BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY Veronica Parker
Upsilon Rho Omega Making Strides Walk
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Beta Kappa Omega Chapter held the Reality Check Experience on October 19, 2019 for the 6th through 11th grade participants in Fashionetta J.E.W.Y.Ls -- Jubilant Emerging Wise Young Leaders. The program focused on Target 3: Building Your Economic Legacy, which. emphasizes financial planning, asset accumulation and wealth building as well as savings and investments, managing debt and improving credit. – Target 3: Building Your Economic Legacy
November 15, 2019 - Beta Kappa Omega Chapter collaborated with Grant Chapel AME Church’s Sarah Tanner Women's Missionary Society and St. Paul AME Church’s Florida Grant Women's Missionary Society to honor caregivers in our community. Members let caregivers know that “we see you, we know who you are and we are thankful for you not leaving your loved ones behind.” – Target 2: Care for the Caregivers
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Iota Beta Omega Chapter Presents the Inaugural The Pearls of the Peak Foundation, Incorporated Scholarship and Awards Luncheon On August 3, 2019 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated - Iota Beta Omega Chapter, in conjunction with the Pearls of the Peak Foundation, Incorporated presented the inaugural Scholarship and Awards Luncheon at DoubleTree Hilton in Colorado Springs, CO. Pearls of the Peak Foundation presented three outstanding high school seniors -- Tiye Cunningham, Aizana Hunt and Lyana Reeves -- with scholarships to continue their college endeavors. Iota Beta Omega also continued its tradition of presenting community awards to citizens embodying their charter members’ ideals. Essie Abbott received the Minnie Ray Hunter Award for a community member excelling in business. The Jonnie Martin Award, for a community member excelling in education, went to Annie Pelt. Lynne Williams, a community member excelling in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, received the Lillian Mallory Award. The W. Juanita Roberts Award for excelling in music and arts went to Ms. Kathryn Young. Luncheon Speaker Janita Matoke gave an inspiring message of perseverance and determination alongside musical entertainment by musician Tony Exum.
IBO PRESIDENT SIMS WELCOME
IBO SCHOLAR WINNER 3
IBO SCHOLAR WINNER 2
IBO MATOKE SPEAKER
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Front Row: Basileus Dawn Frazier, Colorado State Senator Angela Williams, Senior Girls Committee Chairman Soror Chloe Frazier, and Colorado State Senator Soror Rhonda Fields congratulated the outstanding high school seniors and juniors. Epsilon Nu Omega Awards Scholarships to Outstanding Girls DENVER - Epsilon Nu Omega Chapter granted $7,000 in scholarships to eight graduating seniors from area high schools at the chapter’s 43rd annual Outstanding High School Senior Girls Reception. The event was the culmination of a program that included a leadership development workshop for 25 seniors and juniors and recognition of their academic achievements, and school and community service. Keynote speaker for the reception was Brenda Allen, Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Colorado-Denver. Joining sorors and guests at the reception were Colorado state senators Angela Williams and Soror Rhonda Fields. The Diamond Scholarship went to Malaysia Atwater, who had a 4.77 GPA and plans to attend Stanford University. Elizabeth Eyeson earned the Gold Scholarship and the Roseanna Hill Champion Award with a 4.58 GPA and is considering Georgia Institute of Technology or the University of Colorado-Boulder. The Silver Scholarship went to Jamaika Elliot who had a 3.45 GPA and plans to attend CU-Boulder. Lauryn Bracken, with a 3.863 GPA, received the HBCU scholarship and will attend Texas Southern University. Four other seniors received the Ivy Vine Social Justice, Pearl-Severance and the Green Apple Book awards. A portion of the proceeds from the reception benefited the Epsilon Nu Omega Educational Endowment Fund.
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Pi Xi Chapter Caregivers Day Pi Xi Chapter blessed campus worker Carol Matthews, who is a caregiver for her close friend, with a basket full of her favorite items: tea, warm socks and bath and body products.
RHO IOTA SKEE – WEEK 2019 Rho Iota Chapter at Missouri Western State University hosted a successful Skee-Week September 30 through October 4, featuring fun and educational campus events including Sekure The Bag; The Real Konversation: Boy vs Girl Talk; AKAraoke; Painting With A Twist of Pink and Green and Kamping with the Kuties.
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The Winner! Kappa Pi Chapter HBCU flyer
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Thank you for your submissions. This flyer will represent the region for HBCU IMPACT DAY
September 16, 2020
Team with Pink &Green as we raise $1million in 1 day! With you, we will reach our $10 million goal to impact HBCUs! Donate at: DONATE.AKAEAF.ORG #AKA1MILLION1DAY
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. presents
CALL FOR ARTISTS 2020 FLYER CONTEST IMPACT DAYS HB
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Accolades & Achievements
Bench Dedication Martha Carpenter
Bench Dedication Honorees with AKAs
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Lincoln University Bench Dedication: Vivian Dotson Jones and Mary Helen Williams Simmons On Friday, October 18, Lincoln University celebrated a legacy of love for Sorors Vivian Dotson Jones and Mary Helen Williams Simmons, dedicating a commemorative bench in honor of their significant sisterhood, service and scholarship at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO. Dignitaries including Mid-Western Regional Director Twyla Woods Buford, Lincoln University President Jerald Jones Woolfork , Jefferson City Mayor, Carrie Tergin, Basilei of Gamma Epsilon Omega, Soror Treaka Young and Alpha Iota Chapter, Soror Makala Adams, addressed attendees at the bench unveiling, highlighting Soror Jones’ and Soror Simmons’ impressive and generous contributions to the sorority, the university and their communities. Also in attendance were 19th MWRD Soror Delorise A. Gines, and 29th MWRD Soror Jan M. Carpenter Baker. Dedication Committee Members, Soror Martha Carpenter, served as Mistress of Ceremony and Sorors Rhonda Harris and Sharon Bracey provided tributes to the honorees. Soror Vivian Elaine Jones, daughter of Soror Jones, and Soror Mary H. Simmons, along with their families, graciously accepted the honors. Soror Jones (now an Ivy Beyond the Wall) was the longest-tenured graduate advisor in Alpha Kappa’s history, serving Alpha Iota Chapter at Lincoln University for more than two decades. The Mid-Western Region’s Outstanding Graduate Advisor is named for her, and in 2016 she achieved 75 years of membership, reaching Diamond status. Soror Simmons is the former Dean of Women and
Bench Dedication onorees and MRDs
Notable Achievements - Mu Omega Omega Chapter Sorors The Black American West Museum & Heritage Center won $150,000 in funding from the 2019 Partners in Preservation Campaign to preserve the building that tells the story of African- American pioneers from Colorado. Soror Terri Gentry provides museum tours and has a personal connection: her greatgrandfather, the first black licensed dentist in Colorado, is profiled in the building. Congratulations to Soror Andriette Jordan-Fields on her promotion to Director of the Cultural Center and Spiritual Life at the University of Denver. Soror Andriette’s earned her PhD from the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology with a dissertation on African-American clergywomen and their plight in black churches. She earned her bachelor’s degree from HBCU Tuskegee University.
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On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, twenty-six African American high school senior women from Wichita and the surrounding participated in Fashionetta® 2019 -- Pearls of Harlem: The Renaissance Continues. The annual Fashionetta® celebration highlighted modeling, choreography, and talent that the Pearls diligently worked to perfect. In addition to receiving scholarships, the Pearls of Harlem competed for top honors and monetary awards in all categories including scholastic achievement, essay writing and community service. At the end of presentation night, Pearl Leah Dean amassed the most funds and was crowned Miss Fashionetta® 2019.
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Reflections & Remembrances Ivy Beyond the Wall Diamond Soror
Marie Louise Anderson Greenwood
Just nine days short of her 107th birthday, Diamond Soror Marie Louise Anderson Greenwood, a charter member of Epsilon Nu Omega Chapter, passed away on November 15, 2019. A life-long educator and published author, Soror Greenwood made history when she became the first African-American woman to land a teaching contract with Denver Public Schools in 1935. She broke racial barriers again in the 1950s when she became the first black teacher assigned to an all-white elementary school in Denver. Soror Greenwood retired after 30 years with Denver Public Schools and in 2001, the school district named Marie L. Greenwood Academy for her. In 1932, Soror Greenwood was the sole initiate in Alpha Kappa Chapter, a city chapter that includes the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Denver. In 1949, she was among the 29 college-educated women who charted Epsilon Nu Omega. Outside of teaching, Soror Greenwood was involved in social activism through the Cosmopolitan Club, an interracial group dedicated to breaking down segregation in Denver in the 1940s. Soror Greenwood had been active in the Phillis Wheatley Branch of the YWCA, a member of the Denver Symphony Guild Tour Guides, a charter member of Mountain and Plains Assembly, #49, Order of the Golden Circle, and a member of the Coterie, a study club. She is reported to have been the first African-American woman to ski on Colorado’s mountain slopes, and continued to ski until she was 74 years old. In 2010, Soror Greenwood received the Martin Luther King Trailblazer Award and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree at the University of Northern Colorado and an honorary doctorate from Denver Urban Studies and Adult College. Soror Greenwood is preceded in death by her husband, William Rivers Greenwood, Sr. She is survived by daughter Soror Louise Yvonne Greenwood Phipps, sons Richard Joseph Greenwood, William Rivers Greenwood Jr., and James Lee Greenwood, and six grandchildren. In a video to commemorate Alpha Kappa Chapter’s 90th anniversary in 2018, Soror Greenwood advised sorors that, “the will of God, if you live right, is going to help you, it will keep you going.” Soror Greenwood truly exemplified being supreme in service.
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LOOKING AHEAD Regional Director’s Calendar
Twyla Woods-Buford P.O. Box 16748 Kansas City, Missouri 64133 Twbuford@AKA1908.com
Activities - Meetings – Calls Ongoing: ● Calls with Graduate Chapter Basilei ● Calls with Undergraduate Basilei ● Calls with Graduate Advisors ● 1st and 3rd Monday morning for Prayer -Spiritual Oversight Committee ● Meetings with International Technology Committee ● Meetings with Regional Communications Team ● Meetings with Cluster Coordinators via teleconference call ● Meetings with Regional Standards Chairman/ Team ● Meeting of Executive Committee for 90th MWR conference ● Conference calls with 90th Mid-Western Regional Conference Committees ● Meetings with International MIP Committee and Chairman ● Meetings with R27egional Parliamentarian ● Weekly meetings with Regional Tamiouchos ● Revise the 90th Regional Awards Packet ● Create a new Regional Conference Forms Handbook for Chapter Basilei ● Process MIP packets for Graduate and Undergraduate Chapters ● Attend MIP Ceremonies ● Respond to individual inquiries, requests and concerns ● Directorate Conference Calls and work sessions meetings January 2020 ● 11-13: 90th Mid-Western Regional Conference Meetings (Norman, OK) ● 18: Founders’ Day Event hosted by Mu Omega Omega Chapter (Aurora, CO) February 2020 ● 8: Greater Kansas City Area Founders’ Day Event hosted by Upsilon Rho Omega Chapter (Overland Park, KS) ● 10: AKA Day at the Capitol (Oklahoma City, OK) ● 13: AKA Day at the Capitol (Des Moines, IA) ● 15: Founders’ Day Event hosted by Iota Zeta Omega Chapter (Des Moines, IA) ● 19-23: Directorate Meeting (Orlando, FL) ● 27-29: 88th South Eastern Regional Conference (Knoxville, TN) March 2020 ● 18-22: 90th Mid-Western Regional Conference (Norman, OK) ● 29-30: 91st Far Western Regional Conference (Oakland, CA)
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