APRIL 2024 IVY VINE NEWSLETTER

THE IVY THE IVY

Greeting Sorors,

Spring is in full bloom, and so is our commitment to serving our community! We are heading into our April Joint Chapter meeting where we will work together with Iota Beta & Tau Kappa to make a positive impact with our chapter-wide community service projects.

April is especially busy for us. Alpha Gamma Omega is a host chapter again! The 95th Far Western Regional Conference will be held in less than 10 days in Los Angeles, April 17th – 21st . Many of our chapter members are quite involved in preparing for the conference as Chairman, SubCommittee Chairmen, Co-Chairmen, committee participants and support in other areas. Although committed to serving the needs of the conference, we continue to serve and support the programs of Alpha Gamma Omega Chapter.

Sisterly relations play a major role in strengthening the bonds that unite us as a chapter from new members to seasoned sorors. Showing respect, being supportive and patient with each other assures us of the ability to continue to SOAR!

In Service & Sisterhood,

Savethe Dates!

2024 Chapter Meeting Schedule

April 6*

May 4

June 1

September 14

October 5

November 2

December 7*

*Joint Chapter Meetings

Download the registration booklet HERE. April 17, 2024 - April 21, 2024

APRIL 2024 CALENDAR

April 2, 2024 Audit Committee Meeting | 6PM

April 3, 2024 Executive Committee Meeting | 6PM | Zoom

April 6, 2024 Joint Chapter Meeting | 12 PM | Holman United Methodist Church

April 7, 2024 FWRC Stroll Practice | 4-6PM | CSU Dominguez Hills

April 8, 2024 Fine Arts Committee Meeting | 6:30PM

April 9, 2024 Empower Our Families Committee Meeting | 7PM

April 10, 2024 Enhance Our Environment Committee Meeting | 6:30PM

April 11, 2024 Mother’s Day Committee Meeting | 6:30PM

April 12, 2024 CHIPP Bag Delivery | 3:30PM

April 13, 2024 Membership Committee Meeting | 10:30-3PM

April 14, 2024 FWRC Stroll Practice | 3-6PM | CSU Dominguez Hills

April 15, 2024 Build Our Economic Wealth Committee Mtg | 7PM

April 16, 2024 Scholarship Committee Meeting | 6:30PM

April 16, 2024 Housing Committee Meeting | 6:30PM

April 17, 2024 Green Table Talk | 7PM

April 18, 2024 FWRC Stroll Practice | Westin Bonaventure Hotel

April 18-21, 2024 Far Western Regional Conference | Westin Bonaventure Hotel

April 21, 2024 Iota Beta Meeting | 3-5PM

April 22, 2024 Build Our Economic Wealth Committee Mtg | 7PM

April 23, 2024 Ivy Heritage Foundation Meeting | 6:30PM

April 24, 2024 Enhance Our Environment Harvest Crops | 6PM

April 24, 2024 CHIPP Bag Packing | 6:30PM

April 24, 2024 Finance Committee Meeting | 7PM

April 25, 2024 Membership Committee Meeting | 6:30PM

April 26, 2024 CHIPP Bag Delivery | 3:30PM

April 27, 2024 Enhance Our Environment Arbor Day Tree Planting | 6PM

April 28, 2024 Empower Our Families YLI Meeting | 6PM

April 28, 2024 Strengthen Our Sisterhood Book Club Squad | 6:30PM

April 29, 2024 Graduate Advisory Committee Meeting | 6:30PM

Lynette K. Brooks | April 2nd

Jennifer Richards | April 3rd

Virginia P. Bland | April 4th

Leslee Deanes-Bryant | April 7th

Tamera L. Sistrunk | April 7th

Tracey l. Booker | April 16th

Gail M. Williams | April 17th

Taylor A. Williams | April 17th

Dilara Kadriye Usküp | April 21st

Dorothy Barton | April 26th

Marguerite L. Phillips | April 30th

Olga Sanders | April 30th

Officer Duties

Basileus | Cheryl Mason sororcherylmasonago1927@gmail.com

For information regarding the chapter.

To submit information for the newsletter.

Submissions are due by the 15th of every month.

First Anti-Basileus | Carmecia Carson-Glover firstantibasileuscarmecia@gmail.com

For program Information.

Second Anti-Basileus | Felicia Price feliciaprice1908@yahoo.com

For clerical supplies (i.e. receipt books, stamps, postcards, envelopes, etc.)

For information about the chapter budget.

Grammateus | Tangie Coleman grammateuscoleman.akaago1927@gmail.com

To submit all committee reports.

Anti-Grammateus | Alvina Heard alvina heard@yahoo.com

For information regarding chapter meeting attendance.

Epistoleus | Angela Griffin epistoleus@akaago1927.com

To obtain The Ivy Vine newsletter and other chapter notices.

Pecunious Grammateus | Bridgette Eagle Spirit pg.sororbridgette@gmail.com

For the following:

To submit dues and other monies to the chapter. Name, address, phone, and email changes. Life Membership applications.

Tamiouchos | Regina Owens-Dillard tamiouchos@akaago1927.com

For chapter checks.

For Information about the chapter budget.

Hodegos | Melissia Buckhalter-Honoré melissiabuckhalter@gmail.com

For information regarding chapter courtesies. For information regarding chapter meeting food services.

Parliamentarian | Walta Smith smithwalta2@gmail.com

Advises on parliamentary procedure.

2022-2026 International Program Initiative Chairman

Strengthen Our Sisterhood

Chairman | Ericka Price

Co-Chairman | Keisha Scott 2024

Build Our Economic Wealth

Chairman | Renee Sears

Advocate for Social Justice

Chairman | Stephany Powell

Co-Chairman | Katrina Carter-Journet

Archives

Chairman | Barbara J. Spears

Co-Chairman | Ida L. Talley

Awards

Chairman | Kimberly Littlejohn

Co-Chairman | Soror Peggy G. Loeb

Bylaws & Constitution

Chairman | Walta Smith

Finance

Chairman | Regina Dillard

Co-Chairman | Bridgette Eagle Spirit

Hospitality

Empower Our Families

Chairman | Tracey T. Booker

Co-Chairman | Kiri Arrington White

Enhance Our Environment

Chairman | Angela Griffin

Co-Chairman | Virginia P. Bland

Uplift Our Local Community

Chairman | Tahirah Nyanin

Co-Chairman | Angela Hall

Audit

Chairman | Arlene Spears Smith

Basilei Council

Chairman | Betty Edwards

Co-Chairman | Katherine I. Collier

Clerical/Communications

Chairman | Angela Griffin

Graduate Advisor Council

Historian

Chairman | Maria Dudley

Chairman | Melissia Buckhalter Honore Housing

Inter-Generational Pearls

Chairman | Marion D. Anderson

Leadership Development

Chairman | Laureen Bryant Kenneybrew

Co-Chairman | Caprice Grigsby Smith

Public Relations

Chairman | Latricia Guyton Morgan

Risk Management

Chairman | Margaret McCauley

Standards

Chairman | Marion Anderson

Co-Chairman | Ruthe Morgan Grigsby

Technololgy

Chairman | Sharice Bryant

Ways & Means

Chairman | Sonya Vaughn

Co-Chairman | Pamela Chestnut

Co-Chairman | Lorna Kyles

Chairman | Martha Pruden-Hamiter

Investment Policy

Chairman | Soror Karen DeCoud

Protocol

Chairman | Caprice Grigsby Smith

Purchasing

Chairman | Felicia Price

Scholarship

Chairman | Rachel Prentiss

Strategic Planning

Chairman | C. Suzanne Cutter

Tellers

Chairman | Shannon Nelson

Co-Chairman | Cheryl R. Chisholm

Yearbook

Chairman | Cambreisha Montgomery

Co-Chairman | Amazyng Royalé

Co-Chairman | Dilara Uskup

2024 Committee Chairman

AGO Committees

Black Heritage

Chairman | Didra Brown

Christmas Activity

Chairman | Mary Walker

Educational Advancement Foundation

Chairman | Virginia P. Bland

Founders’ Day

Chairman | Angelle Brooks-Bell

Membership

Chairman | Kimberly Green Russell Co-Chairman | Stephanie Wright

NPHC-L.A.

Chairman | Kathy Harrison Co-Chairman | Tamala Reid

Rituals

Chairman | Susan Hall Comrie Co-Chairman | Tajarah Nicholson

Black Moms Matter

Chairman | Dilara Uskup Morgan Co-Chairman | Rhena Smith

Diamond, Pearl, Golden Sorors

Chairman | Eldora Prentiss Co-Chairman | Alice Turner Co-Chairman | Peggy Loeb

Fine Arts

Chairman | Hansonia Harriford

Co-Chairman | Angela Griffin

Health

Chariman | Leslee Deanes Bryant

Mother’s Day

Chairman | Dilara Uskup Morgan Co-Chairman | Deborah Uskup

Programs

Chairman | Carmecia Carson Glover

UNCF

Chairman | Shannon D. Nelson

50/50

Chairman | Grace W. Cain

Thank you to the March Hostess Committee Soror Cheryl Chisholm, Garcelle Embry, Tajarah Nicholson, Kathy Harrison, Kirra Epps, Kyndal Wilson, Taylor A. Williams and Belinda Weathersby we enjoyed a delicous meal and appreciate your hospitality!

Tea Roses to the Empower Our Family Committee; Chairman Soror Tracey Booker, who packed the March CHIPP bags for distribution and Soror Tracey for coordinating the delivery to the students at 61 St. Street Elementary School.

Thank you Soror Angela Griffin and the Enhance Our Environment Committee for our morning will begin by harvesting crops at their bountiful community garden.

To our Strengthen Our Sisterhood Committee, Soror Ericka Price and Soror Keisha Martin, for coordinating our Wine Down Wednesday activity at 1010 Wine.

Tea Roses to All Sorors participating in the FWRC Stroll and to Soror Kimberly Green Russell who is leading the team as we prepare for regional conference.

Tea Roses to the Scholarship Committee who is actively working on promoting the AGO Scholarship Application as we prepare for the 2024 Scholarship Application season.

Thank you to the Membership Committee, Chairman Kimberly Green Russell and Co-Chairman Stephanie Wright for coordinating Membership inquiry emails and contacts and the mentor-mentee matching.

To Soror Katrina Carter-Journet and Soror Angela Griffin for working to prepare our scrapbook submission for regional conference.

Tea Roses to the Housing Committee and Chairman Martha Pruden Hamiter for coordinating the AGO House beautification and clean up days.

Thank you to the Membership Committee, Chairman Kimberly Green Russell and Co-Chairman Stephanie Wright for coordinating the New Member Orientation for newly reactivated and transferred sorors.

Thank you to All the Orientation Presenters for the engaging information.

Tea Roses to the Technology Committee, Chairman Soror Sharice Bryant and Co-Chairman Soror Rachel Porché for hosting the March Technology Meeting and social media posting, website updates and for creating the Ivy Vine.

To The Empower Our Families Mental Health Sub-Committee Chairman, Soror Cynthia Coleman for meeting to plan our upcoming mental health workshop.

Thank you to the Strengthen Our Sisterhood, Bookclub Squad Chairman, Soror Gerlma “Jeri” Johnson for coordinating the month bookclub discussion.

Tea Roses to the AGO Leadership Development Committee Chairman, Laureen Bryant Kenneybrew and Soror Caprice Grigsby Smith for coordinating an informative & amp; interactive leadership development workshop.

To the Ivy Heritage Foundation, Inc. and Chairman Director Saundra Bishop for your support with the Black Heritage Stamp Unveiling & reception.

Thank you to Soror Tajarah Nicholson for acting as Chairman and for coordinating the Black Heritage Stamp Unveiling event.

To the Bylaws Committee chairman Soror Walta Smith, for the review of the Bylaw amendments.

Tea Roses to the Finance Committee, Chairman Soror Regina Dillard, for coordinating our Finances and presenting AGO Budget requests and Budget Review for the chapter.

Thank you to Chaplain, Soror Kathy Harrison for your monthly meditations and Chaplain Corner in the Ivy Vine.

Tea Roses to the Soror Cheryl Chisholm, Co-Chairman of the Tellers Committee, for coordinating elections of Delegates for Boule and For Regional Director Candidates.

To Soror Suzanne Cutter, Chairman and the Strategic Planning Committee for keeping us on track with meeting our Strategic goals.

Cards are welcome.

It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of our beloved Silver Soror Mattie K. Williams, who was initiated into the Alpha Gamma Omega Chapter in the Spring of 1991.

The Ivy Beyond the Wall and Celebration of Life will be hosted by the Eta Lambda Omega Chapter and is scheduled for Saturday, April 13th, 2024 at 9:00 AM

First AME Church

1700 North Raymond Avenue

Pasadena, CA 91103

Celebration of Life Immediately follows at 11:00 AM

Expressions of Sympathy may be sent to The Williams Family 717 Owen Court Altadena, CA 91001

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers at this time.

Cards are welcome. Cards are welcome.

Continuing to pray for all our AGO Sorors who are dealing with issues spoken and unspoken. May you know that you have the support of your sisters in AGO.

Praying for Soror Bettye Kimble

Cards can be sent to c/o

Clearview Alzheimer’s Center 15823 South Western Avenue Gardena, CA, 90247

Prayers for Soror Jacqueline Everett who lives alone and needs special prayers and expressions of love and encouragement Cards can be sent to:

Soror Jacqueline Everett 3009 West 80th Street, Inglewood, CA, 90305

Soror LaVette Quinn’s new Information:

Ivy Park at Playa Vista 5555 Playa Vista Drive, Room 612

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Phone: 323-683-7767

GetWellWishes GetWellWishes

Cards are welcome. Cards are welcome.

Praying for Soror Chere Talbert who is having health challenges.

Praying for Soror Doris Fork who is having health challenges.

Praying for Soror Anita Morris who is recovering from an ankle injury.

Praying for Soror Yvonne James Richardson who is recovering from knee surgery

Praying for Soror Martha Hamiter who is recovering from a fall.

Praying for Soror Chere Talbert who is having health challenges.

Praying for Soror Kim Foley.

Praying for Soror Doris Fork who is having health challenges.

Please continue praying for Soror Claire Chisholm, for Soror Marguerite Phillips, and for Soror Janice Hutto Johnson.

SisterlyReminders

Meeting Attire:

The attire for our monthly Chapter meetings is Business. Sorors, please do not wear casual clothing. Please do not park on the grass or park in the back lot if you are not staying for the duration of the meeting.

Frequently check your email for AKA and AGO correspondence.

Chapter Directory:

Please do not share our chapter directory or chapter contact information with anyone outside of the sorority.

Newsletter Submission:

The deadline to submit items for The Ivy Vine newsletter is the 15th of each month with the exception of summer recess months. Please submit Ivy Vine newsletter content AT THIS LINK.

E-blast Requests:

To request an E-blast, please send a prepared message/flyer to sororcherylmasonago1927@gmail.com Copy Soror Angela Griffin, Epistoleus at epistoleus@akaago1927.com

Title your email: E-blast Request.

Meeting Calendar:

Committee Chairmen should contact Member-at-Large Soror Gloria Wilkerson, to provide her with your planned meeting dates. Contact Soror Gloria at rosyfloglo15@att.net or (323) 829-7615.

Clear dates prior to sending meeting notices to committee members. Copy the Basileus and First Anti-Basileus on all meeting notices.

Meeting Attendance and Sign-In:

Remember to sign-in at each monthly chapter meeting. You can do this by scanning the QR Code at the meeting and/or contacting the Anti-Grammateus, Soror Alvina Heard at antigrammateus@akaago1927.com. Your attendance is very important

Committee Chairmen:

Committee Chairmen should contact Soror Martha Pruden Hamiter regarding the availability of the AGO House for committee meetings and activities.

mphamiter@gmail.com | (323) 376-8815

Upon confirmation of your meeting/activity date, contact Soror Grace Cain to obtain keys to the house.

Email 4gwc@ca.rr.com | Phone (323) 730-8108

Private Rental:

When requesting use of the AGO House for private rentals/events, contact Soror Martha Pruden Hamiter, AGO House Rental Agent, for a rental contract, available dates and applicable fees.

mphamiter@gmail.com | (323) 376-8815

Congratulations!

Soror Marla Bleavins was appointed as Chief Airport Administrative Officer, at Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA).

AGO is proud to see you SOAR!

Congratulations!

Soror

on your daughters‘s adoption. Happy adoption day!

Lakisha Clark

Sisterly Kudos!

Soror Katrina Carter-Journet for leading and mentoring Science Technology Engineering Arts & Math (STEAM) programs and workshops to local children of all ages.

AGO is proud to see you SOAR!

AGO & EAF

Soror Carodine Endowment Scholarship

Ralph's Community Awards Program

The following directions are to assist you in registering

The following directions are to assist you in registering for the for the Ralph's Community Awards Program Ralph's Community Awards Program which will assist which will assist in fundraising for EAF - Education Advancement Foundation in fundraising for EAF - Education Advancement Foundation for AKA/AGO. for AKA/AGO.

Step 1: CLICK HERE to visit Ralph’s.com.

Step 2: Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Kroger Community Rewards.

Step 3: Choose either

(1.) Create a digital account.

(2.) Link your card.

Enter the name of the organization to support: Enter Ivy Heritage Foundation

Step 4: Follow the on-screen directions.

Zelle information

Zelle information

Donatetihf@theivyheritagefoundation.org

Donatetihf@theivyheritagefoundation.org

for donations, assessment payments, for donations, assessment payments, fundraisers and other contributions. fundraisers and other contributions.

AGO PRAYER LEADERS

April 4, 2024 | Kiri Arrington White

April 11, 2024 | Sheila Faulk

April 18, 2024 | Lesa Smith

April 25, 2024 | Susan Price

Upcoming Events

Harvest Crops + Produce Giveaway

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Crenshaw United Methodist Church

3740 Don Felipe Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90008.

Join the Enhance Our Environment Program Initiative as we provide service at Crenshaw United Methodist Church. Our morning will begin by harvesting crops at their rich and bountiful community garden. During the Produce Giveaway, we will sort and package fruits and vegetables, providing the community access to fresh produce.

SISTERLY RELATIONS

ALPHA GAMMA OMEGA CHAPTER

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• On 5/19/2024,we will attend our annual fun day tour of the Pasadena Showcase House of Design at 1:00pm. Sisterly Attire: Please, (conservative in) dresses and pearls for photo and Alpha Kappa Alpha presence.Low shoes.

This year’s home has a significant historic background, several storied owners and even a prestigious designation as a Pasadena City Landmark. It is a stately English Tudor Revival Style home of several thousand feet. Pop-up restaurants will be on grounds. Proceeds benefit arts and music programs for children through the

Los Angeles Philharmonic. Ticket price is $39.60 payable at chapter meeting. Tix are nonrefundable. Make payable to AKA / AGO. Buy as many as you’d like.

Directions to Explorer Road Parking Lot

Parking & Shuttle

•Take the I-210 Freeway to exit 22B

Arroyo Bvd / Windsor Ave Exit.

‣ Head North on Windsor Ave from I-210 and pass by Jack in the Box (on the left).

‣ Continue on Windsor Ave for one mile.

‣ Turn left at the second stop sign on the corner of Windsor Ave and Ventura St.

‣ Proceed 1500 feet to the Explorer Road Parking Lot.

Sisterly, Debora Johnson

(213) 309-4099 after 10am & before 9pm