Sorority Returns to Roots to Launch Centennial Celebration

Members to pay tribute to founders at birth home of Howard University

Alpha Kappa Alpha will engage in a series of solemn tributes when thousands of members descend upon Howard University to celebrate the birth of Alpha Chapter and the nine visionaries who founded the Sorority in 1908. Today, on the eve of its 100-year birthday, Alpha Kappa Alpha is a worldwide organization with 200,000 members in 975 chapters all over the globe and on every continent.

The celebratory event, which takes place January 12-15, 2008, includes ceremonial salutes, a Walk Through History (a re-creation of history), adding the Centennial exhibit to the Sorority's archival collection at Howard’s Moorland Spingarn Research Center and the launch of the digital form of the Sorority’s official publication, Ivy Leaf.

Among those who will make the pilgrimage home are five former international presidents and high-profile members, including: actress Phylicia Rashad; the Honorable Peggy Quince, Florida Supreme Court Justice; and 102-year-old Mrs. Hazel Hainsworth Young, one of the Sorority’s most senior members.

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