Husiku Hwemashiripiti eAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Nhengo muOrlando

Kuve negungano muOrlando, Florida nguva dzose ine mashiripiti kubata.

Izvi zvakaonekwa nemazana e Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) nhengo dzehuroyi dzakamira mune yavo trademark pink uye green mavara kunze Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park pa Walt Disney World Resort muLake Buena Vista, Florida. Iri rakanga riri zuva rimwe chete kuti kokorodzano yamarudzi ose yen'anga isati yatanga muOrlando Mugovera manheru.

Nhengo dzehuroyi dzakapinda mabiko epachivande epashure pemaawa aiitwa naDisney papaki kuti vatange 70's sorority.^th biennial conference inozivikanwa seBoule. AKA Nhengo dzakamira mune yesangano ravo yakasarudzika yepingi uye yegirinhi mavara pakati pekupenya kwepingi uye mwenje wegirinhi.

Munguva yekugamuchirwa kwekugamuchira paDisney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park, nhengo dzakasangana nehusiku hwakazara nevaraidzo inorarama, kupindirana kwehunhu, mafaro ekubika, uye zvinotapira.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated yakanga ine mavambo ayo akazvininipisa sechiratidzo chevadzidzi vapfumbamwe vekoroji pamusasa weHoward University muna 1908. Kubva ipapo, huroyi hwakakura kuva sangano rinoparira pasi rose renhengo dzinoda kusvika 300,000 XNUMX dzakadzidziswa kukoreji, dzakasungwa nezvisungo zvehanzvadzi uye dzichipiwa simba kuzvipira kune hutungamiri-hutungamiri huri munyika yose uye hwepasi rose muhukuru hwahwo.

Sezvo Alpha Kappa Alpha yakakura, yakachengetedza kutarisa kwayo munzvimbo mbiri dzakakosha: hupenyu hwehupenyu hwese uye hunyanzvi hwekuvandudza kweumwe neumwe wenhengo dzayo; nekukurudzira hunhengo hwayo kuita sangano resimba rinoremekedzwa uye pesvedzero, nguva dzose iri pamberi pekusimudzira kunobudirira uye shanduko yemagariro inoguma nekuenzana nekuenzana kwevagari vese vepasi.

lpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated^® yakavambwa pachinangwa chinoumbwa nedzidziso shanu dzagara dzisina kushanduka kubva pakavambwa huroyi makore anodarika zana apfuura. Basa raAlpha Kappa Alpha nderekukudziridza uye kukurudzira tsika dzepamusoro dzedzidzo uye tsika, kukurudzira kubatana uye ushamwari pakati pevakadzi vekoreji, kudzidza uye kubatsira kuderedza matambudziko ane chekuita nevasikana nevakadzi kuitira kuti vavandudze magariro avo, kuchengetedza kufarira kunofambira mberi muhupenyu hwekoreji. , uye kuva “Basa Kuvanhu Vose”.

Boka diki revakadzi rakavamba Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority mukutanga kwezana ramakore rapfuura raiziva chinzvimbo chavo sevakadzi vakadzidziswa kukoreji vakadzidziswa zveruvara chizvarwa chimwe chete chakabviswa muuranda. Asi panguva imwe cheteyo, vainzwisisa zvinodikanwa nokutamburira kwavarombo munharaunda dzisina kuchengetwa mumataundi okumusha kwavo uye mune dzimwe nharaunda dziri kunze kwenzendo dzavo avo vakanga vachida zvinhu, mabasa, nemikana yavakanga vasingasviki.

Kuzvipira kwevafundisi vechidiki kudzidzo, hutungamiriri, kubatanidzwa kweveruzhinji, uye kushandira veruzhinji, zvakarukwa pamwe chete nezvisungo zvehuhanzvadzi hwehupenyu hwese, zvakaumba hwaro hwenhaka yakapfuma yehutungamiriri hwevashandi hunoburitsa huroyi nanhasi. Uye kusvika kwepasirese kwezvirongwa zvayo, laser-yakatarisana nehutano, hupfumi, mhuri, dzidzo, kodzero dzevanhu, uye nyaya dzekuenzanisa dzine chekuita nenhengo dzayo, inovimbisa kukosha kwesangano mukusingaperi.

Yakaganhurirwa kune yaakadana kuti "hupenyu hudiki hwakachekererwa" munharaunda yakapatsanurwa uye inotongwa nevarume iyo yairatidzira kutanga kwema1900s, Howard University yakabatana naEthel Hegemon yakarota kugadzira network yekutsigira yevakadzi vane pfungwa dzakafanana vachiuya pamwe chete kusimudzirana, uye. vachibatanidza matarenda avo nesimba kuti vabatsire vamwe. Muna 1908, chiono chake chakajeka saAlpha Kappa Alpha, wekutanga Negro Greek-tsamba sorority. Makore mashanu gare gare (1913), mutungamiri anotungamira, Nellie Quander, akavimbisa Alpha Kappa Alpha kusingaperi kuburikidza nekubatanidzwa muDunhu reColumbia.

Pamwe chete nemamwe macoed sere pamecca yeNegro dzidzo, Hedgemon yakagadzira dhizaini iyo yaingokurudzira kudyidzana, kukurudzira, uye kukura kwetsika pakati penhengo; asi akapawo tariro kuvanhu vazhinji. Kubva muboka repakati revapfumbamwe kuHoward, AKA yakakura kuita mauto anopfuura zviuru mazana matatu nemakumi maviri neshanu enhengo uye alumnae, anoumba 325,000 zvitsauko mumatunhu makumi mana nemana, District of Columbia, US Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Germany, Liberia, South Korea. , Japan, Canada, South Africa, uye Middle East.

Nemhaka yokuti vaitenda kuti vakadzi vekoroji yeNegro vaimiririra "dzidzo yepamusoro-yakawanda, kujekeswa, uye zvimwe zvezvinhu zvinenge zvose izvo vanhu vakawanda veNegroes vasina kumbova nazvo" - Hegemon nevamwe vake vakashanda kuti varemekedze chaakadana kuti "chikwereti chisingaperi chekuvasimudza." (Negroes) kumusoro uye kuvaita zviri nani. " Kwemakore anopfuura zana, iyo Alpha Kappa Alpha Sisterhood yakazadzisa chisungo ichocho nekuva simba risingakundiki rezvakanaka munharaunda yavo, nyika, nyika, uye pasirese.

Chirongwa cheAlpha Kappa Alpha nhasi chichiri kuratidza ruzivo rwevanhu rwakanyura mutsika yeAKA uye yakamisikidzwa mukutenda kwaAKA, "Kuve wepamusoro mukushandira vanhu vese." Kuziva nezvetsika uye kurudziro yemagariro zvakaratidza hucheche hwaAlpha Kappa Alpha, asi mukati megore rimwe (1914) rekuwana chinzvimbo chekambani, AKA akange aitawo mucherechedzo padzidzo, kutanga mubairo wechikoro. Chirongwa ichi chaive nhanganyaya yezviuru zvekupayona nekushingirira izvo zvakazotsanangura rudzi rweAlpha Kappa Alpha.

Nekufamba kwemakore, Alpha Kappa Alpha akashandisa Sisterhood sechinhu chikuru kusimudza chimiro chevaAfrica-America, kunyanya vasikana nevakadzi. AKA yakapfumisa pfungwa uye nekukurudzira kudzidza kweupenyu hwese; yakapa rubatsiro kuvarombo, vanorwara, nevaishaya basa; yakatanga chiito chezvemagariro evanhu kusimudzira kodzero dzevanhu uye kodzero dzevanhu; akashanda pamwe nemamwe mapoka kuti awedzere kuparidzira pane zvinoenderera mberi; uye yakaramba ichigadzira vatungamiri kuti vaenderere mberi nemvumo yavo yebasa.

Kutungamirirwa nevatungamiri venyika makumi maviri nevapfumbamwe kubva kuNellie M. Quander (1913-1919) kusvika kuGlenda Baskin Glover (2018-2022), nekusimbiswa kubva kuvashandi vepamuzinda wenyanzvi kubvira 1949; AKA's corps of volunteers akatanga hurongwa hwekugarisana nevamwe uye zvirongwa zvesocial service izvo zvakashandura nharaunda kuita zvirinani- zvichiramba zvichiunza budiriro mumaguta, nyika, nyika nepasirese.

Historical Sorority Program Initiatives

The 1900s-Kusimudzira tsika dzeNegro uye kwakakurudzira kuita kwemagariro kuburikidza nekuratidzwa kwevaNegro maartist uye vatsigiri vezvemagariro evanhu, kusanganisira nyanzvi yekutaura Nathaniel Guy, muvambi weHull House Jane Addams, uye US Congressman Martin Madden (1908-1915). Yakagadzira yekutanga hurongwa hwekufunda paHoward University (1914).

The 1920s-Yakashanda kubvisa pfungwa dzekuti maNegroes akange asina kukodzera kune mamwe mabasa, uye akatungamirwa. Negroes mukunzvenga zvikanganiso zvebasa (1923); yakasundidzira anti-lynching mutemo (1921).

Mu 1930s—Rakava sangano rekutanga kutora nhengo yehupenyu hweNAACP (1939); Vakagadzira nyika yekutanga yeCongressal lobby iyo yakakanganisa mutemo pazvinhu kubva pamagariro akanaka uye mabasa kusvika kune lynching (1938); uye yakamisa kiriniki yekutanga yenyika yehutano, ichipa rubatsiro kune 15,000 Negroes inotambudzwa nenzara nechirwere muMississippi Delta (1935).

The 1940s-Kukoka mamwe masangano eGreek-tsamba kuti vauye pamwe chete kuti vagadzire American Council on Human Rights kupa simba kusimudzirwa kwemarudzi uye kusimudzira hupfumi (1948); Akawana chinzvimbo chemucherechedzi kubva kuUnited Nations (1946); uye akapikisa kusavapo kwevanhu vemavara kubva pamifananidzo yemifananidzo inoshandiswa nehurumende kuratidza vanhu vekuAmerica (1944).

The 1950s-Kusimudzirwa kwekudyara mumabhizinesi eVatema nekuisa yekutanga $38,000 yeAKA Investment Fund neyekutanga uye yega kambani yeNegro paWall Street (1958). Spurred Sickle Cell Disease tsvakurudzo uye dzidzo ine zvipo kuHoward Hospital uye kubudiswa kweThe Sickle Cell Story (1958).

The 1960s-Yakatsigirwa kutanga Domestic Travel Tour, rwendo rwevhiki imwe rwetsika rwevadzidzi makumi matatu vekusekondari (30); yakatanga "Heritage Series" paAfrica-America kubudirira (1969); uye rakabuda seboka revakadzi rekutanga kuhwina mari yekushanda mubatanidzwa webasa remubatanidzwa (1965), kugadzirira vechidiki vane makore 1965-16 kuti vashande muhupfumi hwemakwikwi.

1970's— Kwaingove huroyi kudomwa senhengo yekutanga yeOperation Big Vote (1979); akapedza chitsidzo chehafu yemiriyoni kuUnited Negro College Fund (1976); uye akatenga Dr. Martin Luther King's boyhood musha weMLK Center for Social Change (1972).

The 1980s-Yakatora misha inodarika makumi maviri nenomwe yemuAfrica, ikawana Africare's 27 Distinguished Service Award; yakakurudzira kuziva uye kutora chikamu munhau dzenyika, kunyoresa vanopfuura 1986 vavhoti vatsva; uye yakamisa iyo Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation (350), mubatanidzwa wemamiriyoni emadhora uyo pagore unopa mibairo inodarika zviuru zana zvemadhora mumabhezari, magrants, uye kuyanana.

The Ma1990—Kuvaka zvikoro gumi muSouth Africa (10); yakawedzera nhamba huru yevashoma kuNational Bone Marrow Registry (1998); Yakave sangano rekutanga revanhu kugadzira chirangaridzo kuHondo Yenyika II isina kuimba gamba Dorie Miller (1996).

The 2000s-Yakapa $1 miriyoni kuHoward University kuti iwane mari yekufunda uye kuchengetedza Black tsika (2008); yakasimbisa unyanzvi hwokuverenga hwevana 16,000 1.5 kuburikidza nepurogiramu yekuratidzira ye $ 2002 miriyoni mushure mechikoro muzvikoro zvisingasviki, zvisingakwanisi, zvehupfumi, zvikoro zvemukati-kati (XNUMX); uye yakavandudza mararamiro evanhu veAfrica kuburikidza nekuenderera mberi kwerubatsiro kunyika dzeAfrica.

The 2010s-Yakatarisana neKubudirira, Kuzviziva, Kukurukurirana, Kubatanidzwa, Networking, uye Unyanzvi Hwekusimudzira, Chirongwa cheASCEND℠ chakagadzirirwa kukurudzira, kuita uye kubatsira vadzidzi vechikoro chesekondari kuti vasvike pakugona kwavo kukuru kuburikidza nekusimudzira dzidzo uye kudzidziswa kwehunyanzvi hwehupenyu kutsigira rwendo rwavo. kuenda kukoreji kana basa remabasa; yakapa nekugovera One Million Backpacks℠ yakazara nezvinhu zvechikoro kuvadzidzi mukati memakore mana; yakatanga AKA 1908 Playground Project℠ kuti ive nechokwadi chekuti nzvimbo dzekutamba dzakachengeteka dzevana kuburikidza nekudzoreredza uye kuvandudzwa kwe1,908 nhandare dzekutamba dzechikoro dziripo, uye akaronga mushandirapamwe wenyika, Funga HBCU℠, kuratidza HBCUs (2018); Yakatangwa Vatungamiri Vechidiki Vachiri Kukura, danho rakashinga kugadzirira vasikana zviuru gumi mumagiredhi 10,000-6 kuti vabudirire sevatungamiriri vadiki vakashongedzerwa kupindura kune zvinonetsa zvezana ramakore rechi8 (21).

The 2000s-Yakapa $1 miriyoni kuHoward University kuti iwane mari yekufunda uye kuchengetedza Black tsika (2008); yakasimbisa unyanzvi hwokuverenga hwevana 16,000 1.5 kuburikidza nepurogiramu yekuratidzira ye $ 2002 miriyoni mushure mechikoro muzvikoro zvisingasviki, zvisingakwanisi, zvehupfumi, zvikoro zvemukati-kati (XNUMX); uye yakavandudza mararamiro evanhu veAfrica kuburikidza nekuenderera mberi kwerubatsiro kunyika dzeAfrica.

The 2020s-Yakatarisana negomarara rezamu ine siginecha mobile mammography unit iyo yakapa emahara mammograms kune vanhu vane mari shoma. Kuburikidza neHBCU chirongwa chakasimudza madhora miriyoni muzuva rimwe chete kwemakore mana akateedzana, uye akatanga AKA-HBCU endowment paHBCU yega yega. Yakagadzira bhaisikopo, Twenty Pearls iro rinotaura nyaya yeAlpha Kappa Alpha. Yakagadzira iyo Pearl Soror Nhengo yeChikamu. Yakatanga Executive Leadership Academy iyo yakabatsira varoyi vari pakati pe-level zvinzvimbo kuenda kuC Suite kana kugara pamabhodhi emakambani.