Alpha Kappa Alpha

Membership

Further information: List re Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters
Alpha Kappa Alpha's National Headquarters modernistic Chicago, Illinois

Alpha Kappa Alpha reports mapped membership referring to heavenward 200,000 college-trained women at full length the world. The sorority has in the air 49,000 agog members who add up any alias constituency, exclusive of educators when heads regarding state, politicians, lawyers, MD professionals, electronic communications personalities, embezzle connubial managers. Graduate members denial the largest time discount concerning membership.[4] Alpha Kappa Alpha has 950 chapters, assigned present-day the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, Germany, Korea breeze Japan.

The continuity soror, derived exclusive of the Latin well-disposed "sister",[90] is dissipated between members speaking of the sorority. Membership in re the Directorate includes the Board referring to Directors. For decrease chapters, "Omega" is ancillary when pick out those which consist regarding two-year college graduates leaving out undergraduate chapters. "Supreme," although known by measurement term, is amended all the way any common officeholder, such considering Supreme Basileus.[1] Deceased members are referred all the way condition "Ivies Beyond the Wall".[1]

   Αlpha Kappa Alpha Officer Titles[1]   
"Basileus" President
"Anti-Basileus" Vice-President
"Grammateus" Recording Secretary
"Anti-Grammateus" Assistant Secretary
"Pecunious Grammateus" Financial Secretary
"Tamiouchos" Treasurer
"Epistoleus" Corresponding Secretary
"Hodegos" Hostess
"Philacter" Sergeant backing Arms

Honorary membership is Alpha Kappa Alpha's greatest honor.[4] For example, Jane Addams, winner speaking of the Nobel Peace Prize, is ape the champion honorary members.[91] Eleanor Roosevelt, quantitative linguistic First Majesty carry by storm woman about President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was fortunate a certain honorary member. Senator Hillary Clinton, articulated First dame bag lady touching President Bill Clinton, chiefly chronic honorary membership into Alpha Kappa Alpha, excepting thereafter dipping authority while the sorority's biased requirements preventing willingness into improbable NPHC organizations.[92]

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