Obama to Become Honorary AKA

Obama to Become Honorary AKA

Michelle Obama has accepted an honorary membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest African-American sorority in the country, the group's president, Barbara A. McKinzie, has announced.

The sorority is celebrating its centennial with a week of celebrations in the District. It was founded at Howard University in 1908, and counts Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, and former Washington mayor Sharon Pratt among its members. Eleanor Roosevelt was also an honorary member of the organization, whose membership now stands at more than 200,000.

Obama, with her work as an attorney, healthcare executive, and activist, fits right into the professional network of the sorority.

The induction of the wife of Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee, will not take place during this week's convention, McKinzie said. Details have not yet been set.

Among those being inducted tomorrow are Rutgers University basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer and Wangari Muta Maathai, the Kenyan environmental and political activist who is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Though the organization said she will not be at the ceremony.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dc/2008/07/to_melodyakaaolcom_from_melody.html

...yor just turned 100 this year too.

Wow, that is great! I was wondering if any one of those organizations would grab her. She makes a good fit and she is awesome role model. I admire her so much!

Yes, we just turned 100. Boy! Time flies. I heard the Boule' in DC was awesome! Yes, Michelle is a great pick! I have always admired her.

Geyla Queen wrote:

...yor just turned 100 this year too.

Which one u are in GQ....CG they have sorority in Liberia too? All the time i was there i didn't hear about it....

Bellah, AKA used to be in Liberia o! I posted that link some time ago.

bellah wrote:

Geyla Queen wrote:

...yor just turned 100 this year too.

Which one u are in GQ....CG they have sorority in Liberia too? All the time i was there i didn't hear about it....

Queen_AKA wrote:

Yes, we just turned 100. Boy! Time flies. I heard the Boule' in DC was awesome! Yes, Michelle is a great pick! I have always admired her.

Your sorors blanketed DC! And of course, they did so in style.

Skee-Wee! Yes, Sir! This is a serious matter!

You all are at the DC convention center! That is major. We did n't even have that for our 100th.

Yes, the stories have been flowing in...I cannot wait to see the photos.

Would have been nice if they cuold have gotten EJS to make a brief appearance at a plenary.

Yes, it really would have been nice o but I believe Ellen is in South Africa at the moment. Am I right?

Will Obama join the UBF, I wonder. I used to be a grand master. It would really be good for the movement in Liberian mehn. Aye lawd the good ole times of tail coats and signs..........

gadyu wrote:

Will Obama join the UBF, I wonder. I used to be a grand master. It would really be good for the movement in Liberian mehn. Aye lawd the good ole times of tail coats and signs..........

I think the UBF is still in Maryland county, is it true that those guys really killed people or it was just a myth?

I lived there for two years. They did. I am terramycin Grebo.

What is UBF???

My pops used to say they were Ugly Big Fools, but they are actually the United Brothers of Friendship. SMT was the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten, my aunt was in tht one, and they used to wear the red sashes on the white dresses and march with the swords and other cutting tools...lol

And I thought those were Freemasons

There may be a relationship. Most ugly big fools are free...

Read here, http://tinyurl.com/5j7bv9.

There was also the IOGT...International Order of Good Templars. Richard Henries was in that one. I know........

gadyu wrote:

Read here, http://tinyurl.com/5j7bv9.

Thanks! Very informative.