[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E17]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE 112TH ANNIVERSARY OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY

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                           HON. RASHIDA TLAIB

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 9, 2020

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today in tribute to Alpha Kappa 
Alpha Sorority, the oldest Greek-letter organization established by 
African American college-educated women in the United States, on its 
one hundred twelfth anniversary.
   Founded in 1908 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, 
D.C., Alpha Kappa Alpha's sisterhood has grown to more than one 
thousand chapters worldwide with more than seventy-five thousand 
members strong. Michigan alone is home to more than thirty chapters, 
several of which serve the Wayne County and metropolitan Detroit 
regions. Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded with a goal of bringing like-
minded women together to uplift each other, using their bond, 
strengths, and passions to benefit others. This sisterhood has created 
a vast network of sisters in service who work on countless community 
projects each year. The sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha have focused their 
efforts to uplift the most vulnerable and impoverished individuals and 
advancing human and civil rights everywhere.
   Please join me in recognizing Alpha Kappa Alpha on this outstanding 
milestone as we wish them many more years to come.

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