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Comedian, Actress, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority member, Wanda Sykes said she feels “attacked” by the passing of California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in the Golden State.
“You know, I don’t really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn’t feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the [...]

I know it’s been a minute since we updated the site, but we have a lot of new features and content in store for you. In the meantime, I thought I would update you on the AKA Centennial barbie, since everyone keeps inquiring about it on our original announcement post.
The AKA barbie is now [...]

Check out this fresh limited edition Alpha Kappa Alpha/Barack Obama T-shirt brought to you by the peeps over at Enstrumental:

According to their MySpace Bulletin:
In recognition of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. celebrating 100 years of a legacy of sisterhood & service in ‘08 and in celebration of Barack OBAMA becoming the next president of the [...]

Just in time for what seems like Founders’ Day Season (the month of January is the month when five of the nine NPHC organizations celebrate their founding dates), Ebony magazine has a four-page spread in its February 2008 issue profiling the Divine Nine. The four-page spread (pp. 104 - 108), entitled “Stepping Up,” gives [...]

Next week at the 100th Centennial Celebration of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. in Washington DC, Mattel Inc. will unveil a new Barbie collector doll specially designed for the sorority. Director of Barbie collector marketing, Elizabeth Grampp had this to say about the new doll:
When you pair that milestone with an organization representing an amazing [...]

This picture came across my desk, and I thought I would share. It’s an AKA 747 airplane.

While I would like to believe that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority commissioned a customized airplane for the organization, I am doubtful that this is in fact the real deal. It looks a little photoshopped, and I would hope that [...]

The Iota Sigma Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (University of Kentucky) performed an incredible stepshow last Fall at their Homecoming. Check out the entire show below, it is definitely worth the watch!
Part 1

Part 2

The lovely ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. celebrated a fun but unofficial sorority holiday today: 1/9/08, or 1908. 1908 is the year the sorority was founded, and today’s date is one of a kind. The women o Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will celebrate their 100 year Anniversary next week on January 15, [...]