WE ARE BLACK HISTORY By Culture and By Merit Tau Omega Chapter Ivy Line February 2023
From the Desk of Madam Basileus Gree%ngs Sorors of Tau Omega Chapter! Happy Black History Month! During the month of February, we celebrate Black history. As women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. everyday is a season of celebra%on of “ HerStory.” Today, I pay homage to our Soror Theodora Fonteneau Rutherford, one of twenty-two Tau Omega charter members. Soror Theodora aMended Howard University gradua%ng summa cum laude, she then went on to become the first Black student to aMend the Columbia Business School class of 1924. This month I was filled with pride as Tau Omega members gathered adorned in pink and green aTre to aMend the Columbia Business School (CBS) 100th anniversary celebra%on for Soror Theodora. Together we celebrated Soror Theodora’s litany of “ Firsts.” As we are preparing for the 92nd North Atlan%c Regional Conference F.I.R.S.T. LOVE, there is a list of to-do’s we need to complete before we depart to Philly: • Everyone who will be aMending and will be going to the Gala and DPGS luncheon should inform me ASAP. Reserved tables cost $50. Based on the confirma%ons I received so far, we will need to reserve 3 tables for the gala and 1 for DPGS luncheon for a total of $200. If Sorors are interested in reserving sea%ng for, someone will need to make a mo%on at this %me. Thanks! • We will be selec%ng NARC delegates at the February chapter mee%ng. Sorors, please only accept nomina%ons if you are registered and will be aMending NARC in person. There will be NO virtual delegates. • NARC chapter celebra%on: As always we will be planning a chapter gathering at NARC which is currently being finalized by Soror Melissa and the membership commiMee. I know this is something we all look forward to including myself. We also look forward to celebra%ng chapter milestones. As of right now, I’ve been informed of one milestone. Congratula%ons to all Sorors who are celebra%ng milestones in 2023!! Please be sure to inform the chapter if you haven’t already done so. I want to take a moment to thank the Awards CommiMee chair Soror Chelsea and the en%re commiMee for working diligently on the %mely submission of our awards! 917-405-3818 MichelleHardy805@gmail. com Of=ice Hours Mondays: 8AM-9:30AM Tuesday: 7PM-8:30PM
From the Desk of Madam Basileus Moving on, this month we will be hos%ng HFAS Opening Night on Feb 24th and %ckets are on sale NOW! Please support this fundraiser by purchasing a %cket, sending a dona%on, and/or sharing with your networks. We want to make this fundraiser a success for chapter programing. Sending a special thank you and recogni%on to Soror Cheryl Marius for her dedica%on to this chapter fundraiser. Sorors, as a chapter I would like to task us with making an effort to reach out to our lost pearls. We have a list of about 70 inac%ve Sorors. As a sisterly act we will be ac%vely reaching out to these Sorors to invite them to stay connected. I am seeking the assistance of a few Sorors to assist the commiMee. If interested, please reach out to me. Thank you in advance for your sisterly support. Lastly, I would like to close by saying we are one Tau Omega and work according to the 5 A’s: Awareness, Alignment, Accountability, Agility and Apprecia%on. Sisterly, Madam Basileus Michelle B. Hardy
TAU OMEGA CHAPTER ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED CHAPTER MEETING Saturday, February 18, 2022 AGENDA Call to Order Medita%on Soror Chris%ne Dudley Minutes January Mee%ng Soror Tracy Graham Execu%ve Recommenda%ons Correspondence/NewsleMer Soror Wynter Thomas Basileus Report/ Remarks Soror Michelle B. Hardy Introduc%on of Visi%ng Sorors Soror Tala Russell Nomina%ng Soror Shatara Pell CommiMee Reports Programs Soror Lisa Penzellna Membership Soror Melissa Forde Finance Sorors Kim Eatman/Karen Myrie/ Pepsi Parker Graduate Advisor Soror Dorinda Hazell-Ford Publica%on Rela%ons/Social Media Soror Khadijah Davis Members- at -Large Sorors Choddie Bryant/Nikki Grant Unfinished Business New Business Adjournment
Greetngs Sorors! Several of our ini%a%ve commiMees have ac%vi%es planned for February. Hopefully, you were able to join the Advocate for Social JusBce commiCee’s Policy Forum in honor of Black HERstory month on Thursday, February 2, 2023 via zoom. It was fantas%c. We had at least 99 people in aMendance. Strengthen our Sisterhood commiCee: will have a Para Pop-Up shop on Saturday, February 18, 2023 before/aker chapter mee%ng. We are asking Sorors to donate gently used para, unwanted Ivy Box items, and other pink & green items. All proceeds will be donated to Tau Omega’s Benevolent Fund. Flyers have been posted to mobilize. UpliG Our Local Community commiCee: Harlem Fine Arts 15th Anniversary will be held on Friday, February 24th, 2023, from 6:00pm - 10:00pm. Tau Omega chapter is the host for this evening. Sorors, have you purchased your %cket? The flyer & link are posted in mobilize and on all social media plaporms. Build Our Economic Wealth commiCee: Extreme Couponing Seminar was a great success with 37 registrants in aMendance. Several Sorors from the LeadHERship AKAdemy popped in as well. Their next event will be the Side Hustle Seminar to be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, via Zoom. The flyer & registra%on link will be posted in mobilize and on all social media plaporms. Sisterly, Soror Lisa Penzellna 1st An%-Basileus Program Chairman
Greetngs Sorors! Our NARC mix and mingle is returning this year. The gathering will take place Saturday March 11 at 325 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 from 7PM un%l 10:30PM. Sorors are welcome to drop by before or aker the gala. If you’re aMending NARC in person, please forward the following the informa%on: NAME PHONE NUMBER HOTEL ROOMMATE ATTENDING MIX AND MINGLE Please forward all informa%on above to Soror JoVon Seymore @[email protected] Sisterly reminder: if you would like to invite a guest to chapter mee%ng, please use our chapter mee%ng registra%on link to register guest. All guests must provide proof of membership upon arrival. Future Membership events New Members Mix and Mingle March 18 12PM New Members Virtual CommiMee Fair TBA.
Sisterly, Soror Melissa Forde 2nd-Anti Basileus Membership Chair [email protected] MEMBERSHIP CORNER
Tau Omega Leadership Team Basileus Michelle B. Hardy 1st AnB- Basileus Lisa Penzellna 2nd AnB Basileus Melissa Forde Grammateus Tracy Graham Pecunious Grammateus La’Shawn Pepsi Parker Tamiouchous Kim Eatman AnB-Tamiouchous Karen Myrie Epistoleus Wynter Thomas Hodegos Fa%ma Barrie Philacter Tala Russell Parliamentarian Keisha Jones Ivy Leaf Reporter Khadijah Davis Graduate Advisors Lambda - Dorinda Hazell-Forde Omicron Theta - Doris B. Mitchell Members-at-large Nikki Grant Choddie Bryant Historian Doris Conner Chaplin Chris%ne Dudley
Standing CommiMees ExecuBve Michelle B. Hardy Programs Lisa Penzellna Membership Melissa Forde Finance Kim Eatman By- Laws Keisha Jones Leadership Development Andrea R. Webster Standards Andrea R. Webster Archives Cheryl Marius NominaBng Shatara Pell Fundraising Marisa Mack Tau Omega Charitable Trust Michelle Huff Housing C. Virginia Fields Scholarship Audrey Myers Sisterly RelaBons Njeri Baker AKA ConnecBons TBD
Program Ini%a%ves Strengthen Our Sisterhood Nia Medder / Jamila Abdulrashid Empower Our Families Jillian Thompson/ Leah Horton Build Our Economic Wealth LaChante Robertson/ Sharon Bryant Enhance Our Environment Tye Woodson- Craig/ Chelsea Mina Advocate For Social JusBce Effie McCartney-Donaldson/ Athena Moore UpliG our Local Community Cheryl Marius/ Vickie Powell