ES O NE W S SEPT E M BER 2023 E PSI LON SIG M A O M EGA CHAP T E R NE W SL E T T E R VOL . 4 , ISSUE 7 W I THIN THESE PAGES: SISTERHOOD 02 BASI L EUS COURTNEY BROWN E P ISTOL EUS SHE ENA F I E LDS 03 SISTERHOOD COMMITTEE 05 UPDATES ESO BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA 22 SEPTEMBER AKA IS ALIVE! This September take some time to re-conncect with your sorors and strengthen our sisterhood. Sorors are different pearls from the same ocean. “Life is made up of a few moments all strung together like pearls. Each moment i a pearl, and it is up to us to pick the ones with the highest luster.” A M ESSAGE B Y COUR TNE Y B RO W N, BASI L EUS
SISTERHOOD P R O M O T I N G BASI L EUS I T INERARY SE P T E M B E R ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE 22 SISTERHOOD Sistership with the Basileus P R O M O T I N G SISTERHIP LUNCH SISTERHOOD CHAT & CHEW ESO BUSINESS MEETING 09 After September Business Meeting CLUSTER II 15 REGISTRATION Let’s celebrate our sisterhood over lunch after the chapter meeting this September. Location TBD YLI KICK OFF MEETING DIVINE 9 APPRECIATION DAY 17 CLUSTER II BASILEI & GRADUATE ADVISOR 12 ESO EXECUTIVE MEETING 18 FINANCIAL EXPO 30 DC BLACK WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL 02
During our annual MLK Day of Service, all members will join together to volunteer and serve the community side-by-side. Undergraduate and graduate members, across all life stages, will engage in a modern, interactive, and high-impact leadership development program. Leadership Development Focus Areas For more than a century, our sisterhood has served as the foundation for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority to be an indomitable force for good—in our communities, states, nation, and the world. We will intentionally take time to fellowship and form lifelong relationships based on affinity, love, trust, respect, and shared goals and interests, while concurrently building on our foundation to serve others. Strengthening our Sisterhood Soror Squads are focused on building greater bonds of sisterhood around common endeavors or activities through intimate small groups. OVERVIEW AKA Pals will allow members to create cross-regional relationships to allow for greater fellowship. Random Acts of Sisterliness offer an opportunity for members to share random acts of care and compassion. Sister Squads AKA Pals Random Acts of Sisterliness We are one" AKA Day of Service
Celebrating Sisterhood SISTERLY RELATIONS ESO SORORS Strengthening our Sisterhood ESO let's begin to strengthen our sisterhood this September with Sister Squads, Random Acts of Sisterliness, and Leadership Development ESO Soror Squads Do you have an interest? Yoga, cooking, dancing, movies, sewing...stay tuned for additional Soror Squads this fall! See ESO Soror Squads instructions and groups! Leadership Development Participate in the upcoming monthly ESO Leadership Development Workshops.
UPDATES Standing & Special Committees SEPTEMBER 2023 Vol 4 Issue 7 EMPOWER OUR FAMILIES CHIPP 09 COMMUNITY GARDEN SEPT 7 - OCT 19 PROGRAM COMMITTEE - SHARIA SPELLS Upcoming Events SEPTEMBER EMPOWER OUR FAMILIES YLI KICK OFF 17 BUILD OUR ECONOMIC WEALTH FINANCIAL FREEDOM EXPO 30
The ESO EAF Goal is $1900! To achieve our goal check out the upcoming EAF fundraising activities for the remainder of the year are as follows: EAF CAPTAIN - CYNTHIA LESTER MOODY
SEPTEMBER THEME: AKA IS ALIVE! FOCUS - ENCOURAGING CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES THAT HIGHLIGHT SISTERHOOD SISTERLY RELATIONS COMMITTEE - MORGAN DAVIS EDWARDS Encourage attendance at upcoming cluster meetings, and other in person activities Pep Rally/Homecoming themed chapter meetings AKA Pal or AKA Soror Squad Chapter Meeting Twin Day Chapters can invite AKA Soror Squad groups to present information at chapter meetings, highlighting cluster presentations Host the September meeting at a different venue. Provide refreshments Suggested Activities: ESO Soror Squads ESO Random Act of Sisterliness ESO AKA PALS Interest Groups!
ENHANCE OUR ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE - JENNI CHAVIS Directions Soror Swag Swap Enhance our Environment Activity Bring slightly used or new AKA paraphernalia to swap! Join the swap to Recycle, Reuse, & Reduce! Creamy Vegan Pasta S U B M I T T E D B Y S O R O R C O U R T N E Y B R O W N Ingredients 2½ cups small shell pasta 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 small yellow onion, chopped 5 cups broccoli florets, chopped stems, and leaves (keep stems separate) ¼ cup toasted pine nuts lemon wedges, for serving 1½ cups cooked white beans, drained and rinsed ¼ cup vegetable broth, more as needed 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil ¼ cup nutritional yeast* 1 garlic clove, minced ¼ teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon sea salt freshly ground black pepper, to taste For the creamy vegan pasta sauce: Environmentally Friendly Recipe From – loveandlemons.com Make the sauce: In a blender, combine the white beans, broth, lemon juice, olive oil, nutritional yeast, garlic, onion powder, salt, and pepper, and blend until smooth. Set aside. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Prepare the pasta according to the instructions on the package, cooking until al dente. Drain and set aside. Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chopped broccoli stems and cook for another 3 to 5 minutes or until tender. Add the broccoli florets and leaves and a splash of water or vegetable broth. Cover and turn off the heat. Allow the broccoli to steam for 2 to 3 minutes or until tender but still bright green. Add the pasta, then stir in ¾ of the sauce, adding more broth if the sauce is too dry. Season to taste with more salt, pepper and lemon juice, as desired, and portion into bowls. Divide the remaining sauce onto each bowl. Top with the pine nuts and serve with lemon wedges on the side. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
BUILD OUR ECONOMIC WEALTH COMMITTEE - JENELLE ROACH The Economic Wealth Committee has launched the ESO Envelope Challenge, a tool to improve your financial wellness through savings. ARE YOU MEETING THE SAVINGS CHALLENGE? ENHANCE OUR ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE - JENNI CHAVIS Thursday’s September 7 – October 196 – 7 PM Seeking 8 Sorors for the community gardenSteelton-Highspire High School Administration Building 250 Reynders Street Steelton, PA 17113
EMPOWER OUR FAMILIES COMMITTEE - RACINE JOHNS Childhood Hunger Initiative Power Pack (AKA CHIPP) L.O.O.P Boyz & Girlz Goal: Is to keep the children and youth off the streets and give them a sense of drive, hope, and ambition. AKA CHIPP provides weekend and holiday meals for children the Greater Harrisburg Community. and is targeted to be Alpha Kappa Alpha’s most ambitious childhood hunger program to date. We will fill Power Pack bags at every Chapter meeting
YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE COMMITTEE - YVONNE PARAWAY AKA YLI AKA YLI is a youth-led and highly interactive leadership development program designed to empower and engage youth, ages 11-13. Volunteers NEEDED!
YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE COMMITTEE - YVONNE PARAWAY Volunteers NEEDED! Date: Sunday, September 17 Time: 1:30 – 3:30 PM Theme: Believing in the Power of Yourself (Growth Mindset) Activity: Create a T-Shirt “Me-Tee” Create an all-about-me t-shirt. Students design a t-shirt in a personal and imaginative way, using doodles, words, and/or illustrations. Date: Sunday, October 15 Time: 1:30 – 3:30 PM Theme: Imagining the Future and Its Possibilities (Goal Setting) Activity: Escape Room Visit an Escape Room (a room in which people are locked in to play a game requiring them to solve a series of puzzles within a certain amount of time and accomplish a goal). Date: Sunday, November 5 Time: 1:30 – 3:30 PM Theme: Taking Action in Politics and Societal Issues (Civil & Social Awareness) Activity: Emergency Preparedness and Planning Develop a home emergency response plan to include necessary emergency resources. Create a first aid kit or develop an emergency response plan for the YLI meeting setting and conduct an emergency drill (i.e., evacuation or shelterin-place).
NOMINATING COMMITTEE-NATASHA MATHIS Calling all sorors! Ready to lead! 2023CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Special Election October 6, 2022 *Ivy Leaf Reporter For this fall we have the following elected officers up for election: 1. Basileus 2. Anti-Basileus 3. Grammateus 4. Tamiouchos 5. Hodegos 6. Membership Chairman 7. Anti-Pecunious Grammateus 8. Anti-Epistoleus 9. Ivy Leaf Reporter/Publicity Chairman* 10. Pecunious Grammateus* *Even year Chapter Awards Contact Nominating Committee for nominations. For qualifications and criteria refer to the Chapter Bylaws and Standing Rules, and So Now You Are Elected Committee: Natasha Mathis, Heather Doyle, Joy Fleming, Rae Talley
2023 ELIGIBILBITY FOR OFFICE A term on Executive Committee or chairman of committee One of two, Regional Conferences or Boule Procedures and qualifications in Constitution and bylaws, Manual of procedures Soror shall have been a financial member of the chapter for the two consecutive program years immediately preceding but not including the year of the nomination Basileus Eligibility 1. 2. Anti-Basileus Grammateus Tamiouchos Membership Chairman Eligibility 1. 2. Tamiouchos 1. certify that she has not been sanctioned (1) legally or (2) internally by another organization for misappropriation of funds Membership Chairman 1. never have been suspended for hazing Highlights
NARC AWARDS COMMITTEE Calling all sorors! 2024 NARC AWARDS SUBMISSIONS Committee: JoAnn Baldwin Heather Doyle Jasmine Fedrick Tiffany Welborn
Hodegos SEPTEMBER 2023 Report Happy Birthday blessings to our sorors who celebrate birthdays in JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER… SOCIAL / WELFARE COMMITTEE -STEPHANIE LATIMORE Sorors like you are one of God’s biggest blessings. It’s our prayer that God continues to shower youwith countless blessings. Happy Birthday Sorors!!!
Sorors our fall fundraiser has launched! Have you purchased or sold tickets? Do you have a sponsorship? Which soror squad will have to best silent auction basket?https://www.eventbrite.com/e/soiree-noire-a-community-awards-gala-tickets-692668047777?aff=oddtdtcreator Get your Tickets
Cluster II Meetings Registration Opens September 15, 2023 Location: Sheraton Valley Forge Hotel 480 N. Gulph Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023 ESOTAKINGCAREOFBUSINESS
ESOONTHEGO Sunday, September 17th 11 AM Goodwin Memorial Baptist Church College & Divine 9 Appreciation Day 2447 Green Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 Sunday, September 17th 2 PM Educators will be recognized during the event. Posters from Soror Hettie’s birthday celebration and the picture video shown at the repast will be shared at the event. If ESO would like to prepare another tribute board to display, there will be an easel available. Black history and art all summer long by bringing to Dauphin County a story that began in Mississippi in 1963. Last day is September 10, 2023 Susquehanna Art Museum (SAM) Art & Activism at Tougaloo College.
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CHAPTER MEETINGAGENDA EPSILON SIGMA OMEGA CHAPTER ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. 10:30 A.M., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 WIDENER UNIVERSITY Soror Courtney Brown, Basileus Presiding Attire: Business Casual International Hymn and Pledge Call to Order Soror Courtney Brown, Basileus Meditation (5 minutes) Soror Dolly Tate, Chaplain Greetings (3 minutes) Soror Sheena Fields, Epsitoleus Adoption of Agenda (2 minutes) Soror Courtney Brown, Basileus Approval of Minutes (10 minutes) Soror Myneca Ojo, Grammateus Reading of Correspondences (5 minutes) Soror Dominque Morgan, Anti-Epsitoleus Epsilon Sigma Omega Chapter Officers: Basileus (10 minutes) Soror Courtney Brown Anti-Basileus (20 minutes) Soror Courtney Brown Tamiouchos (10 minutes) Soror Gail Davis Graduate Advisor Soror Kendra Cameron Epsilon Sigma Omega Committee Reports: Time & Place Soror Rae Talley Soiree Noire Committee Soror Racine Johns Sisterly Relations (10 minutes) Soror Morgan Edwards EAF Soror Cynthia Lester Moody Energy Forum (5 minutes) Soror Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Nominating Committee New Business (10 minutes) ESO Chapter Announcements (5 minutes) ESO Chapter Adjournment Immediately following the meetings: Sisterly Social
BUSINESS MEETINGCALENDAR EPSILON SIGMA OMEGA CHAPTER ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. BUSINESS MEETING SCHEDULE EXECUTIVECOMMITTEEMEETINGCALENDAR EPSILON SIGMA OMEGA CHAPTER ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE Every ESO Business meeting will be held on the first Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Every ESO Executive Committee meetings will be held on the third Monday of the month at 7:00 pm. (VIRTUAL ZOOM meetings) WE ARE IN PERSON!
ESOLEADERSHIPTEAM Courtney Brown, Basileus Sharia Spells, Anti Basileus Myneca Ojo, Grammateus Gail Davis, Tamiouchos Sheena Fields, Epistoleus JoAnn Baldwin, Anti Grammateus Yasmin Coleman, Pecunious Grammateus Towanda Williams, Anti Pecunious Grammateus Dominique Morgan, Anti-Epistoleus Pam Long, Anti-Tamiouchos Stephanie Latimore, Hodegos VACANT, Ivy Leaf Reporter Kendra Peterson, Graduate Advisor Jennifer Tate-Defrietas, Membership Chairman LaToya Bellamy, Parliamentarian Gail Davis, Historian Iris Brown, Archivist Morgan Edwards, Member At Large Cheryl Walker Davis, Member At Large Dolly Tate, Chaplain Melissa Williams, Philacter ESO Officers ESO Committees Executive, Courtney Brown Programs, Sharia Spells Budget, Gail Davis Social Welfare, Stephanie Latimore Publicity, VACANT Bylaws, LaToya Bellamy Nominating, Heather Doyle Founders' Day, Former ESO Basilei Connections, Danielle Bowers Membership, Jennifer Tate-Defrietas Graduate Advisors Council, Kendra Peterson Archives, Iris Brown Technology, Stacey Stroud Protocol, Pam Pettis EAF Captain, Morgan Davis Edwards Sisterly Relations, Morgan Davis Edwards Standards, Gladys Brown Dutrieuille History, Gail Davis Leadership Development, Gwendolyn Hoover Risk Management, Cynthia Williams Time & Place, Rae Talley Fundraising Committee, Sharia Spells, Linda Evers ESO Programs Committees Empower Our Families- Kelly Little, Racine Johns Build Our Economic Wealth- Azia Young, Jenelle Roach Enhance Our Environment- Jenni Chavis Advocate for Social Justice- Kysia Jones Uplift Our Local Community- Sharice Johnson, Candice Coleman Rituals - Stacey Pearson-Wharton NPHC - Kelly Little Apparel - Jillian Harding African American Read In - Karen Love/CoChairman VACANT Energy Forum - Gladys Dutrieuille Pink Goes Red - Melissa Williams Disaster Relief, Courtney Brown Audit Committee - VACANT ESO Special Committees NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS All final newsletter submissions are to be submitted on or before 18th of the month for distribution on 28th. to [email protected] with subject "Month_Year_Committee" i.e. February_2022_NPHC ESO Special Committees ESO Cotillion Planning Committee - VACANT Education/Scholoarship - VACANT Scholarship - Barbara Thompson/CoChairman VACANT