Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®
Zeta Pi Omega Chapter
"Soaring to Greater Heights of Service & Sisterhood"
Annual Chapter Leadership Retreat
Hawaiian Luau
Saturday, August 6, 2022 - Hybrid
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Fayetteville Area of Tents, Inc.
Lorine C. McLeod Tent Hall
321 Bradford Avenue
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301
Soror Beverly Grayman-Rich, Basileus
Soror Deirdre Hendrix, Anti-Basileus
10:00 am Welcome
Soror Heather Reid, Presiding
Meditation
Soror Juanita Hill
Opening Remarks
Soror Beverly Grayman-Rich, Basileus
10:10 -10:30 am Program Highlights
Soror Deirdre Hendrix, Anti-Basileus
AKA1908.International Program Initiatives 2022-2026
10:30 – 10:50 am Sisterly Relations Activity
"What's-In-Your-AKA-Purse?"
Soror Naadiya Hopkins
10:50 – 11:00 am Break Time
&
Hawaiian Dance Movements
Rhonda's Rainbow Family of Dance
Workshop Sessions
11:00 – 11:20 am Session 1
“A Leadership Survivor Kit”
Soror Mary Black, Soror La'Keshia Chisholm,
Soror Michelle James
11:20 - 11:40 am Session 2
Collaboration and Teamwork: What's on your mind?
Soror Velvet Ruffin-Corley, Soror Melody Chalmers- McClain,
Soror Margaret Morrow
11:40 – 12:00 pm Session 3
Panel Discussion
Chapter Operations
Soror Beverly Grayman-Rich
Membership
Soror Shelia Outlaw
Protocol
Soror Theresa Camps
Running for Office
Soror Shirley Chrishon
12:00 – 12:05 pm Evaluation
Soror Maria Pierce Ford
ZPO Chapter Retreat - Event Fillable Evaluation
12:05 – 12:08 pm Closing Remarks
Soror Diane M. Newell, Chairman
12:08 - 12:30 pm Pick-up Box Lunches-to-Go
or Enjoy on Site
~ GRACE Catering ~
The word “Aloha” means hello and goodbye.
This is pretty much like ciao in Italian or salut in French.
People in Hawaii use it as a way to greet each other hello,
or to wish each other a great morning. It's also used when
they're parting ways and bidding farewell.
Leadership Development Committee
2020 - 2022
Soror Diane Newell, Chairman
Soror Mary Black, Co-Chairman
Soror La'Keshia Chisholm
Soror Carmella Fair
Soror Juanita Hill
Soror Naadiya Hopkins
Soror Michelle James
Soror Marye Jeffries
Soror Melody R. Chalmers McClain
Soror Margaret Morrow
Soror Blanchie Pone
Soror Heather Reid
Soror Velvet Ruffin-Corley
Soror Roxie C. Wells
Thank You Sorors
“ Aloha”
Have a great afternoon!
Leadership Development Presentations
(2020– 2022)
Women’s History Month Calendar – Zeta Pi Omega Website - March 2021
Membership Intake Process Day 1 - Friday , April 30, 2021
• Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Organizational Structure, Soror Mary Black
26th ZPO Basileus 2009 – 2010, Leadership Development Committee Co-Chairman
Membership Intake Process Day 4 - Saturday , May 15, 2021
• Emotional Intelligence , Soror Diane Newell, Leadership Development Committee Chairman and
Soror Velvet Ruffin Corley, Committee Member Membership
• Building Leaders , Soror Diane Newell, Leadership Development Committee Chairman and
Leadership Development Committee Members
Chapter Annual Retreat – Saturday, August 7, 2021 “Poised and Polished for Excellence in Leadership”
• Self -Care Guided Meditation w/ Soror Loleta Foster, PHD Sisterly Relations
• 2018- 2022 Program Highlights , Soror Deirdre Hendrix, Anti-Basileus
• Constitution and Bylaws, Golden Soror Gwendolyn Scott
• True Colors Leadership Training, Leadership Development Committee
• Effective Chapter Leadership, Soror Mary Black, Co-chairman
• Emotional and Mental Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic w/ Soror Beverly Spivey-Rivers, MD
• Chapter Standards Evaluation, Soror Maria Pierce-Ford
“Mentoring: The Process for Lifelong Sisterhood” October 28, 2021
• Presentation for Delta Alpha Chapter, FSU Dr. Mary A. Black and Dr. Naadiya Hopkins
Zeta Pi Omega Chapter Mentoring Program Training Development February/ March 2022
• Worked in collaboration with Membership to develop training modules
Zeta Pi Omega Annual Chapter Leadership Retreat Hawaiian Luau August 2022
• First Hybrid Event
• Sisterly Relations, “Strengthen Our Sisterhood”
• Three Interactive Sessions - Leadership Committee & Panel of Soror Participants
• Hawaiian Dancing
• Fellowship Lunch