Greetings!

The TENACIOUS Tau Rho Omega Chapter continues to shine in the DFW Metroplex!  Kudos to Soror Carolyn Gilleylen and the entire DFW Metroplex Founders' Day Committee on an exquisite event to honor our illustrious founders of this great sisterhood.  Kudos to Soror Tonja Barber for her diligence & fantastic work as the Milestone Honoree Liaison for our 2023 Golden and Silver Sorors!

This month we honor our beloved Ivy Beyond the Wall Soror Zina Williams.  Kudos to Soror Rochelle Dillon and the Zina Movement for the work that they do to celebrate her life and continue her legacy.  Domestic Violence is a SERIOUS matter and we want to bring awareness to the chapter, to the community, and beyond.  If you or someone you know is a victim, please call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

This week, I urge you to reach out to a soror  that you haven't seen in a while via email, text or phone call and give them an encouraging word.  Continue to pray for each other and love on one another. We are stronger together...we are the Tenacious & Talented Tau Rho Omega Chapter!

 Be safe and be blessed!

Serving With A Smile,

MarQuisia Johnson, Basileus

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

Tau Rho Omega Chapter

Fundraising Committee Meeting

·      April 3, 2023

·        https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82985396167?pwd=NThPU1VPbTVmUGFmMW5weTdiSHh1dz09

·       Meeting ID: 829 8539 6167

·       Passcode: Money

Entertainment and Courtesies Committee

We want to make sure that we are acknowledging and celebrating each Chapter member all year long.  Please complete the form to let us know your birthday and AKAversary at the following link: - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchpm-jSrvgFULNGq61FFmaAVtyXjKrk_ew7aXBJhOxgUojSg/viewform?usp=sharing 

Greetings Madam Basileus,

Psi Lambda Omega Chapter's Strengthen our Sisterhood AKA Pals Committee invites your chapter members to join us in “Sorors, Get Matched!” - our matching program where a soror is paired with a soror from PLO to foster cross-regional relationships.

Some logistics: 

• This program is launching today, March 3rd.

• Sorors who are interested in being matched should complete the Interest form as soon as possible, but no later than March 25th. 

• We will match Sorors based on their responses and send them further communication, including a Welcome "All Aboard" Guide, shortly after the deadline to respond. 

• The program will run until December 2023.

We will provide sorors with tools to foster their relationships, opportunities to connect with their Soror Pal in person, and much much more!  It is for individual sorors who want to participate, so it does not require chapter commitment. 

Sisterly,

Soror Lisa-Moné Lamontagne, AKA Pals Chair

Psi Lambda Omega Chapter 

Brooklyn, NY | North Atlantic Region 

Greetings Sorors!

Hello Soaring Spring! I’m so extremely proud of the work and the programs WE have implemented. But there is more work to be done. Our initiative chairmen are hard at work to make sure that our initiative is impactful and powerful to the communities we serve. Thank you for your continuous

service to our program initiatives and for doing it with a spirit of EXCELLENCE!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Our Seniors: If you are Sizzling & Sassy 60 or older, this event is for you!

Our Seniors committee will be hosting Senior Tea Soiree on Sunday, March 26th at 2pm at the home of Soror Kenya Ware. If you are 60 and older, please click here Senior Tea Soiree to sign up. You will receive a link via Wild Apricot to pay the fee of $30.00.

Youth Leadership Institute: Our future young leaders will be going to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science on March 26th for their STEAM experience.

Contact:

Strengthen our Sisterhood Foundation Initiative

Stephanie Hall, Initiative Chairman

Email: sisterhood@akatro.org

Empower our Families Initiative

Soror Shupon Mitchell, Initiative Chairman

Email: families@akatro.org

Building our Economic Wealth Initiative

Soror Pamela Turner, Initiative Chairman

Email: economic@akatro.org

Enhance our Environment Initiative

Soror Jennifer Dean, Initiative Chairman

Email: environment@akatro.org

Advocate for Social Justice initiative

Soror Genine Riley, Initiative Chairman

Email: socialjustice@akatro.org

We want everyone to be engaged in another exciting year of providing service to all mankind. Be Blessed Sorors!!

Soror Nicole O. Harris, 1 st Anti-Basileus

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Tau Rho Omega Chapter

“Sisterhood On A Rise”

“Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over [with no space left for more]. For with the standard of measurement you use [when you do good to others], it will be measured to you in return.”- Luke 6:38 AMP

EAF – Soror Mina LaGrange

Please see Corporate website on How do I apply for scholarships, fellowships, and grants?

Eligibility information can be found on our website at www.akaeaf.org.

Deadline for applications are:

Undergraduate students – April 15th

Graduate students – August 15th

Community assistance grants – August 15th

Endowed scholarships – rolling deadline.

These are open to everyone (international students welcome) who fits the criteria and eligibility, including members of Alpha Kappa Alpha and their dependents. Youth Partners Accessing Capital (Youth P.A.C.) awards are open to undergraduate members of Alpha Kappa Alpha who are at least a sophomore, have a 3.0 GPA or better, and exemplify leadership and volunteer service. These applications are due April 15th.

Skee Wee, my beautiful Sorors!  

OUR STANDARDS 

The results from the 2022 TRO Chapter Survey were shared during the March Chapter meeting.  Thank you for participating. Please do consider completing surveys as they provide information on how to best serve and improve the Chapter.   

Back by popular demand, the next activity is Lemon Squeezes: The Sequel, which is  tentatively scheduled in April.  

The first draft of the Manual of Standard Procedures is done.  It will be presented to the Standards Committee for review prior to sharing with the Chapter.  

As a friendly reminder on our journey to compliance as well as operating procedures defining who we are, we are going to go…go slow…but, go…correctly.  Why?  Because we are Tau Rho Omega. 

Soror Courtney J. Washington, 2nd Anti-Basileus

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

Tau Rho Omega Chapter

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In Service and Sisterhood,

Soror Jennifer White, Epistoleus

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Tau Rho Omega

"When they go low, we go high."  - Michelle Obama