It's Earth Month: Let's Plant, Tend, Reduce, Shred, and Recycle

The 2025 National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Inc. Scholarship Program Application is now open! This is your chance to access financial support as you pursue a career in accounting, finance, business, or entrepreneurship—fields that align with NABA’s mission to elevate talent, foster innovation, and strengthen our professional community.

This opportunity is available exclusively to NABA student members, and the best part, membership is completely FREE! Join NABA today to unlock access to scholarships, professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities that will elevate your future.

Key Dates:

• Applications open: February 28, 2025

• Applications close: April 11, 2025

• Recipients announced: Early July

• Scholarships disbursed: Late July/Early August

Tips for a Standout Application:

• Highlight your leadership experience, academic achievements, and community involvement that reflect your commitment to excellence.

• Ensure your application is clear and polished by having someone review it before submission.

Don’t miss this opportunity to advance your career and join NABA in shaping the future of business leadership. Learn more and apply at nabainc.org/scholarships.

Interested in supporting NABA’s scholarships and empowering future leaders? Learn more about investing in the scholarship program here.

Motivational Monday:  Perks for Prayer (Phone)

Note for "Missouri AKA Day at the Capitol" Previously Registered Attendees:

Your registration will automatically carry over to the new date—no further action is needed. We look forward to seeing you there!

Pink Print Connection: Sisters in Career Success is Now Live!

Are you currently exploring new career opportunities or considering a career change? Whether you're actively job hunting or just starting to explore your options, the Pink Print Connection: Sisters in Career Success LinkedIn group is the perfect place to connect! Join us to search for job openings, share your own opportunities, and access a wealth of career search resources. Let’s work together to make your next career move a success!

Request to join here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14625053/

Regional Conference Community Service Project

During the 95th Mid-Western Regional Conference, under the leadership of Magnificent Mid-Western Regional Director Soror Anika Wilson Starling, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® proudly partnered with The Beacon in Des Moines, Iowa, for a powerful Community Service Project. The Beacon offers a transformational and holistic approach to helping women recover from trauma, substance use, and mental illness, leading to healthier individuals, stronger families, and better communities.

Through this collaboration, our collective efforts resulted in over 1,000 personal hygiene and makeup products for the women served by The Beacon. This initiative directly aligned with our program targets of uplifting our local community and empowering our families, demonstrating the heart of the Mid-Western Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.'s service in action.

United in sisterhood and service, we SOARED to new heights, leaving a lasting impact on the Des Moines community and continuing our legacy of purposeful, compassionate outreach. Soror Kari Thompson (Mu Omega) and Soror Sonya Jackson (Iota Zeta Omega) served as chairman and co-chairman of the community service project.

Greetings Sorors:

The past few years we have lived “history in the making”. It is our goal to update our history by documenting the Mid-Western Region’s response to this time of challenge. This period of time could have resulted in our not providing any service at all, but Mid-Western stepped up and found a way to serve. In fact, the Region not only stayed engaged, we also once again led the way in several areas for Alpha Kappa Alpha to continue to move forward in service and sisterhood. The story deserves and needs to be documented and told. Our Regional Director, Soror Anika Wilson Starling, has authorized an update to our Region’s History. 

The history will also update some events and members that may not have been included in previous editions of the history book. It is an honor and a privilege for me to be asked to do so. Assisting me in this project is Golden Soror Martha Carpenter, researcher extraordinaire. We are in the process of collecting data that captures how the Mid-Western Region responded to and rose above the storm created by the pandemic. Obviously, your help is both needed and desired in order to effectively do the job. Please help by supplying information from your chapter covering the years 2020 to the present. Graduate Advisors, you may need to help the undergraduates since those who were in the undergraduate chapters in 2020 are no longer there. 

Mid-Western Region Monthly Sisterly Spotlight

Do you want to shine a light on a soror who may not always be publicly recognized but exemplifies kindness, compassion, care, and a nurturing spirit in all they do? If so, submit your nomination by completing the Sisterly Spotlight Form. Please ensure the form is fully completed before submission. The committee will carefully review all nominations for accuracy. Eligible names will be entered into a monthly lottery, and one soror will be selected each month. General members' names are welcomed, as well. The selected soror and her sisterly acts will be submitted to Madam Regional Director for approval before being celebrated on social media. While a soror may be nominated multiple times, she can win only once per year. Photos are highly encouraged but not required.

Key Deadline: All nominations must be submitted by the 15th of each month.