The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority on Sisterhood and Community | American Women

(laughing)

Okay, start it over.

♫ A - K - A

♫ A - K - A

I think it s just great to be in this group of women

who all strive for excellence.

You do service over here,

you got sisterhood thriving over here,

it s just really like a great place to grow

and become who you will be.

(cheering)

Go tigers!

[Interviewer] Tell me about becoming a queen.

So we had a pageant here,

well we have a pageant traditionally every year since 1982.

[Interviewer] What are your responsibilities as a queen?

Well four months, I have to execute my platform

that I m passionate about.

And my platform is mental health and the importance of it.

[Interviewer] Is that what you re gonna do

when you graduate?

Yes, I want to incorporate that passion with art,

so that I can kinda create a platform for people

to openly discuss things like mental health.

From the age of 4, I knew I wanted to be

a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority incorporated.

I remember being a little girl and walking

in like Wal-Mart or Belk or Dillard s,

and I remember looking at women

and I could literally walk up to them and say,

are you an AKA?

And I knew immediately they were a AKA

by the way they carried themselves.

This is my fiftieth, I m golden this year.

And my golden pin.

(laughs)

[Interviewer] What about you guys?

I m 51.

Yes.

Oh, you were golden last year.

I m golden last year.

You know how you never know how strong tea is

until you put it into hot water.

You never know how strong a woman is

until you put her into hot water.

And you are a strong sister, thank you.

(upbeat music)

(chanting)