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September 7, 2018
Sorors In The Know
BASILEUS MESSAGE
Greetings Sorors!
Get excited as we are
back from summer
break! Looking forward
to implementing the new
platform from our new Supreme Basileus, Soror
Glenda Baskin-Glover. The program theme for
2018-2022 is Exemplifying Excellence
Through Sustainable Service.
Thank you to all sorors who participated over the
summer and helped make the activities and
events successful. Kudos to Sorors Silvya Kirk
and Welth Cooper and the Fundraising committee for a fabulous Sunset Pearl
Soiree! What a beautiful event.
The 68th Boule in Houston, Texas was a success! It was full of energy, learning
opportunities and fun, fun, fun! EAF recognized BSO once again for Platinum
Level at the EAF Breakfast. We were also acknowledged as the Mid-Western
Region “Best of The Best in Technology” as well as one of the best chapters in the
regions for our programs.
BSO is so excited and extremely proud in that our very own Soror Gayle Miles-
Scott who was elected as our new Supreme Tamiouchos . We are also excited that
Soror Anika Wilson was appointed Mid-Western Membership representative and
Soror Vicki Miles-LaGrange was appointed Mid-Western Archives representative.
BSO also handled business by having our Standards Retreat in Sulphur,
Oklahoma. Thank you to chairman, Soror Michelle Chapple and the Standards
committee as well as the Membership committee for an educational and fun
weekend!
We will have a lot of material to cover at this month’s meeting. Please be prepared
for a longer meeting. Thank you in advance for your patience.
Let us continue working to support one another because Together
Everyone Achieves More. Remember: It takes “The Teamwork To Make The
Dream Work!”
Please take the time to review the information in the newsletter. I look forward to
seeing your smiling faces at Sorority meeting, September 15 at 11:00 a.m. at
Millwood High School.
In Sisterhood and Service,
Soror Monica A. Finley
Jude 24 (NIV)
24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy
OFFICERS
Monica Finley
Basileus
Ameyka Pittman
First Anti-Basileus
Gayle Caldwell
Second Anti-Basileus
Marie Walker
Grammateus
Angel Alexander
Anti-Grammateus
LaTreece Langston
Tamiouchos
Angela Long
Anti-Tamiouchos
Latonya Robinson
Pecunious Grammateus
Joannie Wade
Anti-Pecunious Grammateus
Kimberly Anderson
Historian
Carmen Butler
Graduate Advisor,
Beta Beta Chapter
Lillie Osborn
Philacter
Chalon Anderson
Epistoleus
Alice McCann
Parliamentarian
Charese Jones
Ivy Leaf Reporter
Linda Samuel-Jaha
Hodegos
Tara Williams
Archivist
FIRST ANTI-BASILEUS MESSAGE
PROGRAM
COMMITTEES
Connection
Angela Long, CHM
Anastasia Pittman-Petrie,
Vice-CHM
Economic Ownership
Brittany Couch, CHM
Education
LaNita Harris, CHM
Joyce James, Vice-CHM
Joy Ahmad, Vice-CHM
Linda Huggins, ASCEND
Health
Latricia Morgan, CHM
Carolyn Anita Jones,
Vice-CHM
Public Affairs
Dorothy Cox-Franklin, CHM
Joyce Smith, Vice-CHM
Jacqueline Brown,
Vice-CHM
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Greetings Sorors!
Summertime is winding down and we’re gearing up to kick-off our program efforts for the second half of the year. Under the leadership of our new Supreme Basileus, Soror Glenda Baskin-Glover, we will be “Exemplifying Excellence Through Sustainable Ser-vice.” The International Program includes five program targets that are designed to ad-vance the mission of Alpha Kappa Alpha with excellence and underscore our commit-ment to sustainable service. The five program targets for 2018-2022 are:
Target 1: HBCU for Life: A Call to Action
Continue our focus on education with an emphasis on historically black colleges and universities (HBCU’s) by promoting and marketing historically black colleges and uni-versities, encouraging students to attend HBCU’s, and financially supporting HBCU’s.
Signature Program: #CAP – College Admissions Process
Assist students as they seek admission to college by providing guidance and support in completing the application and enrollment process.
Target 2: Women’s Healthcare and Wellness
Continue to raise community awareness of critical health issues impacting African-American women, with primary focus on Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention, Heart Health, Nutrition and Wellness, and Care for the Caregivers.
Target 3: Building Your Economic Legacy
Emphasize financial planning, asset accumulation, and wealth building through person-al financial planning and asset accumulation, credit repair and monitoring, entrepre-neurship and the Black Dollar 365, and Operation AKA Assist.
Target 4: The Arts!
Expose students to arts enrichment and culture – focusing on visual and performing arts and showcasing talent through the exploration of writers, entertainers, and various oth-er artists with Salute to the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement.
Target 5: Global Impact
Engage in programming designed to enhance the international footprint of the sorority, including National Global Impact Day, Global Assistance Activities such as Soles 4 Soles, Lions Club International, Pillowcase Project, and Refugees in America Assistance Pro-gram (RAAP).
Our committees have begun planning for implementation of these initiatives. Please contact a committee chairman or me, as Programs Chairman, to join a committee.
Sisterly,
Soror Ameyka
Soror Ameyka Pittman
COMMITTEE LISTING
Basilei Council
Joyce Henderson, CHM
Vivian Miller, Co-CHM
Decorating
Gayle Miles-Scott, Co-CHM
Founders’ Day
Collette Houchen, CHM
Joannie Wade, Vice-CHM
Fundraising
Silvya Kirk, CHM
Welth Cooper, Vice-CHM
Membership
Joanne Davis, CHM
Terri Hurte, Mentorship
Tiwana Burdex,
Sisterly Relations
Nominating
Carmen Butler, CHM
Protocol
Loraine Liggins, CHM
Priscilla Metoyer, Vice-CHM
Rituals
Priscilla Metoyer, CHM
Sisterhood
Linda Samuel-Jaha, CHM
Spiritual Oversight
Carolyn Gray, CHM
Standards
Michelle Chapple, CHM
Vanessa Tucker Davis,
Vice-CHM
Strategic Planning/
Risk Management
Valerie Hurte, CHM
Michele McElwee,
Vice-CHM
Technology
Aquilah Ahmad, CHM
Bria Bowler, Vice-CHM
Mary Carey, Newsletter
Alycia Brown, Photographer
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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Founders’ Day Thursday, September 13th at 6:00 p.m. Johnnie’s Charcoal Broiler 2652 W. Britton Road Public Affairs Monday, September 17th at 6:00 p.m. Trinity Presbyterian Church 2301 N.E. 23rd Street
SEPTEMBER SORORITY ACTIVITIES
HBCU OBSERVANCE DAY Wear your favorite HBCU shirt to the
September sorority meeting. We will
be taking a photo!
Risk Management Recap Saturday, September 15th at 9:30 a.m. Millwood High School Tech Talk Learn basic functions and tips for your iPhone or Samsung Android!! Saturday, September 15th at 10:15 a.m. Millwood High School
COLLEGE FAIR
UPCOMING IMPACT DAYS
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FEED THE CHILDREN
(TEACHER BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT)
SISTERLY SENTIMENTS
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Continue to pray for sorors and Pearl Pals who have been listed in previous notices.
CONGRATS
The Ntu Art Association of Oklahoma , Inc. announced Soror Chalon Anderson has been selected as a 2018 inductee to the Oklahoma African American Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be October 13th, 12:00 p.m. at the Jim Thorpe Event Center , 4040 N. Lincoln Blvd. Congratulations to Soror Michelle Chapple for being installed as Basileus and Soror Carmen Butler as 2nd Anti-Basileus of Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. - Tau Chapter, Oklahoma City. This is a non-profit business and professional women's organization founded in 1942 at Lewis Business College in Detroit, Michigan. The Sorority consists of members from the Divine 9 who's purpose is to aid high school graduates with scholarships, garner career opportunities, donate to and serve national and local charities and promote programs designated for improving the well-being of developmentally disabled citizens. The organization serves communities throughout six regions in the United States and the Virgin Islands. Soror Carolyn Gray who is being honored by the Oklahoma City Chapter of Chums International, “I’m Every Woman” luncheon and program.
BIRTHDAYS
REMINDER
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PLUG INTO THE POWER OF PRAYER (Monday, October 1, 2018 at 6:30AM)
Call in number: 712-770-4010
Access code:274707#
Our Spiritual Oversight Committee, led by Sorors Carolyn Gray and Loraine Liggins, provides loving words of
prayer and support at the beginning of each month. Please join in for an awe-inspiring and moving hour of sis-
ters praying together for family, friends, church members, and co-workers.
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BETA SIGMA OMEGA’S HIDDEN FIGURES
60th Anniversary of Oklahoma City Sit-Ins Clara Luper and the Sit-Ins of the Civil Rights Movement in Oklahoma City were honored. The free events began on Thursday, August 16 and culminated on August 19. Events celebrated NAACP Youth Council and the many people who joined Clara Luper to protest segregation in pub-lic accommodations beginning on August 19, 1958, with a sit-in at Katz Drug Store in downtown Oklahoma City. The public celebrated at the following events: Oklahoma History Center (program included a performance by the Ambassadors Concert
Choir, viewing of a new documentary titled, "Remembering the Sit-In," screening of excerpts from the documentary, "Through the Looking Glass Darkly" followed with panel discussion with Bob Dotson, Oliver Murray, and George Wesley, Sr.)
Fairview Baptist Church (program included a viewing of the Children of the Civil Rights docu-
mentary film, Historical Collection of Clara Luper, and Minute Men Commandos tribute.) Frontline Church (Re-enacted the downtown Sit-In under the leadership of Jabee Williams) Page-Woodson Auditorium (program included the Dunjee All School Community Fellowship
Choir, Clara Luper Play, and excerpts from OETA Conversation with Clara Luper) Fifth Street Baptist Church (program included music from Greater New Zion Baptist Church,
keynote speaker, Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, Pastor of Third Baptist Church, San Francisco, CA)
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STANDARDS RETREAT
SUNSET PEARL SOIREE
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLY ELECTED
SUPREMEE TAMIOCHOUS
Beta Sigma Omega chapter congratulates Soror Gayle Miles-Scott on becoming Supreme Tamiochous of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Gayle Miles-Scott is a Life Member and Silver Soror. She has served as Treasurer of the chapter and its non-profit entity. She received a Bachelor of Arts in piano and organ performance from Spelman College and a Master of Business Administration, as an accounting major, from Atlanta University. She has been a C.P.A. for 36 years and has over 40 years of experience in public, non-profit, and governmental accounting. She authored and developed the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Financial Officers Certification Program and served as the Chairman of that Certification Program for eight years.
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CONGRATULATIONS
Emmy Award The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Pacific Southwest Chapter, announced nominations for regional Emmy Awards in May of 2018 honoring outstanding achievement in local news for the previous year. The Emmy Award recognizes excellence in the television industry. Soror Carla Wade received two nominations for her work as an anchor and reporter during the October 1, 2017 mass shooting that killed 58 people on the Las Vegas Strip who were attending a concert near Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. She is 3 p.m. and Breaking News Anchor at KTNV in Las Vegas, Nevada. Soror Carla was nominated in the catego-ries of Outstanding Team Coverage and Best Evening Newscast. On June 16, 2018 at a black tie ceremony in Palm Springs, CA she took home an Emmy Award in the most prestigious category, Best Evening Newscast. Soror Carla is the daughter of Soror Joannie Wade.
Hall of Fame The Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame, Inc. announces 2018 Honorees. Three of the ten honorees are from our chapter: Dr. Ann M. Allen, Joyce A. Henderson, and Emma Lee Jones Freeman (posthumously). The event is Friday, September 28, 2018, 7:00 p.m., at The Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr., OKC. Tickets are $60 per person (Deadline to purchase is September 15, 2018. Mail to OAAE Hall of Fame, Inc., c/o Henrietta Hick, P.O. Box 627, Boley, OK 74829).
BETA SIGMA OMEGA
CHAPTER
Beta Sigma Omega Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated has the
distinction of being the first
Greek Letter organization
established in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Since its inception
in 1937, Beta Sigma Omega
has proven to be an
extraordinary partner in the
Oklahoma City Community as
well as a trailblazer within
the sorority. Our goal is to
provide scholarships and
perform community service
projects.
CONTACTS
beta sigma omega Chapter
Primary Business Address
Your Address Line 2
Your Address Line 3
Your Address Line 4
Phone: 555-555-5555
Fax: 555-555-5555
E-mail: [email protected]
Beta Sigma Omega Chapter
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
PO BOX 14712
Oklahoma City, OK 73113
Chapter Email:
Chapter Website:
betasigmaomega.org
@bsookc
@bso_aka
ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Including accomplishments,
celebrations, illnesses, deaths, etc.)
Sisterhood Chairman
Linda Samuel-Jaha
PAY DUES &
CHAPTER ASSESSMENTS
(Collects chapter funds)
Financial Secretary
Latonya Robinson
REQUEST CHECKS/REIMBURSEMENTS
Treasurer
LaTreece Langston
PROGRAM
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Ameyka Pittman
PUBLICITY
Charese Jones
