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)