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Program Chair- Dr. Deborah Washington
The
Extraordinary Service Program (ESP) vision embraces a
five-pronged platform designed to excite, galvanize, and ignite
the
passions of members. |
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Platform 1 - Non-Traditional Entrepreneur
Chair -
Mary Hayes
Women are seizing the reins of entrepreneurship because they
realize that it is the key to economic survival. As they
become more of the business landscape and their enterprises
grow, women are coming face to face with the challenges of
managing and expanding new ventures. To build a strong
foundation for women in business, Alpha Kappa Alpha will create
economic expertise, success in business and power networking
opportunities for the non-traditional entrepreneur. |
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Platform 2 - Economic Keys to Success
Chair -
Economic
development is expanding its reach to a new global frontier.
The Sorority must be poised to compete in these world markets.
Simultaneously, living standards within the Black community must
be improved. To achieve these goals, Alpha Kappa Alpha
will, through education, synergy, and partnership, develop and
disseminate the economic keys to success. |
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Platform 3 - Economic Growth of the Black Family
Chair - Jacalyn Brown
The strength of the Black
community hinges on the viability of the family. If the
family foundation is weak, so too will be the broader societal
structure that gives life and nourishes the family unit.
Alpha Kappa Alpha is sensitive to the fact that within the core
structure, the Black male, in particular, faces potentially
daunting challenges. Recognizing this, a powerful remedy
lies in devising strategies for assisting young males in
overcoming the formidable challenges to their educational
development and well-being. Through activities that
enable, support and provide access, Alpha Kappa Alpha will work
to achieve the economic growth of the Black family. |
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Platform 4 - Undergraduate Signature Program:
Co-Chairs - Janece Woulard and Cynthia Savage
Technology must
be mastered if there is any hope of economic educational
advancement. To address this powerful reality, Alpha Kappa
Alpha resolves to to work with higher educational institutions
and other organizations that reach students to develop an
exemplary model technology access and training program that
serves the community and becomes part of the central activities
of the institution. The sorority will initiate an
undergraduate signature program: economic educational
advancement through technology.
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Platform 5 - Health Resource Management and Economics
Chair - Seana Williams-Page
To reach stratosphere of
satisfaction where one is physically and mentally fit and poised
to embrace all of life's rewards and challenges requires a
balance of emotional intelligence, optimal psychology and
spirituality. Studies prove that when all of the elements
are in divine order, physical health, relationships, and life
satisfaction will all be the result. Through health
resource management and economics, Alpha Kappa Alpha will
address the many health issues and crises that face the Black
community globally. The mandate in this platform is to
gain emotional empowerment, develop social support networks and
raise public awareness. |
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