PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE
On behalf of the award-winning Alpha Alpha Eta Omega Chapter, I am thrilled to introduce myself as the fourth Chapter President and extend a warm welcome to our website. As we embrace growth and progress, I am genuinely excited about the opportunities that lie ahead for our esteemed sisterhood.
Our website serves as an essential platform for fostering connections, promoting our values, and keeping you engaged with all the phenomenal accomplishments of our chapter. Here, you will have access to the news, events, and achievements of our chapter, along with photographs that capture cherished memories. We strive to create a space that embodies our sorority's values, the core of which is to be of “Service to All Mankind.”
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated® is comprised of more than 355,000 initiated members in graduate and undergraduate chapters located in 12 countries including the United States, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Dubai, Germany, Japan, Liberia, Nigeria, South Korea, South Africa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Led by International President & CEO Danette Anthony Reed of Dallas, Texas, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, often is hailed as “America’s premier Greek-letter organization for African American women.”
Service and sisterhood have been the cornerstone of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® since 1908. With the theme Soaring to Greater Heights of Service and Sisterhood, the 2022-2026 administration seeks to build upon Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s rich legacy of service by galvanizing our sisterhood of more than 120,000 active members to lead on the front lines of change, education, and advocacy.
Every month, Alpha Alpha Eta Omega Chapter has community service initiatives planned. We invite other community organizations to partner with us in service. Thank you for being a part of our chapter’s journey. If you are a member of the sorority and are looking for a chapter, we invite you to visit us at a monthly meeting or public event.
We are Soaring Together!
Najla Williams, President
Alpha Alpha Eta Omega Chapter
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
2024-2025
NAJLA WILLIAMS
President
Andonnia Maiben
1st Vice-President
Kenya Turner
2nd Vice-President
Ebony Griffin
Business Manager
Shamalle Payton
Ivy Leaf Reporter
Roslyn Harris
Hostess
Micah Moore
Corresponding Secretary
Toniqua Rogers
Recording Secretary
Tammy LeSure
Asst. Recording Secretary
Montoya Jones
Sergeant-at-Arms
Adrienne Tanner
Historian
Melody Collier
Chaplain
Adrienne Tanner
Historian
Kisheena Williams
Treasurer
Melanie Walker
Financial Secretary
Monique Scott
Asst. Treasurer
Melody Douglas
Asst. Financial Secretary
Ramona Franklin-Rodgers
Parliamentarian
Bridgett Bolden
Member-at-Large
Kia Ganious
Member-at-Large
Stephanie Roberts
Member-at-Large
Bonitta J. Saulsberry
Member-at-Large
Monica Young
Member-at-Large
FORMER PRESIDENTS
Chartering President
2018-2019
Jolanda Hoskin Thomas
Bonitta J. Saulsberry
President
2020-2021
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Carla Coleman Butler
Immediate Past President
2022-2023
After receiving the Official Interest Group Application from 24th South Central Regional Director, Mrs. Chelle Luper Wilson, the trio hosted the first meeting on October 14, 2012, at The Word of God Christian Fellowship (WOGCF) Church, and twelve AKA members attended. The first application was submitted with the names of 25 general members to the Regional Director on September 27, 2013.
The word of a possible Cypress/Northwest Harris County AKA chapter spread fast, and our membership roster grew. In 2015, we submitted another complete Interest Group application with 57 general members and HMAC letters of support.
ALPHA ALPHA ETA OMEGA
HISTORY
CHAPTER
For several months in 2011, Jeanne Banks and Jolanda Thomas occasionally shared thoughts about one day not having to drive so far to be involved with their beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , and the absence of a significant presence of the Divine Nine in the Cypress, TX area.
At the 2012 AKA Houston Metropolitan Area Chapters' (HMAC) Cluster Retreat, Bonitta Saulsberry and Jeanne discussed some of the same concerns, and it was at this Cluster Retreat where Jeanne formally introduced Bonitta and Jolanda by way of the trio’s common vision.
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On August 22, 2016, we submitted our application to the 25th Regional Director, Ms. Katina M. Semien, Esq. Through ongoing communication with Regional Director Katina Semien and her office, the long-awaited word finally came! In June 2017, Regional Director Semien conferred the Directorate’s approval decision,and we became an Official Interest Group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated .
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The book was closed on the membership serving as an Official Interest Group of AKA on June 9, 2018, when Alpha Alpha Eta Omega Chapter was chartered with 71 charter members and ten dedicated Revitalized Pearls With Purpose Interest group members. We commit to never close our hearts, minds, or service to Cypress and Northwest Harris County. We, the Ivy-strong members of Alpha Alpha Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated are ever committed to serving with agape love and sisterhood always on our minds and forever in our hearts!
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CHARTER
MEMBERS
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Joycelynn Ashton
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Jeanne Banks
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Denise Batie
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Hazel M. Berry
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Zakiya Bircher
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Josette Bradford
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Deborah T. Branch
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Toiya A. Braud
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Victoria T. Brown
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Verna Murial Brunson
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Carla Coleman Butler
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Lila Carden
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Taviea Carey
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Toniqua Carrier
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Cassandra A. Christian
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Melody Collier
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L. Danielle Crusor
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Chiante C. Deal
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Dametria M. Douglas
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Melody Douglas
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Margaret Ducre
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Valeria S. Edmonds
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Davitka Hamler
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Roslyn A. Harris
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Lastenia Holton
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Camellia Jackson
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Chelsea James
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Erica Johnson
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TeneInger Abrom Johnson
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Wanda Johnson
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Andonnia Maiben
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Myra H. Mallett
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Candace McAlester
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Rosalyn J. McCollum
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Isis R. McCraw
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Stacey Milton
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Danielle Barrois Moses
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Sonerka Mouton
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Dandridge Murray
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Paula J. Northern
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Arthena G. Peavy
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Stacey L. Prevost
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Kelly A. Redmon
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Talya Robertson
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Jazzmun Robinson
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Cassandra C. Robinson-Bacon
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Cashyona D. Tillis
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Kenya Turner
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Shona H. Turner
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Brittany Villard
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Angela R. Vital
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Talesha Wade
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Melanie Walker
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Ifetayo West
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Kisheena Williams
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Marsha Kay Wilson
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MiSchelle Alexs Wilson
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Betty Wilturner-Zenon
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Heather Zenon
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Keisha L. Rondeno
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Aretta Carden Runnels
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Bonitta J. Saulsberry
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Felicia J. Scott
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Abneshia Steele
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Niah Sudduth
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Adrienne Tanner
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Keisha W. Tanner
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Shonda C. Taylor
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DeKeisha Thomas
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Jolanda H. Thomas
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Yvonne Thomas
ALPHA ALPHA ETA OMEGA
INITIATES
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On Sunday, December 12, 2021, Alpha Alpha Eta Omega welcomed 60 new members to the chapter. The initiation ceremony was a historic first for the chapter and it signified our commitment to expanding Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated's reach and impact of being "Supreme in Service to all Mankind".
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