The Ivy Line - Tau Omega Chapter
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The Ivy Line - Tau Omega Chapter
Th e I v y L i n e Tau Omega Chapter October, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 9 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Message from the Basileus In this issue: Message from the Basileus 1 Upcoming Meetings 3 Chapter Meeting Agenda 3 Officer and Committee Chair Reports 4-9 Announcements 10 Cluster III Sorors including Tau Omega participated in the African American Day Parade. Thanks to Soror Brenda Jones and Committee for making this happened and to all sorors who participated on the side or in the parade. October & 13 The Liberian President (and Soror) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf spoke at the Abyssinian Baptist Church on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at the 11:00 a.m. service and attended a reception afterwards at the Harlem School of the Arts to raise funds for the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund (SMWF). The Regional Director, Soror Constance Pizarro, and International Regional Director, Soror Evelyn Sample-Oates, were in attendance. Sorors from the North Atlantic Region came out in their pink and green to show their support. Special thank you goes to Soror Alice Dear, Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem School of the Arts and committee and sorors for making this a success. Tau Omega Photos 14-15 Chapter Officers and Chairman 16 Dear Sorors, Our Regional Director Constance R. Pizarro said in her summer 2012 Newsletter, The Promise, “It’s time to ‘fall back’ to AKA”. I hope that we all have “FALLen back to AKA” by now and are making sure that we are completing our commitment to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, especially to Tau Omega Chapter, for 2012. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Team AKATauOmega will be making the Strides Walk to End Breast Cancer with the American Cancer Society (ACS). Soror Tracey and I will be leading the walk on October 21, 2012. Invite your family and friends and coworkers to join us and go on line to register and donate. (See Strides Walk article for more info.) Pi Kappa and Tau Omega sorors participated in the ACS Power of Pink and Prayer services at the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church on Friday, October 5, 2012. Thank you sorors. If you know someone who has not registered to vote yet, the deadline for this election in New York is Friday, October 12, 2012. Encourage them to register today. Plan to stay with us after the Poetry and Prose Event at Creoles to watch the Presidential debate on October 16th. Tau Omega had nine (9) Graduate Advisory Council Board members in attendance at the Undergraduate Round-Up on September 28-30, 2012 at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The theme was “Global Leadership through Timeless Service – Phenomenal Women Making Phenomenal Achievements.” It was rejuvenating to be working with the undergraduates during the weekend. The 2013 November Birthdays Tau Omega points of interest: Poetry & Prose 10/16/12 Breast Cancer Walk 10/21/12 Meet the candidates for Tau Omega’s up coming election Graduate Advisors Certification Application is now posted to Members Only Section of the North Atlantic Region Website-- www.akanorthatlantic.org/MembersOnly (login required) to download your NAR appointments copy. If you are a first time applicant make sure you don’t delay in reviewing to make sure you have time to get all required documents. Due date for application and payment is February 15, 2013 to Corporate Office. Sorors remember that the November chapter meeting was changed to the 2nd Saturday, November 10, 2012, because of the Leadership seminar on November 17, 2012. Please plan to attend. Tau Omega’s who’s who in photos The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Message from the Basileus Continued Let’s do our share to Reclaim, Retain and Recruit. (Don’t forget to give the names of inactive sorors to Soror Sharlene Forbes to invite to Homecoming in October.) Thank you for your continued support and services sorors! Sisterly, Doris B. Mitchell Basileus Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated 718-924-0292 Email: dorisbmitchell@gmail.com president@akatauomega.com 2 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Upcoming Meetings Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Center 34 West 134th Street Bet. Lenox & Fifth Avenue (Enter on 135th Street) October 20, 2012 12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m. Homecoming 1:00 p.m. Joint Chapter Meeting Presiding Doris B. Mitchell, Basileus, Tau Omega Chapter Zaidat Animashaun, Basileus, Omicron Theta Chapter Chapter Meeting Agenda Call to Order Meditation Minutes (Corrections/Additions) Announcements Introduction of Visiting Sorors Executive Committee Recommendations Basileus’ Report Program: (Approval of 2013 Proposed Program) Membership Finance: (Approval of 2013 Proposed Budget) Nominating Standards Graduate Advisors: Lambda Omicron Theta Fundraising: Obligatory: (Approval of 2013 Proposed Fundraiser) EAF New/ Unfinished Business Gidget Hymn & Pledge Mix & Mingle Golden Sorors are served first. If you are mobility challenged and would like assistance in getting your refreshments, please let the Philacter know when you arrive. Philacter’s 1908 cents Sorors be mindful that chapter meeting begins at 1:00 p.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. please make yourself available for the entire meeting. Late arrivals and side conversations are a distraction please limit movement during the meeting. Chapter meeting is a business meeting and business attire is required not an option. Please place all cell phones on vibrate 3 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter First Anti Basileus: The Program Report Dear Sorors, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a reminder for us to slow down to take care of ourselves. If you haven’t already, make sure you have scheduled your yearly exams and screenings and encourage all of the women you love to do the same. Emergent Young Leaders (EYL)-Our orientation at PS/IS 76 was attended by approximately 25- 6th and 7th grade young ladies. Our next meeting with the interested applicants will be Thursday, October 11 @ 4:30 pm. Soror Sharon anticipates 10 new girls in addition to the 4 girls we have from last year. Please contact Soror Cook directly if interested in working with EYL. Soror Sharon’s email address is: smccsw@aol.com Reminder: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at the Creole Restaurant, Soror Kim Singleton will host An Evening of Poetry and Prose. Come out, have dinner and listen to the community’s talent and messages. The Presidential debate can be viewed at the Creole Restaurant immediately following our event. Coat Drive- Before tossing away those coats your family no longer can wear; bring discarded coats/ jackets only to our October Chapter meeting. Tau Omega will donate coats to the Abyssinian House (Abby House) located at 139-43 w138th Street between Lenox and 7th Avenues. At chapter meeting you will complete a form for tax purposes and the Abby House will mail individual letters to sorors. Please bring cleaned, slightly used coats for women, children and men to our chapter meeting. Tattered clothing will not be collected. Sorors Jonnie and Gloria co-chairs of the Social Justice initiative and will collect our donations. A special thank you to the sorors who are volunteering to transport the coats to the Abby house. Family Fable Aesop Festival – Soror Cydney will represent our chapter by presenting at the 5th annual Aesop festival on October 20th at the Kennedy Center. American Breast Cancer Strides Walk- Come out to walk on October 21, 2012 @ 9:00AM, Central Park. Meet our team at the 72nd Street Band shell. You can make a donation to the American Breast Cancer/Team TauOmegaAKA. The Power of Pink and Prayer-Tau Omega and Pi Kappa Omega Chapters participated in the power of prayer services at Metropolitan A.M.E Church October 5th. The service of prayer, song, dance and words of inspiration reassured our faith in the spirit of healing. Adopt a family- Soror Tiaka will collect canned goods at the November 10th chapter meeting to donate to a family in need for Thanksgiving. Stay Tuned for further information. 4 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter First Anti Basileus: The Program Report On September 23, 2012 Cluster 3 sorors attended Abyssinian Church’s service to recognize and support the work of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, West Africa. Soror Sirleaf was warmly embraced by the many sorors in pink and green who came out in support of her. Thank you to Tau Omega sorors who also attended the reception/fundraiser for Soror Sirleaf and the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund at the Harlem School of the Arts. Thank you to all Tau Omega hosts and Kudos to our own Soror Alice Dear, U.S. Executive Director of the African Development Bank (1994-2000), for being instrumental is Soror Sirleaf’s attendance. Election 2012- The last day to register to vote is October 12, 2012. Don’t forget to remind some else to vote on Election Day!! Remember our senior citizens who may need a ride to the polls on Election Day. Volunteers are needed on committees. Soror Anne Commack needs assistance with our Book for Babies initiative. Email me @ jchalle562@aol.com or call 718-443-0490 if you are interested in serving on a committee. Respectfully submitted, Soror JoAnne Challenger First Anti-Basileus & Program Chair Second Anti Basileus: Membership Report Homecoming is October 20, 2012 at noon… see you there!! You can WEAR PARA… I need help planning our Christmas Party… if interested… please advise... Sisterly, Soror Sharlene R. Forbes | Membership Chairman akatude502@aol.com |917‐847‐6478 5 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Tau Omega Fiscal Fitness 2012 dues were due before December 31, 2011 so payments received now must include the late fee. Below are the 2012 membership dues. Dues will be collected at Chapter meeting, payable by check or money order. Graduate $310.00 Chapter Officer $140.00 Life Member $220.00 Undergrad. Transfer $140.00 Reactivation $330.00 Late fee $15.00 Life Member Late Fee $6.00 The 2012 Assessment was due October 1, 2012 in the amount of $200. Checks should be made payable to The Tau Omega Charitable Trust Fund. If your assessment is not received on or before October 1, 2012 you forfeited your voting rights for the November 2012 elections and your 2013 dues will not be accepted until your obligation has been satisfied. Send all payments to Soror Dawnn Carlton 190 31st. Street Fl. 1 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Contact Soror Dawnn Carlton with any questions at: (646) 752-0087 or Pinkperfection3@ yahoo.com REMINDER: In order to assist Sorors, you have the option of paying dues in installments. Therefore, at this chapter meeting, Soror Dawnn Carlton and I will be collecting dues. You can either pay the full amount of $310.00 or you can pay in installments. If you choose to pay in installments, you must pay have paid the total dues amount before December 31, 2012 in order to be financial. If you do not pay the full amount by the above‐mentioned date, you will not be financial, until your dues are paid in full. Soror Amma Kwateng| Treasurer| Finance Committee Chair 6 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Graduate Advisors Corner A) Omicron Theta Chapter celebrated its 25th Anniversary on Saturday, September 15th. Eight past Omicron Theta chapter sorors, including charter member Lisa Bryan Dupree, Dakeeta Grinage-Hatcher & Charisse Taylor-Byrd, joined current Basileus Zadiat Animashaun as she led a tour of the Marymount Manhattan College campus. Three current Tau Omega sorors joined Basileus Animashaun at a dinner celebration thereafter. Sorors had a wonderful time reconnecting and taking pictures. More than $100 was raised for chapter programs. A portion of the proceeds will also be donated to Heifer International. B) MIP will be postponed until Spring 2013. If there are sorors who know of spaces, preferably free near the 71st. Street Campus, please let Soror Karen Myrie know ASAP. C) From Sept 29-30th., Graduate Advisors Myrie and Sandridge, along with Basileus Mitchell and 6 members of the Graduate Advisors Council joined Basileus Animashaun in attending Undergraduate RoundUp Weekend in Elizabeth, NJ. Regional Director Pizzaro delivered a pointed message regarding all sorors “Always wearing their letters” & therefore carrying themselves in a respectful manner at all times. D) A donation of school supplies was made on behalf of Omicron Theta Chapter to the Women’s Prison Association. Sisterly, Soror Karen Myrie Graduate Advisor: Omicron Theta Fundraising Obligatory Dear Sorors, Thank you for your unwavering support of the fundraising committee. At this time the committee will ask you to vote on your choice for the 2013 Obligatory Fundraiser. The choices are: 1) Antun's Catering Hall, 2) Astoria World Manor, 3) The Historic Prince George Ballroom, 4) Ricardo's By the Bridge, 5)Spirit of NY Cruise-Chelsea Piers and 6) Villa Barone' Manor. Ballots with the six choices will be distributed at the meeting. If you will not be in in attendance, please call or e-mail me with your choices. I may be reached at (917) 689-6795 or reeseswork1@aol.com. At the meeting, I will present the cost of each event for both 200 and 300 guests as per request of the executive board. We will also discuss tentative fundraising strategies for 2014 based on trends of chapter membership. Sisterly, Soror Charisse Marshall Fundraising Chair 7 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Internal Leadership Training for External Service TΩ Green Print…Reclamation, Reactivation & Retention for a Life Long Sisterhood, continued… Sorors we must continue to build the Green Print solutions for SWOT. The 1st solution was STRENGTH. Sorors your solutions were: Reaching out to the other colleges on the charter; Maintain closes contact with graduating and visiting Sorors; Assisting undergraduate Sorors with paying chapter dues. The 2nd solution was WEAKNESS. The solutions were: Mentoring program to the undergraduates, reactivating, and transferring Sorors into the chapter; Improving the current membership moral amongst each other. As a chapter we need to do a self-assessment and be committed to upholding the Life Long Sisterhood. Sorors let us continue to explore solutions for Opportunities & Threats. Opportunities Threats Leverage & Soror Resources Strengthen MKTG & Advertisement To get more involved i.e.: committees & events To support Undergraduates Welcoming packets for efforts to RECLAIM SORORS Fundraising Partnership opportunities with community & organizations Sisterliness & Warmth Financial Growing Families External pressures (time requirements, $$$, especially undergraduates) Global/Mobility of people National publicity (NEGATIVE) Lambda on Suspension – many members not from NY, so not a feeder Officers’ personalities Way we communicate (phone conferences & emails) Re-orientation of inactive Sorors Inside Talent vs. Outside Talent Business vs. Donations Scandals vs. Drama National Image COIP Fear of change Lack of participation Sorors email me Prttyhairpearl_fection7@yahoo.com your solutions to Opportunities and Threats. I will discuss all responses at the November chapter meeting. Sisterly, Soror Kimberly Myott, Chairman 8 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Nominating Sorors running for office please be prepared to address the chapter at the October meeting. Share with us the talents you will bring to the chapter. Please refer to the 2012 Election Guidelines for questions you may have regarding Absentee Ballot. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Sisterly, Soror Jennifer Curry Nominating Committee Chair Hodegos Memo I will have a donation jar for November's chapter meeting meal..... Please bring your loose change. Sisterly, Soror Lisa Penzellna Hodegos Archives Sorors please bring new or gently used items only to be sold to raise funds for history book publication. Items must be brought to October’s Chapter Meeting between 11:30am a and 12:00noon. Sisterly, Soror Doris Conner Archives Committee Chair Economic Security Greeting Sorors! If you have not done so, please bring to chapter meeting, your August receipts for the support of women and minority owned business month. Thank you in advance! Sisterly, Soror Brenda L. Jones Economic Security Initiative, Chair 9 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Announcements Soror Congratulations October 2012 Congratulation to Soror Wendy Malliet on her retirement!!! Congratulation to Tau Omega Charitable Trust Fund members for a great night at the Empire Race Track for your fundraiser! Congratulation to Tau Omega Sorors appointed to serve on the Regional Committees and/or International Committees: Alice Dear, Chair of the Global Initiatives Committee (UN ECOSOC) AKA's Main NGO Representative to the United Nations with Special Consultative Status to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Andrea R. Webster, NAR Technology Committee Amma Kwateng, NAR Bylaws Committee Brenda L. Jones, NAR Protocol Committee Jane Celeste Eaton McDonald, NAR Protocol Committee Karen Myrie, NAR Editor for the Promise Committee Sick and Shut in October 2012 Soror G. Jeannie Lopez’s brother has just had major surgery and our hearts and prayers go out to the family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to our sorors and friends and family who are sick and shut in. African American Day Parade 2012!!!! I would like to thank each and all of my Sorors who participated in the 2012 African American Day Parade. Whether you cheered us on from the sidelines or sang a song as we stepped and strolled through Harlem with pride. Thank you again and we will do it again next year! Sorors please continue to share what’s happening with you with us. 10 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Team TauOmegaAKA as we WALK for a cure for Breast Cancer On Sunday, October 21, 2012 our Chapter will walk in the 2012 Breast Cancer Walk. To join the team (Tau Omega AKAs) or to make a donation online, please go to the link below: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?team_id=1234942&fr_id=47320&pg=team **There will be a link in the bottom box where registered walkers are listed. Click "Join Team" ** Soror Doris Mitchell will also be collecting funds before Chapter meeting from any Soror that wants to donate cash or check. Date: Sunday, October 21, 2012 Time: 10:00A.M. SHARP (Walk begins) RAIN or SHINE Location: Central Park 72nd Street Bandshell- New York, NY Meeting Location: TBA Walk Distance: 5K (optional 4 mile loop) Sisterly, Soror Tracey M. Branch STRIDES Walks for Cure Chair 11 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter The Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Presents An Evening of Poetry & Prose Celebrating Women Through Spoken Word In honor of the New York Women’s Agenda (NYWA) 20th Anniversary Celebration Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:30pm – 9:00pm Creole Restaurant 2167 3rd Avenue (@118th Street) New York, NY 10035 Open Mic Spots Available To sign up, email kims7e@gmail.com No admission fee. Purchase of food or drink strongly encouraged. Seating is limited. For dinner reservations, call Creole at 212-876-8838 Stay and watch The Presidential Debate immediately following 12 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter October Birthdays 2 Wendy P. Malliet 5 Lillian Benton 7 Tracey Branch 10 Rosalyn Graves Wilson 16 Shirley Scott 16 Kathleen Watson 20 Gwendolyn Shepherd 20 Andrea R. Webster 30 Kimberly Myott 23 Joanne E. Challenger 24 Ann Booth-Coke 24 Jewel Moolenar-Marsh 28 Giovanna Henson November Birthdays 2 Sandra Adams Natasha Houston 3 Clara Skipwith-Burgess Winona Watson 14 Jacqueline Thomas 27 Denise S. Lynch 28 Fabiola Dieudonne Epistoleus Memo Happy Halloween Sorors! Please remit your newsletter submissions in a timely fashion. In addition, please confirm your email address and birthday with the me at the close of October chapter meeting. If you are not receiving the newsletter via email, and would like to please advise @ akadrea@gmail.com. NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL PRAYER THEMES for the YEAR AHEAD Every month, your North Atlantic Regional Prayer Team will pray for the successful execution of the programs of our beloved Sorority and for the success of our undergraduate sorors. Additionally, the following list of prayer themes will receive our particular focus as we convene each month to pray as a body. Chapter Chaplains will join us by incorporating these themes into their mediation and prayers at their general meetings. “ During the month of October, Sorors in the North Atlantic Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha will be focused on praying FOR: Women to courageously stand against any and all attacks on their reproductive health care, Basic human rights, here and around the world, to be upheld. Peace & Blessing, Soror Helen Foster Chapter Chaplin 13 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Tau Omega Trust Fundraiser Evening at the Races 14 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Tau Omega In Action . Guest at the Tau Omega Charitable Trust Fundraiser Evening at the Races at Empire Undergraduate Round-Up 2012 Racetrack, Yonkers, NY Cluster III Sorors in the African American Day Parade in Harlem 2012 Omicron Theta’s 25th Anniversary Celebration 15 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Visit Shows a Different Aspect to our Outreach “Getting Our Youth Involved” Tyler Gets "Two Thumbs Up" from the President! The above photo was taken by Tyler’s mother, Soror Lana Woods. When Soror Lana gave the photo to Soror Alice Dear, Soror Alice commented: "Hey, that is a wonderful photo, Lana: Tyler gets ‘Thumbs Up’ from the President!!! Moments before the ‘click,’ I was proudly introducing my godson Tyler to President Ellen and telling her how he had surprised me last week when I mentioned that we were organizing an event at HSA for the President of Liberia — knowing her name, that she was a Nobel Laureate and calling the names of the other two colaureates — and even pronouncing their names correctly. Most adults can't do that!!! The President was impressed, too , and gave him two thumbs up. Great timing on your shot, Lana. Now that's one to frame and share with the school — including the back-story! Seriously, frame and keep it in his room! It will further inspire him. He realizes that he met the President because he had impressed me with his knowledge of her." 16 The Ivy Line Tau Omega Chapter 2012 Tau Omega Chapter Officers Office Name Telephone Email Basileus Doris B. Mitchell First Anti Basileus JoAnne Challenger Second Anti Basileus Sharlene R. Forbes 917-847-6478 Akatude502@aol.com Grammateus Karla C. Elrod 212-864-5326 Karla.Elrod@gmail.com Pecunious Grammateus Dawnn Carlton 646-752-0087 Pinkperfection3@yahoo.com Tamiouchos Amma Kwateng 973-953-6432 Amma.kwateng@gmail.com Epistoleus Andrea R. Webster 646-261-9609 akadrea@gmail.com Hodegos Lisa Penzellna 516-359-8974 lisaakaboop@aim.com Philacter Sandra Adams-Picchierri, Esq., 718-364-7652 dorisbmitchell@gmail.com Jchalle562@aol.com legaladams2@yahoo.com Parliamentarian G. Jeannie Lopez 917-716-0855 Skeeweejd3@gmail.com Ivy Leaf Reporter Lesley Henry Bedeau 347-229-7716 ellehenry@msn.com Lambda Sylvia Sandridge 914-423-2699 Omicron Theta Karen Myrie 917-405-0127 skeeweemd@aol.com Members at Large Kimberly Myott Wendy Rice 267-307-4869 718-444-4160 Prttyhairpearl_fection7@yahoo.com Wrice1750@aol.com Historian Doris Conner 212-927-8558 dorisrcaka1962@prodigy.net Graduate Advisors Committees Program Standing Executive Doris B. Mitchell Program JoAnne Challenger Membership Sharlene R. Forbes Finance Amma Kwateng By-Laws G. Jeannie Lopez Standards Georgianna Land Archives Johnnie Marshall Emerging Young Leaders Sylvia Sandridge Omicron Theta Karen Myrie Nominating Jennifer Curry AKA Connection Vacant Fundraising - Obligatory Charisse Marshall Fundraising - Pink Ice Andrea R. Webster Cydney Taylor Health Graduate Advisor’s Council Lambda Sharon Cook Sub-Committees A. Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Lesley Henry Bedeau Global Poverty Tiaka Wright Economic Security Brenda Jones Social Justice and Human Rights Johnnie Marshall Internal Leadership Training for External Service Kimberly Myott Operations Tracey Branch Organization Liaisons EAF Chapter Captain Lisa Penzellna New York Women’s Agenda Kimberly Singleton Proposal and Grant Writing Christine Dudley MMA Diversity Committee Sylvia Sandridge Protocol Tracy Elise Poole Pan Hellenic Rosalyn Graves Wilson Technology Vacant 17 Tau Omega Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Soror Doris B Mitchell, Basileus Telephone: 718-364-7652 Email: dorisbmitchell@gmail.com We’re on the Web! www.akatauomega.com Members At Large Den Sorors, if you have any concerns please feel free to contact Soror Wendy Rice or Soror Kimberly Myott @ tauomegamemberatlarge@yahoo.com All concerns will be discussed at the monthly Executive Meeting. Your concerns will be kept confidential. Sisterly, Soror Wendy Rice & Soror Kimberly Myott 18