ALPHA ALPHA IOTA OME
Maricopa County, Arizona
95th Far Western Regional Conference
Class 4 - 82 members
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Table of Contents
Chapter Information
Community Service Scholarship
Boule & Regional Participation
Chapter Programs
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Chapter Information
Where we started
Alpha Alpha Iota Omega Chapter of Maricopa County, Arizona was chartered on December 2, 2018, by thirty-four women of excellence. Our journey began on October 12, 2015, at a breakfast gathering. Soror Jayne Price posed the question to Sorors Wylene Bridgman, Dorothy Finnie, and Marika McCoy Burton, “Why is there only one Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority graduate chapter in Phoenix?” This question catapulted a small group into action. A search began to find other Alpha Kappa Alpha general and inactive members who would be interested in establishing another chapter in the Phoenix, Arizona area. The chapter’s induction into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, started as Desert Pearls of the West Valley Interest Group of the Far Western Region. Through the tireless leadership and unwavering devotion of Wylene Bridgeman, Alpha Alpha Iota Omega Chapter is honored to become the first graduate chapter chartered under Dr. Glenda Glover and the first four-letter graduate chapter in the Far Western Region under Ms. Carol R. Dixon, Regional Director.
Where we are now ...
The Chapter was chartered with 34 members and has grown to 82 members in five years!
Host Chapter for 2023 Intermountain Cluster
Conference
Eight members of the Chapter serve on a Regional Committee
Five Golden, 40 Silver, 22 Life and nine reactivated members - in 2023-2024!
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Community Service
4,180 bottles of water collected!
50 chapter members + 50 students from local high school participated in water collection community service project. Water donated to hydration stations around the Valley!
PImproveand rotectour Environment!
4 medicinal + 4 fruit trees = 8 trees
48 seedling
Impact:
When harvested fruit & vegetables will be available to senior and veterans living a food desert
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Community Service
Shred, Recycle & Dispose! Impact:
138 pounds
ten members and 8 community members
142 blankets donated to Andre House of Arizona
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Community Service
18 urban schools received donations for start of school
640CHIPPbagsweredistributedin2023! Withsororspackingbagsweeklyatlocal elementaryschools.16studentsfedeach weekendtocombatchildhoodhunger.
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Scholarship
AAIΩ Scholarship Awards 2023
Two scholarships are awarded each year in partnership with The Desert Pearls Foundation
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Micah Akers (R)
Deanna Muckerson Castle STEM Scholarship
Amaya Washington (L) Wylene Bridgeman Leadership and Service Scholarship
Boule and Regional Participation
Leadership 2023
Boule 2022 Regional Conference 2024 2023
Cynthia Bass
Karlease Bradford
Wylene Bridgeman*
Dana Brooks*
Lisa Cagnolatti*
Lisa McCray Cannon
Shonda Hightower-Hinton
Christina Hill*
Rayana Mariland*
Brachelle McMurry-Ganther*
Kimberly Owens
Rosalind Pettigrew
Jayne Price
Tracy Ezell-Rencher
Stephanie Robinson
Iris Simpkins
Errin Simpkins-Travers
Jacquelyn Wade
Tina Young
*Denotes delegate + Regional Committee
Dana Brooks
Marika Burton
Tracy Ezell-Rencher
Jenita Harris
Kimberly Hunley
Sharla Johnson
Sonya Payne
Jayne Price
Stephanie Robinson
Errin Simpkins-Travers
Cynthia Bass
Dana Brooks*
Katia Brown-Jones* +
Tracy Ezell-Rencher+
Jenita Harris
Kimberly Hunley +
Sharla Johnson+
Chelsie King +
Camille May*+
Karen May
Lisa McCray Cannon*
Iris Simpkins*
Errin Simpkins-Travers+
Jacquelyn Wade*
Dana Brooks*
Veronica Armstrong*
Christine Goodman*
Sharla Johnson*+
Prasanna Polite
Yolanda Smith*
Tina Williams*
Lisa Cagnolatti
Wylene Bridgeman
Marchelle Franklin
Sonya Payne
Stacy Smith
Stephanie Robinson+
Kim Hunley+
Tamara Moore
Katia Jones+
Errin Simpkins Travers+
AAIΩ increased Regional Conference attendance by 175% within one year!
Iris Simpkins
Tansha Harrell
Whitney Brantley
Tolisha Eason
Tracy Ezell-Rencher+
Tawanda Johnson-Gray
Shonda Hightower-Hinton
Lindsey Jackson
Lawanda Kirkland
Mahaliah Sinclair
Brenda Kiner
Christina Hill
Cashawnna Wright
Cynthia Bass
Lisa McCray Cannon
Brachelle McMurry-Ganther
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EconomicWealth 9 p Families
BuildOur
Strengthenour Sisterhood Chapter Programs
Chapter Programs
Shred-A-Thon Impact
Items shredded are turned into mulch on site and donated to local foster care community gardens.
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Enhance Our Environment Uplift Our Local Community