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Alpha Kappa Alpha responds to the contemporary needs of the Black community with comprehensive non-traditional programs. The ESP vision embraces a five-pronged program designed to excite, galvanize and ignite the passions of more than 180,000 members worldwide. The goal is to transfer this enthusiasm into a collective resolve to parlay members' talents, energy and creativity to realize Alpha Kappa Alpha's enormous potential for empowerment, security and progress.
Drawing from the
Sorority's tremendous reservoir of strength and
commitment to serve, this extraordinary service
program will have an immediate impact on its
members, constituents and the broader community and
powerful results well into the future.
PLATFORM #1
Non-Traditional Entrepreneur
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.
PLATFORM #2
Economic Keys to Success
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 partnerships, develop and disseminate
the economic keys to success.
PLATFORM #3
Economic Growth of the Black Family
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.
PLATFORM #4
Undergraduate Signature Program:
Economic Educational Advancement Through Technology
Technology must be mastered
if there is any hope of economic educational
advancement. To address this powerful reality, Alpha
Kappa Alpha resolves 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. Driven by this platform, the
Sorority will initiate an undergraduate signature
program: Economic Educational Advancement through
Technology.
PLATFORM #5
Health Resource Management and Economics
To reach that 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 these elements are in
divine order, physical health, relationships and
life satisfaction will 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 in the United States and
globally. The mandate in this platform is to gain
emotional empowerment, develop social support
networks and raise public awareness.
