By Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
October 20, 2025, SAN JUAN—Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Integrated®, the primary sorority based by African American faculty girls, has made historical past once more. On Saturday, October 18, 2025, the sorority chartered its first chapter within the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. The identify of the chapter is Alpha Delta Nu Omega, which was revealed earlier than a gathering of household, pals and sorority members in San Juan for the extraordinary occasion. Along with being the primary Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter chartered in Puerto Rico, Alpha Delta Nu Omega Chapter can be our sorority’s first chapter in a Latin American area the place Spanish is the dominant language.
Twenty-five sorority members fashioned this new chapter. They’re all extremely achieved in a wide range of fields, together with medication, legislation, enterprise, training and extra. They’ve spent the final two years working with girls, youngsters and households primarily in the neighborhood of Loíza, which is understood for its wealthy Afro-Puerto Rican historical past and tradition. Their work has included supporting households in disaster, delivering toys to youngsters dwelling in home violence shelters, delivering well being screenings to senior residents, providing profession and academic assets to youth and girls and extra.
“We’re thrilled to deliver Alpha Kappa Alpha to Puerto Rico,” stated Carrie J. Clark, Worldwide Regional Director. The brand new chapter turns into a part of the sorority’s Worldwide Area. “These girls are devoted to Puerto Rico and Loíza. They’ve already made a big impression on girls, youngsters and households on the island and that work will proceed and develop within the years to come back,” she added.
The Puerto Rico sorority members have already deliberate their first service venture as a chapter. They may create Childhood Starvation Energy Packs or AKA CHIPPTM weekend meals for college students, together with hurricane preparedness kits. “This can be a sturdy begin for our sisters as they preserve ‘Hovering to Larger Heights of Service and Sisterhood,’which is our program initiative below our Worldwide President and CEO Danette Anthony Reed,” stated Clark.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is a 117-year-old group based in 1908 on the campus of Howard College in Washington, D.C. It’s the first sorority established by African American faculty girls. Immediately, it has over 380,000 members in chapters around the globe in 14 international locations and territories, now together with Puerto Rico.
Alpha Kappa Alpha, and particularly the Worldwide Area, has a wealthy historical past that spans the world. Along with the sorority’s launch of For Members OnlyTM Federal Credit score Union, which is the primary Black-owned,women-led, sorority-based, digital banking monetary establishment in America, the sorority has accomplished a number of world endeavors. This contains working to scale back poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and constructing faculties in post-apartheid South Africa. Most just lately the sorority’s Worldwide Area members spent every week in Liberia participating in a number of service actions to enhance the lives of underserved girls and youngsters.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Integrated® (AKA) is a world service group that was based on the campus of Howard College in Washington, D.C., in 1908. It’s the oldest Greek-letter group established by African American, college-educated girls. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Integrated is comprised of greater than 380,000 initiated members in almost 1,100 graduate and undergraduate chapters in america, Liberia, the Bahamas, the US Virgin Islands, Germany, South Korea, Bermuda, Japan, Canada, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, the UK and Puerto Rico. Led by Worldwide President & CEO Danette Anthony Reed, Alpha Kappa Alpha is usually hailed as “America’s premier Greek-letter group for African American girls.” For extra data on Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and its packages, go to www.aka1908.com
