HR173 Summary

• Recognizes Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated on the 19th observance of AKA Day at the Capitol.

• Acknowledges AKA's "Service to All Mankind" mission and its more than century-long contributions to positive change in American life.

• Commends the 2014-2018 administration's "Be the Voice: Strengthening Families and Empowering the Political Process" initiative, which generated over two million service hours and five million dollars in scholarship investments.

• Highlights AKA's 67th Boule held in Atlanta, Georgia in summer 2016, which drew 21,700 attendees as the largest Boule to date, and notes the organization now exceeds 280,000 members worldwide.

• Directs copies of the resolution be provided to AKA South Eastern Representative Dr. Sharon Shaw-McEwen, International President Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, the International Connection Committee, and South Eastern Regional Director Mary B. Conner.