ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED®
OUR HISTORY
100 Years of Sisterhood, Scholarship & Service
On December 23, 1923, twenty women chartered Xi Omega as the first Alpha Kappa Alpha graduate chapter in Washington, D.C. Most were educators in the District of Columbia who shared a common commitment to service and scholarship.
Xi Omega’s commitment to education has been a vital part of our programs of service through partnerships with area schools, college fairs at Xi Omega Center, and math and science summer camps to foster academic achievement. Our nonprofit Pearl and Ivy Educational Foundation, Inc., in association with Xi Omega Chapter, has awarded more than $1 million in scholarships for college-bound students since its inception 35 years ago. Our service legacy has also impacted healthcare, economics, youth leadership, and community activism to include voter registration drives, civic forums and transporting voters to the polls.
CHARTER MEMBERS
Harriet B. Allen
Norma C. Bacchus
Norma E. Boyd
Ruth Brinkley
Julia E. Brooks
Bernice B. Brown
Carolyn Calloway
Ruth Weatherless Cook
Adelaide Cook Daly
Ethel C. Harris Grubbs
Lucy M. Holmes
Bessie Stevenson Pinner
Irene Miller Reid
Jessie Hailstock Roy
B. Beatrix Scott
Mae S. Hundley Skinner
Carrie E. Snowden
Gladys Tolliver
Cornelia Ward
Ethel Wilkinson
our non-profit ORGANIZATION
Pearl and Ivy Educational Foundation, Inc.
This year, we celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Xi Omega Chapter’s 100 year-legacy of service along with the 35th anniversary of its non-profit, Pearl and Ivy Educational Foundation, Inc. With this year’s $150,000 in scholarship awards, overall giving will exceed $1 million in financial assistance to Washington, DC high school youth and continuing college students.
Learn more at PIEFDC.org/Scholarship.
centennial events
Centennial Gala
Centennial Jubilee
Centennial Jubilee
December 16, 2023
Centennial Jubilee
Centennial Jubilee
Centennial Jubilee
June 25, 2023
Prayer Breakfast
Centennial Jubilee
Prayer Breakfast
March 18, 2023
CENTENNIAL GALA
XI OMEGA WAY STREET NAMING
CENTENNIAL JUBILEE
EARTH DAY OF SERVICE
CENTENNIAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
XI OMEGA MUSEUM UNVEILING
WORSHIP AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
MLK DAY OF SERVICE
XI OMEGA CENTENNIAL CHAPTER
