Inside This Issue: Monthly Message Pg. 1

Basileus Letter Pg. 2

Calendar Pg. 3

March Business Meeting Pg. 4

Family Strengthening Pg. 5

Meditation/Celebrations Pgs. 6-8

DBO ALERT Pg. 9

ASCEND CORNER Pg. 10

HEALTH News Pg. 11

Membership/Tea Social Pgs. 12-13

DBO Cookbook Pg. 14

Scholarship Pg. 15

Feed My Starving Children Pg. 16

Community Information Pgs. 17-18

Photo Gallery Pgs. 19-20

March 2017 Issue

“There are two ways of spread-ing light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

-- Edith Wharton

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From The Desk Of Our Basileus After the Strategic Plan, now what?

Dear Sorors, thank you again for approving the DBO Stra-

tegic Plan. Our process began in last August with the

support of Soror Barbara Whye at the Veora E. Johnson

Leadership Institute. Now that we are nearing the end of

exhaustive planning process I am beginning to wonder,

“Now what?” We’ve all experienced the moment when

the writing bliss wears off and overwhelm creeps in as we

begin to think about making our plan come to life.

Even after approval the question may not be: Will you

marry me? Does DBO or my committee have enough ca-

pacity to pursue its goals, (funding raising efforts, volun-

teers, time and access)? As a Chapter we now face our most

critical challenge: How do you get the all of our members on board? Are we ready to

make the commitment and buy-in to forge ahead? Will we be able to manage our com-

mittee activities and motivate ourselves and each other to embrace follow through and

accountability through project completion?

Now is the time for us to act with due diligence to report progress to our Sorors and

other community members? Everything we do can affect change in our community

when do our part, especially when we work with a positive attitude.

We must remember that we are not done writing, but remain in the planning process to

not allow dust to accumulate on the copy and leave it buried on the shelf. I challenge

and encourage each committee to review the plan in your meeting before June 30th, and

identify practical steps and considerations to ensure that all of your goals and activities

become a part of DBO’s strategic plan implementation.

Good preparation leads to good implementation.

Soror Eula Saxon Dean, Basileus

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

March 1, 7PM Family Strengthening Committee Meeting Via Conference Call 888-549-3557 Code: 7181569# Contact: Soror Kenzalia Bryant March 1, 22, 29 8PM Connection Committee Meeting Via Conference Call 641– 715-3580 Code: 259460# Contact: Soror Connie Wilson March 5,12,19,26, 2PM Step & Stroll Practice Academy of Excellence 425 N. 36th Street, Phoenix AZ Contact: Soror Kara Washington March 6, 6PM Budget/Finance Committee Meeting Academy of Excellence 425 N. 36th Street, Phoenix AZ Contact: Soror Gloria Young March 6, 7PM Ways and Means Committee Meeting Via Conference Call Contact: Soror Rochonne Simmons March 8-11 Far Western Regional Conference Santa Clara, CA March 12, 5PM ART Committee Meeting Via Conference Call 641-715-3580 Code: 571984 Contact: Soror Gretchen Williams

March 14, 6PM E-Board Meeting Academy of Excellence 425 N. 36th Street, Phoenix AZ March 18, 1PM (Register Page 4) Chapter Business Meeting Hilton Garden Inn 3838 E Van Buren St, Phoenix, AZ Contact: Soror Jamila Clark March Day, 19th 5PM ARTs Committee Meeting Via Conference Call 641-715-3580 Code: 571984 Contact: Soror Gretchen Williams March Day, 22nd 7PM Standards/Leadership Committee Meeting Via Conference Call 712-832-8310 Code: 243509 Contact: Soror Konya Lindsey March 25th, 9AM ASCEND Program Betty Fairfax High School 8225 S 59th Ave, Laveen, AZ 85339 Contact: Soror Sandra Jenkins March 26th, 6PM Membership Committee Meeting Via Conference Call Contact: Soror Romona Saunders March 27th, 6PM Fashionetta Committee Meeting Via Conference Call Contact: Soror Natalie Goode March 27th, 7PM Health Promotions Committee Meeting Via Conference Call 218-339-7800 Code: 3664731 Contact: Soror Doni McClendon

March 19th, 3PM April Newsletter Submissions Deadline Contact: Announcements@dbo-aka.org

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Launching New Dimensions of Service 2017

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REGISTER TODAY

Please remember to register for our

March Business meeting.

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FAMILY STREGTHENING

The Family Strengthening Committee is

hosting a Community Easter Egg Hunt on Sat-urday, April 8, 2017 from 10:00am-1:00pm at Thumbleweed Park in Chandler. We are asking

all Sorors to bring packages of plastic Easter Eggs and bags of small wrapped candy to fit in

the eggs to the March Meeting.

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DBO MEDITATION

Heart Gifts It’s not the things that can be bought That are life’s richest treasures; It’s just the little “heart gifts” That money cannot measure— A cheerful smile, a friendly word, A sympathetic nod, All priceless little treasures From the storehouse of our God— They are the things that can’t be bought With silver or with gold, For thoughtfulness and kindness And love are never sold— They are the priceless things in life For which no one can pay, And the giver finds rich recompense In giving them away Source: A Collection of Blessings Prayer: Lord, may nothing separate us from You today. Teach me how to choose only Your way today so each step will lead us closer to You. Help us to walk by the Word and not our feelings. Help us to keep our hearts focused on our mission and our pur-pose. Let us be careful in thoughts, words, and actions—and continue to show love toward our sisterhood. Help us to valiantly embrace what comes our way as an op-portunity for our great chapter: Delta Beta Omega. And finally, we ask your contin-ued grace upon Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Lord, help us to forever remember what a gift it is to be of service to all mankind. Amen. Blessings, Sorors! Soror Victoria Jones, Chaplain

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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD

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CONGRATS SORORS DO YOU HAVE GOOD NEWS TO SHARE ?

EMAIL: ANNOUNCEMENTS@DBO-AKA.ORG

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CELEBRATIONS

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KAREN L. ATKINSON MARCH 2 MASSIEL V. LEWIS MARCH 7 NATASHA TARPEH MARCH 7 KAREN COPPOCK FLETCHER MARCH 9 TETONIA BLOSSOM MARCH 10 LOTTIE V. LECIAN MARCH 12 VICTORIA JONES MARCH 15 BARBARA HICKMAN WHYE MARCH 19 MONIQUE MASON-BURRELL MARCH 22 KARA WASHINGTON MARCH 22 W. RUTH LOUIS MARCH 29 CHANDA MCDONALD MARCH 29 HARRIET DOOLITTLE MARCH 31

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DBO ALERT

(Definitely Better Overall)

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Congratulations Sorors!

Soror of the year Soror Tracy Thorton Lewis

Volunteer of the year

Soror Joy Louis

Dear Sorors,

Have you been honored in 2017? If so, we want to

feature you in our monthly DBO Alerts.

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CYCLE 3 Program Schedule March 25, 2017: Yoroba Russell April 22, 2017: Kara Washington, Desheania Martin & Zeta Alpha Chapter May 27, 2017: Eula Dean June 24, 2017: Sandra Jenkins & Vernetta Daniely

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HEALTH NEWS

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Hello Ladies. I want to thank you all for signing up for the 2017 FitPearls Weight Loss Challenge. The new year is almost here and the challenge of reclaiming our health is now. This is a great opportunity to team up with a workout buddy as well as schedule group workouts and boot camps. I want to encourage everyone to develop a goal and a plan that will work for your daily life. Specifically nutrition and exercise. Over the years I have learned that 70% of weight loss is nutrition. So if you never workout, you can still lose weight. Exercise definitely expedites the process and creates healthier results for the heart, circulation, metabolism, muscle tone and development. So I strongly suggest focusing on both nutrition and exercise. The first weigh-in will be held before the January sorority meeting from 12pm - 1pm. If you would like to start prior to that date, like Jan 1st, please just weigh yourself on your own scale. Then just email or text me your starting weight. We believe in the honor system. Smile. Also, I have attached a copy of the spreadsheet I will be using to track your monthly weigh-ins and calculating the % weight loss. Feel free to save and track your own progress. The spreadsheet also has a list w/ contact info of everyone that has signed up for the challenge. (Let me know if you need an older excel version of the spreadsheet) If you are on Facebook, please join the new group - "AKA-DBO FitPearls Weight Loss Challenge". We will share info, success stories, recommendations, recipes, fitbit chal-lenge results, etc. on this page. Happy New Year FitPearls!!! Soror Mia 205-266-5949

NEXT WEIGH IN BEFORE MARCH CHAPTER MEET-ING

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MEMBERSHIP

Purchase your ticket

at March Chapter

Meeting 3/18/17

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COMMUNITY EVENT

Let the Competition Begin

Sorors, as you know our Tea Social was a huge success in 2016 thanks to those who reached out to invite Sorors Valley Wide. The purpose of our Tea Social is to re-connect with one another, but more importantly to connect with new sorors. This year there will be wonderful prizes for the DBO Sorors with the most guests. If you know of Sorors in your church, neighbor-hood, workplace, etc., please be sure to extend the invitation. Hard copy invitations will be available at March chapter meeting. Tickets are on sale via Eventbrite and the event can be found on our Facebook page. Space is limited so please do not delay.

PURCHASE TODAY

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DBO COOKBOOK

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SCHOLARSHIP

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Dear Sorors, We hope you have plenty of candidates waiting to apply for an AKA scholarship.

Scholarship Cover Letter Scholarship Application

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COMMUNITY INFORMATION

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COMMUNITY INFORMATION

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Applications for the 2017 Joaquin Bustoz Math-Science Honors Program are now available.

The JBMSHP is an intense academic program that allows student participants to reside on the Arizona

State University (ASU) Tempe campus for a six or eight-week summer session while enrolled in a univer-

sity-level mathematics course for college credit. The JBMSHP provides high school students an opportuni-

ty to begin studying university mathematics and science coursework while gaining university experience

before they graduate. The program is intended for mature high school students who demonstrate the aca-

demic potential to pursue university studies in mathematics or science. The JBMSHP at ASU pays all stu-

dent expenses (i.e. tuition, meals, supplies, etc).

Dates and courses

8-Week Session: Monday, May 29 to Friday, July 21, 2017

MAT 270: Calculus with Analytic Geometry I

MAT 271: Calculus with Analytic Geometry II

6-Week Session: Sunday, June 11 to Friday, July 21, 2017

AML 100: Introduction to Applied Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences

MAT 117: College Algebra

MAT 170: Pre-Calculus

MAT 343: Advanced Linear Algebra

Complete applications must be postmarked no later than Friday, February 24, 2017 ; students are notified

of their acceptance to the program during the last week of March.

Applications along with program information are available on our web site: http://mshp.asu.edu/.

Here is the link to our recruitment video: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_50DAfp2w0g.

If you have questions, please contact our office at (480) 965-1690 or you can email us at: mshp@asu.edu.

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PHOTO GALLERY

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PHOTO GALLERY

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Founders’ Day Celebration Luncheon

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Founders’ Day Worship Service