Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Honored by Board of Aldermen
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Honored by Board of Aldermen
This article is 6 years old. It was published on April 13, 2018.
This past week, the Board of Aldermen welcomed the 84th Central Regional Conference of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to St. Louis.
The weekend of activities began with a cleanup of Tandy Park, located across the street from Sumner High School, in the Ville neighborhood. It was followed by an honors ceremony dedicated to the AKA sorority’s principal founder and St. Louis native, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, a 1904 graduate of Sumner High School.
On April 5, Board of Aldermen President Lewis E. Reed, 4th Ward Aldermen Sam Moore and 19th Ward Alderwoman Marlene Davis presented a resolution honoring their founder at Sumner High School. Following the program, a wing of the high school was dedicated to the founder of AKA, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle.
The conference brought in nearly 3,000 visitors to St. Louis.
-
Department:
Board of Aldermen
-
Topic:
Most Read News
- City of St. Louis to Update Water Service Line Inventory The City of St. Louis is notifying all customers in the City whose service line either contains lead or whose materials are unknown.
- New Data Show St. Louis City Continues To See Decrease in Homicides and Other Crime Newly released crime data for August 2024 shows that the City of St. Louis continues to successfully decrease the amount of crime, including homicides, occurring in the City.
- Jones Administration Breaks Ground on New St. Louis 911 Dispatch Center The 911 Dispatch Center, which is funded with help from the State of Missouri and the Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plant Act, will be the location for all City of St. Louis dispatch services, including police, fire, and EMS.