History

 

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF XI SIGMA OMEGA CHAPTER

On December 14, 1981, Soror Nellie Gaylord, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director at that time, approved a request from a group of sorors to initiate the process for organizing a second chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in Montgomery County, Maryland. The group's first meeting was held on January 17, 1982. There were eighteen (18) sorors in attendance on this sub-zero degree day. These sorors were alternately referred to as the Upper Montgomery County Sorors, the Seneca Sorors, the Gaithersburg Sorors and what is today, Xi Sigma Omega Chapter.

On June 11, 1983, XI Sigma Omega became the second chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., in Montgomery County. Soror Ruth C. Easley conducted the chartering ceremony and Soror Norma Boyd, AKA's only surviving founder at the time, gave the group an emotional charge. Twenty-nine (29) sorors accepted the torch with the conviction to carry it with dignity and pride.

In almost twenty (20) years, Sorors of XI Sigma Omega have forged ahead to understand the varying needs, and socioeconomic concerns in Montgomery County. As a result, we have established many subcommittees within the International focus to ensure that we're inline with the needs of the community that we serve.

 

 
Charter Members
 

Jannette Adams
Audrey Hankinson

Dolores C. Adkins
Carolyn Walker Henderson

Cuvator H. Armstrong
Audrey Prentis Hindman

Olivia E. Batts
Gwendolyn Jackson

Cheryl Mattox Berry
Lillian P. Jennings

Ola C. Berry
Maxine Johnson

Wanda Brown
Olga S. Jones

Leonore Burts
Janice P. Laster

Carolyn I. Coleman
Lucretia McLenny

M. Pearl Coleman
Claudine McDonald

Dorothy Dennis
Georgette Moon

Majorie Duncan
Diane Parrot

Brady Fletcher
Joyce P. Peoples
Kathy L. Gwynn
Bernadine Pindell

 
Linda Brook Wilson