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Program booklet: Epsilon Pi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Community Service Directory and First Annual Fashionetta

Item

Source
William and Mary Jackson Collection
Creator
Epsilon Pi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha
Title
Program booklet: Epsilon Pi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Community Service Directory and First Annual Fashionetta
Date
October 1959
Description
Program booklet produced by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Pi Omega Chapter, for a community event held on October 25, 1959, at the St. Albans Ballroom Terrace in St. Albans, New York. The booklet accompanied the chapter’s Community Service Directory and the First International Fashionetta, a fundraising fashion show organized to benefit sickle cell anemia research.

Fashionetta programs were widely used by Alpha Kappa Alpha chapters as community-based fundraising initiatives that combined fashion, scholarship support, and public service. The event documented in this program reflects the sorority’s commitment to civic engagement, health advocacy, and community uplift during the mid-twentieth century.
Type
Text
Subject
African American women
Sororities
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Community service organizations
Fundraising events
Sickle cell anemia awareness
1950s African American community life
Format
Printed program booklet.
Rights
This image is made available for research and educational use. Reproduction or publication requires permission from the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History.
Rights Holder
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Fulton County Library System
Item sets
Joy & Sisterhood

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