Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. announced this morning that Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester is now an honorary member of the sorority. The sorority released a press release making the announcement on their Founders Day naming Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester as an honorary member along with legendary entertainer Patti LaBelle, multi-platinum Gospel music artist Erica Campbell, and record-holding […]
This year’s 2022 mid-term elections have resulted in another D9 member being elected to Capitol Hill! Sydney Kamlager, a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., has won California’s 37th District for the US House of Representatives! Kamalager was initiated into the Gamma Lamda Chapter at the University of Southern California in Spring 1994, majoring […]
Were you aware that Carrie Meek was a member of Delta Sigma Theta? Meek pledged the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. An educator and elected official, Carrie Mae Pittman Meek was a United States representative for Florida’s 17th congressional district from 1993 to 2003. In the 1992 primary, she was elected […]
Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, and she represented New York’s 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. It’s like Netflix for history… Sign up to History Hit, the world’s best history documentary service, […]
Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) who was the victim of “revenge porn,” where former partners weaponize photos or videos of their exes to get revenge after a breakup. This is what happened in Hill’s case when her former husband released nude photos of her after she was elected to Congress. Hill resigned despite her supporters who […]