Service

The program theme for 2018-2022 is Exemplifying Excellence Through Sustainable Service. The International Program includes five program targets that are designed to advance the mission of Alpha Kappa Alpha with excellence and underscore our commitment to sustainable service.

The five program targets for 2018-2022 are:

Target 1: HBCU for Life: A Call to Action

Target 2: Women’s Healthcare and Wellness

Target 3: Building Your Economic Legacy

Target 4: The Arts!

Target 5: Global Impact 

Alpha Kappa Alpha members will implement International Community Service Days annually  to highlight the organization’s collective impact in program target areas:

• January 20, 2020 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. International Day of Service
• February 7, 2020 - Pink Goes Red Day for Heart Health
• April 10, 2020 - AKA Global Impact Day Observance
• August 23, 2020 - AKA international Day of Prayer Observance
• September 21, 2020 - AKA HBCU Day Observance
• October 5, 2020 - Breast Cancer Awareness Day
• November 20, 2020 - AKA Caregivers' Day Observance

In 1961, Alpha Xi Omega Chapter established Encounters, a youth mentoring program for girls ages 12-18.  For more information about this group, contact us at encounters@akaaxo.org.

Alpha Xi Omega Chapter supports various community service projects and organizations which align with our International Targets:

• African American Museum
• AARP
• Black Academy of Arts and Letters
• Camp Jubilee: Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
• Cedar Hill Food Pantry
• City of Dallas MLK Parade
• Dallas Black Dance Theatre
• HEB Feast of Sharing
• HBCU College Fair and #CAP
• Ivy Bowl-A-Thon (Benefiting Alpha Xi Omega Scholarship Program)
• LETOT Juvenile Detention Center Food Pantry and Clothes Closet
• Margaret Cone Head Start Education Center & Juanita Craft Recreation Center (Annual Toy Drive)
• NAACP
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• Pink Goes Red for a Day for Women’s Heart Health (American Heart Association)
• Sam Tasby Middle School  & Conrad High School (Global Impact)
• Susan G. Komen Breast Race for the Cure
• The Bridge Breast Cancer Network
• United Nations Association of the USA
• United Negro College Fund
• Veterans  Administration  (Book/Magazine Donations)
• Vogel Alcove
• Voter Registration Drives
• Paul Quinn College (HBCU 4 Life)