Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® (AKA), an international service organization, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1908. It is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-educated women.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® was founded on a mission of five basic tenets that have remained unchanged since the sorority’s inception. Our mission is

• to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards,
  
  
• to promote unity and friendship among college women,
  
  
•  to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature,
  
  
•  to maintain a progressive interest in college life,
  
  
•  and to be of “Service to All Mankind.”