National Programs
Alpha Kappa Alpha responds to the contemporary needs of the Black community with comprehensive non-traditional programs. The ESP vision embraces a five-pronged program designed to excite, galvanize and ignite the passions of more than 180,000 members worldwide. The goal is to transfer this enthusiasm into a collective resolve to parlay members' talents, energy and creativity to realize Alpha Kappa Alpha's enormous potential for empowerment, security and progress.
Drawing from the Sorority's tremendous reservoir of strength and commitment to serve, this extraordinary service program will have an immediate impact on its members, constituents and the broader community and powerful results well into the future.
Platform #1
Non-Traditional Entrepreneur
Women are seizing the reins of entrepreneurship because
they realize that it is the key to economic survival. As
they become more of the business landscape and their enterprises
grow, women are coming face to face with the challenges
of managing and expanding new ventures. To build a strong
foundation for women in business, Alpha Kappa Alpha will
create economic expertise, success in business and power
networking opportunities for the non-traditional entrepreneur.
Platform #2
Economic Keys to Success
Economic development is expanding its reach to a new global
frontier. The Sorority must be poised to compete in these
world markets. Simultaneously, living standards within the
Black community must be improved. To achieve these goals,
Alpha Kappa Alpha will, through education, synergy and partnerships,
develop and disseminate the economic keys to success.
Platform #3
Economic Growth of the Black Family
The strength of the Black community hinges on the viability
of the family. If the family foundation is weak, so too
will be the broader societal structure that gives life and
nourishes the family unit. Alpha Kappa Alpha is sensitive
to the fact that within the core structure, the Black male,
in particular, faces potentially daunting challenges. Recognizing
this, a powerful remedy lies in devising strategies for
assisting young males in overcoming the formidable challenges
to their educational development and well-being. Through
activities that enable, support and provide access, Alpha
Kappa Alpha will work to achieve the economic growth of
the Black family.
Platform #4
Undergraduate Signature Program: Economic Educational
Advancement Through Technology
Technology must be mastered if there is any hope of economic
educational advancement. To address this powerful reality,
Alpha Kappa Alpha resolves to work with higher educational
institutions and other organizations that reach students
to develop an exemplary model technology access and training
program that serves the community and becomes part of the
central activities of the institution. The Sorority will
initiate an undergraduate signature program: economic educational
advancement through technology.
Platform #5
Health Resource Management and Economics
To reach that stratosphere of satisfaction where one is
physically and mentally fit and poised to embrace all of
life's rewards and challenges requires a balance of emotional
intelligence, optimal psychology and spirituality. Studies
prove that when all of these elements are in divine order,
physical health, relationships and life satisfaction will
be the result. Through health resource management and economics,
Alpha Kappa Alpha will address the many health issues and
crises that face the Black community globally. The mandate
in this platform is to gain emotional empowerment, develop
social support networks and raise public awareness.