Program Targets / Platforms
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. Driven by this platform, 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 in the United States and
globally. The mandate in this platform is to gain emotional empowerment, develop
social support networks and raise public awareness.
