Direct Quote from AKA National President Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson: We expect our members to be actively involved in solving the social justice issues raised by those cases. The immediate response throughout the country has been to protest, march, and/or rally. We strongly support and encourage our members’ peaceful and lawful participation in these activities and as such, we issued guidelines for participation in these events. We do not want to be distracted from our mission of fighting for justice and equality for Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Dontre Hamilton, and the countless other young black men across the country victimized by a criminal justice system that places little value in their lives. However, it appears the request to refrain from wearing the sororitys letters has become a distraction and a distortion of the sororitys position on these issues that is diverting attention and effort away from the broader fight to secure social justice and reform. We are therefore relaxing our original position on the wearing of Alpha Kappa Alpha paraphernalia and attire. Thoughts?
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:22:46 +0000
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