About Us 

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® (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.

The Chi Nu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® was chartered in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, on December 7, 2003. Chi Nu Omega became the 126th graduate chapter of the South Central Region. In January of 2003, the interest group was formed and was known as The Pearlettes of Wisdom. The group was involved in numerous service projects in the community and several of the surrounding areas. Service projects included sponsoring a barbecue picnic for abused women and children at the Courage House, Stamp Out Smoking, Morgan Nick Alert, and Greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Health Fair, to name a few. Chi Nu Omega was officially introduced to the community as a chapter in December 2003.

Charter members include Cassandra Thrower (President), Koren Beard-Young (Vice President), Felise Williams (Recording Secretary), Shawna McNeal-McKenzie (Assistant Secretary), Lynette Smith (Treasurer), Jennifer Newborn (Corresponding Secretary), Katina Peyton (Ivy Leaf Reporter), Tanika Duncan (Parliamentarian), Estelle Forte (Membership Intake), Francis Nelson (Hostess), Doris Jordan (Sergeant at Arms), Joyce Shepherd (Historian), Joycelyn Belcher (Financial Secretary), Romanetha Terry (Chaplain), Machelle Crayton, Wilma Mitchell, Brandi Rucker, Holly Meachem, Kenyotta Eugene-Cross, Joan Henry, Laronda Duncan, Tawanna Parham, and Tijuanna Grantham.