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Our International Program will include five targets:

EDUCATION, HEALTH, the BLACK FAMILY, ECONOMICS and the ARTS.

"ON-TRACK" is the Signature Program for this administration. "ON-TRACK" the acronym for Organizing, Nurturing, Team Building, Respecting, Achieving, Character Building and Knowledge. This is a three-year program designed to keep 20,000 at-risk children in grades 3-6 "ON TRACK" from January 1999 - May 2002. The main focus of the program is to assist at risk children in achieving academically, in making good decisions and in making the right choices early in their lives. The "On Track" activities will provide children with skills necessary to cope with deviant behavior patterns and improve self-awareness and self-esteem. This is an after school and weekend program for children whose ages range from 8-12 years.

TARGET I - Education

Our goal is QUALITY EDUCATION for all. This target will focus on AKA, the acronym for "AKA KIDS ALERT." We feel that:

·AKA KIDS must enjoy and excel in learning.

·Parents of AKA KIDS must be involved in the education of their children.

·AKA KIDS must become responsible adults.

 

IVY AKAdemy will continue to serve as the umbrella for all educational training and human resource development experiences provided by local chapters and will stress reading, writing, speaking, listening, mathematics, science and technology.

PIMS will remain a viable segment of the program to be implemented at the chapter level. Summer Regional PIMS Camps will be encouraged.

 

TARGET II - Health

Healthy bodies make healthy minds; therefore, we must encourage youth and adults to take good care of themselves, eat well, exercise and enjoy good physical and mental health. Parents must be inspired to help their children make healthy choices.

This program target will focus on health issues that disproportionately affect minority populations, especially African Americans as well as health issues specified in the President's Race Initiatives. The Alpha Kappa Alpha Health Net will be developed.

TARGET III - The Black Family

The world we seek, in the new millennium, is one where a child's need for time with his or her parents is a top priority; where family togetherness is prized; where family ties are reestablished; where parents consider the well-being of their children; and where homelessness doesn't exist. This program will focus on issues that divide the black family, at-risk youth, family values for middle and high school youth, and AKA Coat Day for homeless families.

TARGET IV - Economic Empowerment

We can only prosper if we are prepared for the work force, if we get the high paying jobs, and if we promote Black businesses. It is important that the Black community gain empowerment. Ownership remains the key to wealth and power in America. We must arm African Americans with the information and encouragement they need to become successful entrepreneurs. This program will focus on financial planning and management, employment, entrepreneurship in the 21st Century and Black Dollar Days.

 

TARGET V - The Arts

Alpha Kappa Alpha, throughout her rich heritage has continually focused her attention on the arts. In many of our schools, the arts are no longer included in the curriculum. Alpha Kappa Alpha can fill this void for we know that the arts can improve the quality of life for all mankind. The arts can be a meaningful vehicle for communication and education. Therefore, we must continue to heighten awareness of the arts, support arts education, promote potential artists, augment appreciation of the arts, and make the arts available to a larger public. This program will promote Chapter Summer Arts Programs and arts performances at conferences. It will also recognize African Americans in the Arts.

The Impact and Current International Target Program of
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Alpha Kappa Alpha's success must be judged by the quality of its service and relationship to humanity. AKA has been a strong link in the chain of human caring, as evidenced by its programs for minorities, youth, the disadvantaged, the homeless, senior citizens, and others. Programs which have made a difference - civil rights initiatives, leadership activities, social action imperatives, educational enterprises, economic development ventures, and cultural opportunities. Mankind has benefited from numerous AKA projects, but some have been so successful that they are now hallmarks.


1935 Launched the Mississippi Health Project

1938 Organized the first civil rights lobby.

1958 Funded sickle cell research and published The Sickle Cell Story

1965 Acquired DOL contract to operate Cleveland Job Corps Center.

1972 Purchased Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace

1978 Reached half million in contributions to UNCF

1980 Established the Educational Advancement Foundation

1984 Initiated African Village Development Program

1990 Gave tens of thousands to Historically Black Colleges and Universities

1991 Establishment of the Ivy AKAdemy

1995 Partnership in Mathematics and Science Summer Camp



Taken from National AKA website