AKA Sorority to honor group fighting domestic violence

This Saturday, several local chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will recognize the Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) with its first AKA Metropolitan Atlanta Founders’ Day Community Service Award.

The Legacy of Service Award, which includes a $1,000 contribution to the recipient, was created to recognize an organization whose mission aligns with the program initiatives of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

The event will be held at 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the Marriott Marquis, 265 Peachtree Center Ave.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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