Alpha Kappa Alpha seminar kicks off in Atlanta
More than 4,000 member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the country’s oldest black sorority, will paint Atlanta pink and green this weekend for their annual Leadership Seminar.
The seminar, which begins Thursday at the Hyatt Regency, will feature several sessions on issues like health and politics.
Public events will include speeches and appearances by former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Hawks great Dominique Wilkins, author and Celebrity Fit Club host Ian Smith, Keisha Brown of the WNBA, and former Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker.
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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.
