2011 alpha Kappa Delta Phi Convention

 

General Information

alpha Kappa Delta Phi is an international Asian-interest sorority with 48 chapters located at numerous universities across the United States and in Canada. Thousands of undergraduate and alumnae sisters support the rapidly growing network of strong and successful women in the organization. alpha Kappa Delta Phi is part of the National APIA Panhellenic Association (NAPA), which it helped charter in 2006.

Visit alpha Kappa Delta Phi’s official sorority website at www.akdphi.org.

 

Mission Statement

Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Inc. fosters the making of successful leaders by assisting and challenging our members to reach their maximum potential. We strive to maintain the highest levels of integrity and innovation in the promotion of sisterhood, philanthropy, scholastic excellence, and Asian-Awareness in the community while creating lifelong relationships.

 

Vision Statement

Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Inc. will be the most respected, premier network of innovative female leaders within the community by:

  • Encouraging the growth of our members through cultural diversity and the expression of individuality;
  • Empowering our members to become pioneers for philanthropic, cultural, and scholastic programs worldwide;
  • Developing strategic collaborations and partnerships; and
  • Supporting initiatives promoting the sustainability of our organization and its mission.

 

Sorority Traditions

  • CREED: Love and Friendship
  • MOTTO: “Timeless Friendship Through Sisterhood”
  • COLORS: Purple and White
  • FLOWER: Iris
  • SYMBOL: Hourglass
  • STONE: Diamond

 

History

alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established at the University of California at Berkeley in the Fall of 1989 and recognized by the College Panhellenic Association on February 7, 1990. The founding sisters – Susan Kim, Fannie Pon, Jill Yoshimura, and Reina Yuan – dedicated themselves to establishing a strong and lasting organization which would provide Asian American women the opportunity to participate in the Greek system. Soon after being recognized by the College Panhellenic Association, the founding sisters brought together a diverse group of women who shared with them the goals of sisterhood, scholarship, and leadership. These ideals were to later set the foundation for alpha Kappa Delta Phi’s purpose.

The love and generosity that each member had for the organization was instrumental to the growth of alpha Kappa Delta Phi’s reputation as a sorority, as well as to the forging of unbreakable friendships. The sisterhood has since then spread to prominent university campuses across the country. To meet the needs of the growing sisterhood, the National Board of alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established in May of 1993 at the National Convention in Santa Barbara, California.

It is the sincere wish of the founding sisters that alpha Kappa Delta Phi continue to promote Asian Awareness in the community and leadership opportunities for women by providing each woman with the resources, unique sisterly support and understanding to achieve her goals in life.

To continue the sisterhood after graduation, the National Alumnae Board of alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established in the Fall of 2002 under the initiation of the National Board Alumnae Chair, Sophia Yen, UC Berkeley alumna. The 2002-2003 National Alumnae Board then set the foundation for the establishment of the National Alumnae Association.