AKAs make dresses for girls in Africa //
Johnelle M. Torbert, left, president of the Upsilon Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and Kwanza S.
Downs display two of the 225 dresses chapter members
crafted with family and friends for the sorority’s “Little
Dresses for Africa” project. AKA chapters across the
country made dresses to send to girls in Tanzania, South
Africa and Liberia as part of its “Twenty-three Moments
of Service” honoring the memory of Mary Shy Scott, the
sorority’s 23rd international president. The dresses are
being collected at the sorority’s 67th Boulé this week in
Atlanta. Ms. Downs served as chairman of the Richmond
chapter’s dressmaking project.
