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Global Poverty
To end hunger, preserve the environment and empower women.
Program provide food production skills and training in self-reliance through gifts of seeds, livestock and training in
environmentally sound agriculture. Alpha Kappa Alpha has membership and consultative status with
UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization).
We have global partners for self-help projects and awareness campaigns within the United States and abroad.
Asthma Prevention and Management Initiative
To benefit children and families enrolled in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
The goal is early diagnosis, treatment awareness and parental education and advocacy.
Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
Through community forums and activities, promotes strategies and awareness campaigns
to encourage energy efficiency, conservation, eco-living, reforestation, urban gardening,
education and empowerment of consumers with limited resources, “go green-living green” eco-tourism, o
pportunities for women owned businesses, environmental zones in urban communities
and advocacy for and legislation related to public health and environmental justice.
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Economic Security
The expansion of current programs related to wealth building and allocation of resources,
home ownership, estate planning, support and empowerment of female owned businesses and urban enterprise zones.
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Social Justice and Human Rights
To address gender equality issues including: human trafficking and domestic violence,
services for children with incarcerated parents, youth aging out of foster care and children in homeless shelters.
Voter empowerment; access to technology; training of parents as advocates for educational and health care
needs of children and support of the arts are emphasized.
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