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THE EGO Ivy Informer

Basileus Corner

Soror Wilma J. Ruffin

Greetings Sorors,

Yes, you are viewing the May issue of the EGO Ivy Informer. This edition has been held in abeyance because of
my perceived extremely busy schedule. Yet, this issue contains very significant, important chapter information
as well as historic milestones that should not be archived and not published, such as our 2018 Founders’ Day
Celebration and pictures of our Beloved Diamond Soror, Ivy Beyond the Wall, Soror Evangeline Spillman, that
I know each of us will treasure and hold dear. Additionally, our Newsletter Editor, Soror Yolanda Dial, completed
the newsletter in a timely manner and shame on me for not releasing timely. Thank you Soror Yolanda for this
and other wonderful issues of our newsletter.

When this issue of the newsletter was written, it was decided it would be dedicated to Soror Tracy Gates for her
generous financial support to sponsor the decorations for our 2018 Founders’ Day Reception. Her generosity
allowed the decorating committee to transform the First Missionary Baptist Church gymnasium into an elegant
reception hall befitting to receive a Supreme Basileus; the 29th Supreme Basileus, Soror Dorothy Buckhanan
Wilson, our Founders’ Day keynote speaker.

Soror Tracy, we thank you for your generosity and we appreciate your love for
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Epsilon Gamma Omega Chapter and
we recognize that the spark that keeps that flame of love aglow for AKA was ignited
when you were initiated into Gamma Mu Chapter at Alabama A&M University.
Soror Tracy is a member of Epsilon Gamma Omega Chapter.

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.