Debutante Ball

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® is an international organization of over 360,000 college-educated women in more than 55 nations and all 50 of the United States with a common goal to improve human life through service to others. Founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1908, it is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-educated women.

The Sorority’s purpose is:

♦ to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards,

♦ to promote unity and friendship among college women,

♦ to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature,

♦ to maintain a progressive interest in college life,

♦ and to be of “Service to All Mankind.”

 

For 72 years, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Mu Omega Chapter has presented biennially some of Kansas City’s finest young ladies as a Debutante to Kansas Society.   Following the incorporation of the Metropolitan Leadership Institute, Incorporated (“MLI”), in 2011, Mu Omega Chapter and  MLI have collaborated to present the Debutante Ball biennially.

 

The Debutante Ball season brings together young ladies who attend self-enriching workshops, participate in community service activities, trained to dance formally for the Debutante Ball and make memorable sisterly fellowship moments,

 

All Debutante participants must be sponsored by a financially active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®.

Please access the Debutante Ball Application below.  Applications must be submitted on or before April 12, 2025. 

 

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The prospective debutante pool not only includes prospective Debutantes who know her AKA sponsor and can serve as her reference, but also includes young ladies who can be paired with a sponsor/AKA mentor post-acceptance should she not have an AKA sponsor upon application.  Access additional information regarding the Sponsor Orientation below.

 

To RSVP for a Sponsor Orientation, please see below:

 

February 16, 2025 and March 1, 2025

South Branch Library

3104 Strong Avenue

Kansas City, KS 66106

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  

 

February 21, 2025

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 

Via Teams

RSVP attendance to Marissa Parson, 2025 Debutante Ball Secretary, maris1908@aol.com

cc: Meredyth Vick, 2025 Debutante Ball General Chairman, meredythvick@gmail.com

cc: Joycelyn Strickland-Egans, 2025 Debutante Ball General Co-Chairman, joycelynstricklandegans@gmail.com

 

Email Subject: 2025 Debutante Ball- Sponsor Orientation RSVP

*Please RSVP 48 hours in advance of orientation.

 

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Mu Omega Chapter and Metropolitan Leadership Institute, Inc., proudly host the 72nd Debutante Ball, which will take place on November 28, 2025, at the Kansas City Downtown Marriott. 

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Meredyth A. Vick, Debutante Ball General Chairman

Joycelyn Strickland-Egans, Debutante Ball General Co-Chairman

Lani Stigler, Mu Omega Chapter President

Norma McKelvy, Metropolitan Leadership Institute, Inc., Board Chairman