By Eagle Newswire
The Alpha Xi Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. will host its biennial Status of Women Luncheon at the Okapi Event Center, 2550 W. Edison Avenue, Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at 11a.m. to support the Anita Hairston Scholarship Fund. The 2017 honorees are Representative Regina Goodwin, Councilwoman Vanessa Hall Harper, Kuma Roberts, Sherry Gamble Smith, Eunice Tarver, Shelia Thompson, LPC, Barbara Phillips, Sigma of the Year; Lanetta Vann, Philo of the Year, and Olivia Patton Rhoer of the Year.
Tickets are available at PayPal (alphaxisigma1922@gmail.com) telephone 918-605-1081 or 910-478-7781, email lafloramackey@yahoo.com or brvs4ever@hotmail.com. Event Chairpersons are Tracey Lewis and Marcene Mackey. President of Alpha Xi Sigma is Mary P. Walker, President of the Philo Affiliate is Jennifer LaCour and president of the Rhoer Club is Olivia Patton.
This year’s Mistress of Ceremonies will be past honorees Vanessa Adams Harris, Vice President of TKWolf, Inc., 2017 Tulsa Arts and Humanities Oklahoma Chautauqua Scholar and community activist; Gail Lapidus, Chief Executive Officer of Family and Children Services, inaugural inductee in the University of Oklahoma Social Work Hall of Fame and Leadership Tulsa Pinnacle Awardee; and Carlisha Williams, Executive Director of Tulsa Legacy Charter School, Author and Founder of Women Empowering Nations.
The Anita Hairston Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 to honor the civic and educational achievements of Anita Hairston. Soror Hairston was the founder of the Alpha Xi Sigma Chapter in Tulsa in 1945 and was the first African American graduate with a Masters of Education from the University of Tulsa. A founding member of the Tulsa Links, active member of the Tulsa Urban League and many other organizations she stayed true to the mantra of educating and being educated when the forces of the Tulsa community prohibited her from pursing her passion. A true educator.
