Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation’s oldest sorority for collegiate and professional black women, are asking a D.C. court to remove the group’s national leadership and order its president to return funds allegedly paid in contravention of the organization’s bylaws.
The group’s national president, Barbara McKinzie, has come under fire for a long list of alleged financial misdeeds. The most interesting of those allegations: The plaintiffs claim McKinzie used the organization’s money to commission a $900,000 “living legacy wax figure” of herself.
McKinzie could not be reached for comment.
Eight members of Alpha Kappa Alpha filed the complaint in D.C. Superior Court on June 20 “to restore their beloved sorority to its former high standards of governance, corporate transparency and active member communication,” according to the complaint itself. Click here to read entire article.
Oh...and check this out to see McKinzie's response. You just can't make up stuff this funny! lol. How are you just gonna use your organization's money to make a wax statue of yourself??!!! She claims she didn't though. I feel like this one just pushed AKA back another 35 years. Well.....prolly not cuz they were doing alright back then I think. lol
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