Kamala Harris sorority sisters: She was made for this KTRK
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As Kamala Harris was sworn in to be the country s 49th vice president on Wednesday, there was one group that was certainly rooting for her: the members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Vice President Harris, a woman who s a graduate of an HBCU, who s a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the first sorority, it really brings chills to my spine thinking about the power of this day, said AKA member, LaShonda Williams.
Harris, who attended Howard University, pledged in 1986 during her senior year. Her nickname was C3, standing for calm, cool and collected. Her line sister, Lisa Jackson, told Eyewitness News Harris was made for this role.
TIFTON â Deidra Jackson is the new vice president for finance and operations at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. ABAC President David Bridges made the announcement.
âDeidra has served ABAC in a very thorough and outstanding manner for the past 10 years,â Bridges said. âShe first served as comptroller and more recently as assistant vice president for finance and operations. I have the greatest confidence in her ability and commitment to ABAC.â
A Tift County High School graduate, Jackson received her undergraduate degree in accounting from Auburn University and her MBA from Valdosta State University. She joined the ABAC staff in 2010 after nearly six years in Douglas as a senior auditor for the Georgia Department of Audits.
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