Photography by Vicky Pink - On Saturday, December 28, 2013, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Westin Galleria Hotel for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) – Alpha Kappa Omega Chapter’s 85th Anniversary Gala. Eighty-five years after six visionaries ladies chartered the first graduate chapter of AKA, the members of Alpha Kappa Omega continue to render service to all mankind. The glitzy pink and green affair honored the chapter’s tireless work and paid tribute to the 15 living former and current presidents of the chapter. Current chapter president Marianne Walker and Gala Chair Willie Mae Evans received a $10,000 donation from Bayway Lincoln and $5,000 from AARP on behalf of the chapter. Diginarities as AKA International President Carolyn House Stewart and other international officers; AKA South Central Regional Director Chelle Luper Wilson; Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Houston City Councilmembers Larry Green and Dwight Boykins, and State Rep. Borris Miles were scene in the crowd of more than 700 attendees.