Cynthia Erivo shares her experience being a part of Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc.
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00:00SORs, aka, means so much to me and that's why I'm here today. I was initiated in
00:072015 in Xi Gamma Omega in Oakland, California. I want to give a special
00:13shout out to all of my far western region SORs out there, if you can hear
00:18me. Thank you for making me the woman who I am today. Speaking of authentic
00:25sisterhood, I'm sure everyone in the room would love to know how you feel
00:30about being part of our illustrious sisterhood. I'd love to hear your
00:33perspective on what it means to be an honorary AKA. So when I was asked, I want
00:39to say it was 2020 maybe, I was really overwhelmed by it because I had, I'm a bit
00:48of a geek, so I had been watching and seeing this culture of sisterhood happen
00:55around me as I was sort of like in this new country that hadn't been mine for a
01:00while. And so when I was asked to join, it felt like someone had given me a bit
01:05of a home to come to, you know what I mean? I felt like I had been welcomed. And
01:12it's something really, and then specifically welcomed by black women, you
01:17know, who I see as my sisters everywhere. But coming here, it can be lonely and
01:24you're on your own. And I was, you know, in my career and without my family, and I
01:29was just solo. But then when I became an AKA, I wasn't solo anymore. And it's
01:35wherever I go, what started happening, I'd go to Chicago and do a concert, and
01:40then Soros would show up. And I'd get like green and pink gifts. Or I'd go to,
01:46I remember I went to Cleveland, and they were just gifts at the door. And just a
01:50note with Soros, hey, we just wanted to support you. And that means such a lot.
01:56It means that wherever you go, you're never alone. You always have someone
02:00who's looking out for you, who's celebrating you, who's lifting you up. So
02:04it was just such a special thing to have. Yeah.
02:07That is so beautiful and so real.