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UPSILON EPSILON OMEGA: OUR JOURNEY

In the summer of 1991, Dolores Morton Spriggs, Gretchen Styles, and Juanita A. Tillery recognized a need to establish a chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to provide programs of service to the Baltimore County area.  On July 10, 1991 these three visionaries formed the Ladies of Vision interest group for the Baltimore County chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 

Over the next three years, other ladies joined with these ladies and on June 26, 1994, the Upsilon Epsilon Omega (UEO) Chapter was chartered in a ceremony conducted at Martin's West by Erma W. Barron, who served as the North Atlantic Regional Director.

Chartering members include Joy Alford Graham, Princess F. Battle, Patricia T. Brent, Vanessa D’Arville, Brenda Davis, Linda Davis, Donna Dawson, Monica L. Gaines, Carol Hayward-Faulk, De Borah Holt*, L. Michelle Jackson*, Tammy L. Jones, Leslie S. Lyles*, Lisa L. Mack, P. Dolores Mbah, Thetius Saunders*, Greer Shorter*, Dolores Morton Spriggs, Gretchen Styles, Juanita A. Tillery, and Ursula Walston.

Today, UEO remains the only Baltimore County graduate chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.  Under the motto Uplifting and Empowering Ourselves, Uplifting and Empowering Others, UEO has been devoted to serving the Baltimore County community.  Over the years, UEO has implemented programs of service related to education, health, economics and improving the lives of the Black family. We are committed to effective chapter operations through chapter management, implementation of national and local Sorority programs, and chapter growth.

UEO PRESIDENTS

1994-1994 • Dolores Morton Spriggs, Ed.D.
1995-1997 • Thetius Saunders*
1998-2003 • Linda Davis
2004-2005 • Pamela Fletcher Woods*
2006-2009 • Tamara L. Lewis, Ed.D.*
2010-2012 • Leslie Lyles Smith*

Read more for chapter highlights under the leadership of our presidents.

*Current Chapter Member