More than 100 family members, sorors and friends gather to honor centennial soror Brower and 100-year chartered chapter

By Felecia Piggott-Long, Ph.D. The Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority hosted a 100th birthday party on Friday, Aug.16,  at the home of Marian Friende Brower to honor the year of her birth and the year that the Phi Omega Chapter was chartered – 1924. During the celebration, members of the sorority wore their jewel-covered 100-year eyeglasses to honor Marian Friende Brower Day on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, according to a proclamation signed by Mayor J. Allen Joines. President Evelyn Acree designated Marian Brower as the “Centennial Soror” with a golden sign bearing that name. “It is such an esteemed honor to be elected to represent such a dynamic group of women in a chapter that has been serving this community for 100 years,” said Acree. “Phi Omega Chapter was the first graduate chapter chartered in the state of North Carolina on Feb. 14, 1924. And we are so elated to share this centennial recognition.” Soror Brower was honored with a proclamation from the City of Winston-Salem and from her alma mater, Winston-Salem Teachers College, now Winston-Salem State University. Thesha Woodley, director of alumni engagement at WSSU, and Denise Hartsfield from the City of Winston-Salem presented the proclamations...