Chapter Accomplishments since 1999
For Students
• Awarded over $85,000 in scholarships to 29 students from South Florida attending Spelman College.
• Hosted Blue Diamond Teen Brunch for top female high school students in West Palm Beach.
• Sent care packages to freshman from South Florida attending Spelman College.
• Participated in local college fairs to inform and recruit students.
• Attend Admissions Office receptions.
• Provide holiday socials and gifts and supplies to freshman, sophomores, junior and seniors returning to Spelman.
Community Service
• Participate annually in 5K races for charities. Have raised over $1,000 for these charities (Susan Komen Race for the Cure, Sickle Cell Disease Association of Miami, Martin Luther King, Jr. 5K)
• Established a relationship with 100 Black Men of South Florida and serve as volunteers to assist with their annual Christmas shopping spree for underprivileged children sponsored by Target and Walmart.
• Served as Presenting Sponsor for the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association Judicial Candidate Breakfast.
Social/Fellowship
• Quarterly meetings in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
• Hold annual Spelman/Morehouse College summer socials for students and alumni.
• Host annual Founders Day worship service and meeting.
• Attend book signings for former Spelman College President Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum and alumna Tayari Jones.
• Host game nights, happy hours and holiday socials.
• Reserved table at United Way Annual Women’s Breakfast where Dr. Johnnetta Cole spoke.
• Attend events throughout South Florida.
Fundraisers
• Hosted Summer Soul: Party With A Purpose Fundraiser from 2001-2005. Awarded scholarships and honored alumnae.
• Hosts All That Jazz: Scholarship Fundraiser from 2006-Present. Award scholarships and honor alumnae.
• Sold group tickets to The Lion King and Alvin Ailey at the Arsht Center and Motown the Musical at the Kravis Center.
• Created chapter t-shirts and note cards.
• Raffled tickets for participation in the Winterfest Boat Parade.
Honoring a Legacy of Leaders
Our chapter is proud to announce a spring fundraiser where we
are honoring six exceptional leaders.
Date: April 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Venue: Jacaranda Country Club (Plantation, FL)
Our Honorees:
Valerie Wanza, Deputy Superintendent, Broward County Public Schools
JoeAnne Fletcher, CEO, Dress For Success Palm Beaches
Jayda Washington - Boothe STEM honor student, Chess Ambassador
Trina Robinson, NBC6 Miami, News Anchor
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, U.S. Congresswoman
Yolanda Cash Jackson, State Lobbyist
Spelman College has been educating women of color with academic
excellence since 1881. Spelman College is the #1 Historically Black College
in the nation, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report. Our goal is to
support girls from South Florida as they strive to reach their academic and
professional goals.
Programs
General Body Membership Meetings and Events, Student/Alumnae Gatherings, Mentorship And Support, College Fairs, and All That Jazz Scholarship Fundraiser
All That Jazz
Annual scholarship fundraiser
Student Send-Off
Students Back to School Gifts
Honorees
Honoring South Florida Educators
High School College Fair
Southridge High School, Miami, Florida
Sharing Spelman College with High School Students
Scholarship Recipients
Every year the South Florida NAASC awards scholarships to students from South Florida who attend Spelman College and demonstrate academic excellence and a commitment to community service.
2022- 2023
Bria Coppin Leandra Hall
2021
Chayla Cherry and Aiyana Edwards
2020
Chayla Cherry, Faith Robinson, Aiyana Edwards, and Jazmine Thomas
2019
Faith Robinson, Chayla Cherry and Jazmine Thomas
2018
Isis Benjamin, Kaitlyn Wisdom, Tierra German and Nadia McBean
2017
Patrisha Hedgemond, Chantalle Cannicle and Ashley Townsel
2016
Totyana Hill, Naomie Delva, Kierra Archer, Patrisha Hedgemond , Makayla Stokes and Venkayla Haynes
2011
Britney Williams, Lorraine Estime, Terika Hutchinson, Kristen Francis and Jakel Osborne
2010
Tatiana Sheppard, Shayna Johnson and Lorraine Estime
2009
Shameka Thomas, Shakeyla Byrd and Shayna Johnson
2008
Shakeyla Byrd, Cara Reaves, Shameka Thomas and Shayna Johnson
2007
Shameka Thomas and Shayna Johnson
2006
Ifraj Hafidh
2005
Ifraj Hafidh
2004
Brenda Pacouloute
2003
Ashli Munnings
2002
Tanya Faublas
2001
Michele Gonzales
Alumnae Honorees
2019
Traci Cloyd, Betty Davis, Novice Johnson, Wanda Bland Randall
2018
Dr. Sheila Chamberlain, Lt. Commander(Sel.) La'Shanda Holmes and Erika Marshall
2017
Helen Dorsett, Lydia Jones Neasman, Effie B. Williams, Evelyn Campbell, Janie Owens Peters, Elizabeth McDugle Davis A. Merita Mitchell, Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields, and Dr. Augustine McDaniel
2016
Cynthia Cox Barnum, Dr. Christine Beliard, Verbena Brown Cummings, Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Florence Greer, Lindsey Goldman, Dr. Hillary Jones, Mia Harmon, Bernadette Poitier, Anita Richardson & Tawnicia Rowan
2012
Ardra Davis
2011
Judy Jones McKinley
2010
Florence Greer
2009
Tishria Mindingall
2008
Brenda A. Williams
2007
Bernadette C. Poitier
2006
Yvonne R. Jackson
2005
Aundrella Hamed
2004
Karen Moore
2003
June King Poitier
2002
Traci Cloyd & Wilhelmina Chapman Rhetta
2001
Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields
Community Honorees
2019
Dexter Bridgeman, Rodney Baltimore
2018
Barrington Irving, Operation SAFEE Flight and the Miami Chapter of the Tuskeege Airman, Inc.
2016
Honorable Dr. Dorothy Bendross Mindingall, Robert Runcie & Noble Lockhart Mays
2012
Honorable Betty T. Ferguson
2011
Honorable Shirley Gibson
2010
Drs. George Battle, John McAdory & Joseph Poitier
2009
Alumna Kwanza Clay Bowe
2008
Jesse and Cheryl Tyson