Alpha Kappa Alpha Honors Victor Glover, Kamala Harris, Wes Moore, A’ja Wilson and More at Its 72nd Boule Public Meeting

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. turned the public meeting of its 72nd International Boule into a celebration of excellence on Monday, July 20, presenting its 2026 International Achievement and Soaring Awards to a slate of honorees spanning public service, sports, entertainment, and space exploration. Journalist and television host Tamron Hall served as mistress of ceremony for the evening in Las Vegas, where International President and CEO Danette Anthony Reed presented each award.

The sorority has presented its International Achievement Awards during the Boule since 1964, recognizing individuals whose work embodies its guiding principle of service to all mankind.

Among the night’s most prominent honorees, Vice President Kamala Harris received the Rosa Louise Parks / Coretta Scott King Award. A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha initiated at Howard University, Harris was recognized for a career championing civil rights, voting rights, and economic opportunity as the first woman, first African American, and first South Asian American to serve as Vice President of the United States. She was honored in absentia.

Shaquille O’Neal received the Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Award, one of the sorority’s highest international honors, for philanthropic work spanning scholarships, education, and support for underserved communities. A’ja Wilson, the four-time WNBA Most Valuable Player, WNBA champion, and Olympic gold medalist, received the Generation Next Soaring Award; her cousin, Mid-Western Regional Director Anika Wilson, accepted on her behalf.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore received the Advocate for Social Justice Soaring Award. Moore, the state’s first African American governor and the third African American ever elected governor in the United States, was recognized for his work expanding access to higher education and reducing poverty through BridgeEdU and the Robin Hood Foundation.

The 2026 President’s Award went to Captain Victor J. Glover, Jr., the U.S. Navy aviator and NASA astronaut who in 2026 became pilot of the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the Moon in more than 50 years. Glover is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Sandra Douglass Morgan received the Septima Poinsette Clark Award. Morgan made history as the first Black woman to serve as president of an NFL team, the Las Vegas Raiders, after earlier becoming Nevada’s first Black city attorney and first Black chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

The sorority also honored its own leaders. International First Vice President Charletta Wilson Jacks received the Carey B. Preston Leadership Award, recognizing a sorority journey that has included service as International Secretary and roles across the organization’s foundations, alongside a 21-year career with the City of Atlanta. International Second Vice President Quianna E.E. Christian received the Ethel Hedgemon Lyle Undergraduate Service Award; a member of the Rho Omicron Chapter at the University of the Virgin Islands, Christian made history as the first member from the International Region elected to the sorority’s Board of Directors.

Rounding out the evening, the International Soaring Appreciation Award went to four hospitality-industry leaders whose partnerships have supported the sorority’s work: Carson Edwards of Marriott International, Courtney Eison of Hilton, Roosevelt Moncure of Hyatt Regency Chicago, and Travers Johnson of Rosen Hotels & Resorts, a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

For a sorority that has spent more than a century turning sisterhood into service, the 2026 awards honored a wide circle of leaders who have carried that same commitment into their own fields.