Eastern Regional Photos

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Going About the Business of Business

Sparked by the need to support Black women who were new to the field of business, Mrs. Lola Mercedes Parker of Chicago, Illinois had a vision for an organization that would make a difference in not only the society of  the time but also the world of the future. Early in 1929, she called together six friends to discuss a plan for establishing a sorority that would add prestige to the field of business and to those women who had chosen business as a career.

 On June 1st of the same year, the first chapter Alpha Chapter was created, taking the first step in the founding of a national business sorority –

 Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. (click here for national site)

Therefore, welcome to the Eastern Region - the region of focused and empowered sorors in chapters throughout Conneticut, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the US Virgin Islands!!! 

The Eastern Region is on a mission to foster empowerment, competence, and confidence in the professional woman in order to inspires development and facilitate achievement.