Sigma Pi Chapter was chartered on December 19, 2004 at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. The line, Genesis of the Pearl included members, LeeAnne Donaldson, Jurane Manuel, Pearlie Blaise, Jihan Drummond, Moyah Purkiss, Witnie Bresil, Carol Howard, Michelle Richards, Sharifa Crichton, Ameika Jackson, Rosemond Simplice, Tauheedah Stephens, Nadia Thomas and Wayneisha Williams.

 

Through the years, Sigma Pi has initiated the following signature programs: AKAlicious Treats Fall Icebreaker; AKAdemics Study session; Skee-Week, which highlighted the Mr. Ivy Leaf Scholarship Pageant; Pink Path to a Cure, held in October to raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer; How the AKA’s Stole Christmas in December, collecting toys for underprivileged children; Every Kiss begins with ”K” Spring Icebreaker (Valentine’s Day event) and the Pink Tea Social-fundraiser for the target, Global Impact. Sigma Pi also participates annually with the FIU MLK Dinner hosted by the Black Student Union Council. The MLK Dinner is the only one of the month-long events planned for and by the FIU students. Other programs that the chapter participated in included the Annual 24 Hour Relay for Life Cancer fundraiser; the City of Miami Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade; Pie an AKA fundraiser for the Organization targets; Acknowledging Her toiletry drive for the women at the Lotus House(women who are victims of Domestic Abuse); the Annual Founders Day Event, (this event will now be titled Prettiest on the Block a collaboration with Sigma Chi, Sigma Iota and Delta Eta chapters) and Founders Day Church Service with Gamma Zeta Omega.

 

In addition, collaborations with other Greek Letter organizations and agencies which included Kicking out Breast Cancer with Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, AOL Leadership Retreat with the FIU Center for Leadership and Service, The Lupus Walk with Miami Lupus Foundation; South Dade Christmas Toy Giveaway, 100 underprivileged children are taken to the local Walmart to shop for Christmas; the FIU Week of Welcome events with the FIU Office of Campus; The FIU Holiday Celebration for Children, 100 underprivileged children are brought to campus for a program and are given gifts and computer (members of the chapter serve as Elves) and The HBCU Experience with the SBC Development Corporation.

 

Two Sigma Pi members, Bianca Morrison and Tierney Suggs were selected Leadership Fellows in 2012. member Ruth Israel graduated with honors as Summa Cum Laude in the Spring 2020 and was inducted into the FIU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Order of Omega, Psi Chi Honors Society, and Taos Sigma Honor Society. She earned the Global Learning Medallion, Excellence in Civic Engagement Medallion of Distinction, and the Leadership Medallion. In Fall 2019, member Donette Fuller served as President of the FIU National Panhellenic Council (NPHC). At the end of Summer 2021, Member Amani Malvin Taylor, graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. In support of the Excellence Target Programs, Sigma Pi has participated in the International Day of Prayer; Caregivers Impact Day, #CAPS-ACT and SAT encouragement program(participated in the planning, due to COVID19 program was cancelled); HBCU Impact day; International Skee Week; Pillowcase dressmaking drive; Soles for Souls shoe drive; The HBCU Experience panel discussion with the SBC Development Corporation; Pink Goes Red Day–disseminating information and playing games with FIU faculty and staff in the Graham Center(Student center) and Pretty Nights in Harlem with the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated (highlighting the arts through music and spoken word).The chapter has had on-going collection of shoes for the Soles for Souls.(currently have collected at least 100 pairs)