Linda Samuel-Jaha, President
Beta Sigma Omega Chapter
LINDA SAMUEL-JAHA is a child of God.
LINDA SAMUEL-JAHA is one of seven siblings raised by loving hardworking parents both having departed this life, who stressed you can be and do whatever you choose, just work hard and treat others the way you want to be treated. This is my promise!
LINDA SAMUEL-JAHA is a leader with passion, and moral integrity committed to the mission, purpose, and values of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ®, seeking to capture the vision of our beloved Sorority by Culture and Merit.
LINDA SAMUEL-JAHA has served Alpha Kappa Alpha at both the local and regional levels, serving as First Anti Basileus, Hodegos, Ivy Leaf Reporter, Fashionetta Chairman, Sisterhood Chairman, as a member of the Regional chapter evaluation team and regional conference presenter. For the good of the Sisterhood, I have served on all Chapter Committees within Beta Sigma Omega.
LINDA SAMUEL-JAHA is a proven professional. I have served over 30 years as a practicing attorney and currently hold the position of Assistant Municipal Counselor for the City of Oklahoma City, having served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, General Counsel, Kerr McGee Corporation, and private practice. I am a member of the Oklahoma State Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association, U.S. District Courts of Oklahoma, and the 10th Circuit Appellate Court. I have served on numerous state and county bar committees including the Ruth Bader Ginsburg American Inn of Court. Chair of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Diversity Committee, member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Relations Board, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma Magistrate Selection Committee. I am a recipient of the Oklahoma City University School of Law Distinguished Alumna Award, the Mona Salyer Lambird Spotlight Award, the Oklahoma County Bar Association’s Community Service Award as well as the Oklahoma City Association of Black Lawyers’ Ada Louis Fisher Diversity Award.
LINDA SAMUEL-JAHA is married to Thomas M. Jaha and a devoted, wife, mother, and grandmother.
LINDA SAMUEL-JAHA appreciates this opportunity “to serve all mankind” through the programs of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® and is ready to Capture the Vision: by Culture and By Merit.
Linda Samuel-Jaha
What Service Means to
Beta Sigma Omega
Beta Sigma Omega women say, “My sisters are unconditional friends. Sure, we may get into arguments or rub each other the wrong way, but at the end of the day everything falls back into place because we are sisters. We share a bond that cannot be forged with just anyone.” Many chapters have similar values and goals, but sisterhood bonds form when a group of sisters all work together to accomplish goals.
Sharing a common ritual, or secret traditions and ceremonies that are unique to each sorority, also forms sisterhood bonds. Another sorority woman says, “I love that my sorority sisters have found a love and value for the same things that I strive to live by in my life. When I participate in my sorority’s ritual, I feel that the women with me — regardless of our differences — ultimately want the same things I do.” Ritual events are important and almost sacred to sorority women. A sorority may perform a ritual at certain chapter meetings, during Founders’ Day celebrations and for new member initiation.
Sorority membership is for a lifetime, so you know that your sorority sisters will stand by you way beyond the four years that you are in college. Explains another sorority woman: “My sisters encourage me to be a leader, and they support me in all of my endeavors. My sisters will bum around with me, go to random events with me or take me out for a special occasion. My sisters will share my joys and sorrows, and they will stand with me on my wedding day.”
I have heard many BSO women express sisterhood by using this quote: “From the outside looking in, you can never understand it. From the inside looking out, you can never describe it.” This may be true to an extent — it is hard to understand what sisterhood is until you experience it yourself—but many woman describe sisterhood as the feeling that their sorority sisters will always be there for them through the good times and the bad.
Sisterhood — it’s the reason for sorority. There are many benefits to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and its membership, but few are greater than the unconditional and lifetime bonds of friendship that we call sisterhood.
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