{"id":18,"date":"2012-09-25T18:14:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T18:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssunaa.com\/chapters\/hamptonroads\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2022-01-19T18:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T23:08:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Savannah State University National Alumni Association &#8211; District of Columbia is chartered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/ssunaa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Savannah State University National Alumni Association<\/a> and is organized to provide a\u00a0local organization for SSUNAA members in the Washington metropolitan area which\u00a0includes all of the District of Columbia\u00a0and parts of Northern\u00a0Virginia, Southern Maryland and a small portion of West Virginia. The primary purpose\u00a0is to promote the welfare of <a href=\"http:\/\/savannahstate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Savannah State University<\/a> and to assist in advancing the mission and the goals of the university\u2019s administration as we\u00a0meaningfully engage and support\u00a0Savannah State University and its alumni community.<\/p>\n<h3>Affiliations<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dchbcu.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-289\" src=\"https:\/\/ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/55354.jpg\" alt=\"55354\" width=\"155\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a>The SSUNAA Washington DC Chapter is a participating member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dchbcu.org\/\">DC Metro HBCU Alumni Alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Chapter History<\/h3>\n<p>The chapter was officially chartered in 1957\u00a0in\u00a0Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<h3>Membership<\/h3>\n<p>Chapter membership is open to any graduate or former student of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth, Georgia State College, Savannah State College, and\/or Savannah State University who is currently a member of the Savannah State University National Alumni Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">National Dues:\u00a0$70 per year<br \/>Local Chapter Dues: $50 per year<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <em>The first year of SSUNAA National Membership dues are waived for one year after graduating from Savannah State University.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make a Membership Payment Online<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-color has-bright-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?business=XR6HPKXMF2STJ&amp;item_name=SSUNAA+DC+Alumni+Chapter+Annual+Membership&amp;currency_code=USD&amp;amount=50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LOCAL DUES ONLY ($50)<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-color has-bright-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?business=XR6HPKXMF2STJ&amp;item_name=SSUNAA+DC+Alumni+Chapter&amp;currency_code=USD&amp;amount=120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LOCAL AND NATIONAL DUES ($120)<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Savannah State University National Alumni Association &#8211; District of Columbia is chartered by the Savannah State University National Alumni Association and is organized to provide a\u00a0local organization for SSUNAA members in the Washington metropolitan area which\u00a0includes all of the District of Columbia\u00a0and parts of Northern\u00a0Virginia, Southern Maryland and a small portion of West Virginia. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":991,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssunaa.com\/chapters\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}