Ivy Community Center

🎷✨ Save the date! The Ivy Community Center Annual Jazz Brunch is back and we are showing OUT. Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 1PM. Mark your calendars and come ready to brunch, vibe, and celebrate in style. 🌿💚🩷

Today we had the honor of participating in the African Americans Read-In at Whitted Elementary School 📚✨

There is nothing more powerful than representation, storytelling, and community coming together to celebrate literacy and culture. We are so proud to support spaces where our youth can see themselves reflected in the stories they read. 💛

Thank you to Whitted Elementary for welcoming us!

A huge thank you to our Youth Sponsor, Sheraton 🏨. Your support truly helps us continue our community program work right here in Durham, NC. We appreciate you 💚

A huge thank you to our Youth Sponsor, Spectacular Magazine 📰 Your support truly helps us continue our community program work right here in Durham, NC. We appreciate you 💚

A huge thank you to our Youth Sponsor, M&F Bank 🏦 Your support truly helps us continue our community program work right here in Durham, NC. We appreciate you 💚

A huge thank you to our Youth Sponsor, Wilson Enterprise, Inc. / H&R Block 💼 Your support truly helps us continue our community program work right here in Durham, NC. We appreciate you 💚

A huge thank you to our Youth Sponsor, SOLAY Counseling & Consulting ✨, Your support truly helps us continue our community program work right here in Durham, NC. We appreciate you 💚

A huge thank you to our Youth Sponsor, Lamar Homes Roofing 🏠 Your support truly helps us continue our community program work right here in Durham, NC. We appreciate you 💚

A huge thank you to our Youth Sponsor, Bull City Love Inc. 🏙️ Your support truly helps us continue our community program work right here in Durham, NC. We appreciate you 💚

A huge thank you to our Youth Sponsor, Andrea Lynn Fulmore, Realtor with Fathom Realty NC LLC 🏡 Your support truly helps us continue our community program work right here in Durham, NC. We appreciate you 💚

The Ivy Community Center, in partnership with the Alpha Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, proudly hosted its 32nd Annual Cotillion Ball at the Durham Convention Center on November 22, 2025.

This year’s elegant celebration, themed “Reflections of Elegance: Becoming Precious Pearls,” marked a memorable evening in which fourteen debutantes were formally presented to the community and society. The event honored grace, leadership, cultural enrichment, and the continued commitment to developing young women of excellence.

During the evening’s festivities, the Queen and her Court were introduced:
• Queen: Miss Sydney Shumate
• First Attendant: Miss Milan Young
• Second Attendant: Miss Lyndsey Peace Lofton

The Ivy Community Center and the Alpha Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated extend heartfelt congratulations to all debutantes and their families, and sincere appreciation to our community, the supporters, volunteers, and community partners who made this distinguished event a continued success.