Divine Nine Sorors Now Have Their Own App and It’s Being Called the ‘2026 Green Book’

Divine Nine sorors now have an app devoted to helping verified users connect with intention — at home and abroad.

Hey, Soror is “like if D9, LinkedIn and Instagram had a baby,” said the app’s founder, LaToia Jones. Designed to be more useful than the average social media app, it draws on the collective power of the Divine Nine community to help solo travelers, expats and members of the military find Black women with shared interests overseas. Professionally, it makes it easier to find D9-owned or vetted businesses to support and to spot sorors nearby who are attending the same events.

Since the app’s official launch on Martha’s Vineyard in August, Hey, Soror has grown to about 400 users, and team members have been vetting roughly 1,500 people on the waitlist, Jones said.

“People kept saying, ‘I didn’t realize I needed this,’ and ‘Why hasn’t anybody done this before?’” said Jones, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. “You just never know where somebody’s going to be next and who can help you and connect.”

The Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley — president and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and a Hey, Soror investor — called the app the “2026 Green Book” at its launch party: “It’s not just about connecting. It’s actually about movement building. It’s about keeping families together. It’s about connecting women, which means we’re going to connect brothers, too.”

Jones said the idea came to her during a trip to Croatia last year. She was wearing an AKA T-shirt when a Black woman she didn’t know ran up and hugged her. Jones later learned the woman was a Delta, thrilled to see another Divine Nine soror outside the U.S. The next morning, Jones boarded a yacht and there the woman was again.

“Come to find out … it was four Deltas, two AKAs, a Zeta and an Omega, all from different parts of America on this boat,” Jones said.

As the group talked and spent the day together, Jones couldn’t help but wonder how much easier the trip would have been had she connected with her new D9 friends sooner.

Jones, who crossed in December 2024, knew of one-off Facebook, GroupMe and Slack groups, but they were usually built around specific chapters rather than open to members of all Black Greek-letter organizations. She decided to use her background in tech and politics to build what she had in mind.

To help ensure the app’s security, those who download Hey, Soror need a code from an existing user or must request one from the team to be granted access. Once sorors are approved, they’re given four ambassador codes to invite other D9 sorors.

Next year, Hey, Soror plans to roll out a freemium model. Free users will be able to find sisters near them and share their travel plans. Connect users, the middle tier, will get unlimited messaging, advanced search features and the ability to filter nearby users by categories like profession, company and college. Elite users will get everything in the Free and Connect tiers, plus personalized connection recommendations based on shared backgrounds. Women who join Hey, Soror before the end of the year will receive Elite-level access.

And while the app is starting with the Divine Nine’s four sororities, Jones hopes to expand it to the rest of the Divine Nine, the National Council of Negro Women and similar Black organizations.

“We’re building it to be a safe space for how we move,” she said.