ALPHA PHI ALPHA FBATEBHITX INC PROGRAMS
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BROTHER'S KEEPER
FORMALLY CALLED THE A. CHARLES HASTON BROTHER'S KEEPER PROGRAM, THIS SERVICE PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO ADVOCATE FOR AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INC.'S SENIOR BROTHERS, THEIR SPOUSES, ANI7 WIDOWS, RETIRE? BROTHERS WITH DISABILITIES OR AILMENTS, AN? VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
A VCTBLBBB PEOPLE IB A HOPELEBB
“A VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE" (ALSO KNOWN AS VPHP) WAS LAUNCHED AS A NATIONAL PROGRAM BY ALPHA DURING THE 193OS, AT A TIME WHEN MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS HA? THE RIGHT TO VOTE BUT FACE? OBSTACLES TO EXERCISING THIS RIGHT, INCLUDING POLL TAXES, THREATS OF RETALIATION, AN? A LACK OF EDUCATION ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS. FOR OVER 65 YEARS, VOTER EDUCATION AN? REGISTRATION HAVE REMAINED A KEY FOCUS OF THIS OUTREACH INITIATIVE, IN THE 1990S, THE EMPHASIS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE POLITICAL AWARENESS AND EMPOWERMENT, PRIMARILY COMMUNICATED THROUGH TOWN MEETINGS AND CANDIDATE FORUMS,
BO-TO-HIBH-BCHOOL,&0-T0-C0LLEt2>E“
THE "GO-TO-HIGH-SCHOOL, GO-TO-COLLEGE" PROGRAM, ESTABLISHED IN 1922, CONCENTRATES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLETING 9BCONPARY AND COLLEGIATE EDUCATION AS A ROAD TO ADVANCEMENT,
PROJECT ALPHAc
THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT, SYMBOLIZED BY THE SIGNS OF BOTH GENDERS SIDE BY SIDE, AIMS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, MOTIVATION, AND SKILL-BUILDING ON ISSUES OF RESPONSIBILITY, RELATIONSHIPS, TEEN PREGNANCY, AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES FOR YOUNG MALES AGED 12 TO 15 YEARS, PROJECT ALPHA™ IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO EQUIP YOUNG MEN WITH CURRENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT TEEN PREGNAN CY PREVENTION AND CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS AND
INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS CONDUCTED BY THE BROTHERS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC,
MEET THE REAL ALPHA PHI AtPHA FRATERNITY, INC. /
'MSNOF PI&TINCTION' HAS LON& BEEN THE MONICKER OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. AN!? EMBODIES THE PRESENCE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ANI? REPUTATION EXUI7EI? BY OUR BROTHERS.
HISTORY , , ,
ALPHA PHI ALPHA™, THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE GREEK-LETTER FRATERNITY ESTABLISHEP BY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN, WAS FOUNPEP ON PECEMBER 4,1906™ AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN ITHACA, NEW YORK BY SEVEN VISIONARY COLLEGE
MEN KNOWN AS THE SEVEN JEWELS/ INCLUDING; HENRY ARTHUR CALLIS, CHARLES HENRY CHAPMAN, EUGENE KINCKLE JONES, GEORGE BIPPLE KELLEY, NATHANIEL ALLISON MURRAY, ROBERT HAROLP OGLE, ANP VERTNER WOOPSON TANPY ANP IS HEAPOUARTEREP IN BALTIMORE, MP,
THE ORGANIZATION , , ,
THE FRATERNITY I& GOVERNED BY THE GENERAL CONVENTION ANP LEP BY THE GENERAL PREGI7ENT ANI7 GENERAL BOARI7 OF PIREOTORG, WHICH INCLUPEG FIVE REGIONAL VICE PREGIPENTG ANP FIVE REGIONAL ASSISTANT VICE PREGIPENTG (OUR COLLEGIATE LEAPERG), AS WELL AS OTHER OFFICERS. THE FRATERNITY THROUGH ITS MORE THAN 7ZO COLLEGE ANP ALUMNI CHAPTERS ANP GENERAL-ORGANIZATION MEMBERS, SERVES COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITEP STATES ANP OTHER PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, THE MIPPLE EAST, AFRICA, ANP ASIA,
WHAT WE REPRESENT,,,
THE FRATERNITY'S OBJECTIVES ARE;
• TO STIMULATE THE AMBITION OF ITS MEMBERS
• TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE GREATEST USEFULNESS IN THE CAUSES OF HUMANITY, FREE POM, ANP PIGNITY OF THE INPIVIPUAL
• TO ENCOURAGE THE HIGHEST ANP NOBLEST FORM OF MANHOOP
• TO AIP POWNTROPPEN HUMANITY IN ITS EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE HIGHER SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, ANP INTELLECTUAL STATUS
THE FRATERNITY, WHOSE AIMS ARE "MANLY PEE ITS, SCHOLARSHIP, ANP LOVE FOR ALL MANKINP" ANP WHOSE MOTTO IS "FIRST OF ALL, SERVANTS OF ALL, WE SHALL TRANSCENP," HAS LONG STOOP AT THE FOREFRONT FOR THE APVANCEMENT ANP EOUAL PROTECTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS ANP PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR THROUGH ALPHA MEN SUCH AS REV. PR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; LATE FORMER CONGRESSMAN APAM CLAYTON POWELL; LATE FORMER U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE THURGOOP MARSHALL; LEGENPARY ACTIVIST, ACTOR ANP PERFORMER, PAUL ROBESON, FORMER AMBASSAPOR ANPREW YOUNG; LATE FORMER SENATOR EPWARP BROOKE; SCHOLAR, CORNEL WEST; SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK; CONGRESSMAN STEVEN HORSFORP, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS; GENERAL CO BROWN, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF; SIX OTHER MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS, NUMEROUS STATE, ANP LOCAL LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE UNITEP STATES, AS WELL AS THE PRESIPENT OF LIBERIA, HIS EXCELLENCY JOSEPH BOAKAI, SR.