2024-2025 Polemarch
DearBrothers,
Ihopethismessagefndsyouandyourlovedonesingoodhealthandevenbetterspirits.The monthofAugustisasignifcantoneforourChapteraswecommemorateourcharterasthefrst AlumniChapterofourNobleKlanintheWesternProvince.Assuchwehaveplannedaseriesof eventsfreetoBrotherstocelebratetheoccasion.Onthe25thofthismonth,wewillalsoholdour annualJazzandR&Bfest,ticketsarecurrentlyonsale,getyourstoday!
InsidethiseditionofournewsletteryoufndinformationfortheChapterversaryactivitiesincluding ourR&BBingo,HealthSymposium,CharterDayLuncheonandChurchService Ilookforwardto youjoiningusaswecometogethertocelebrate86yearsofachievementandserviceinLos Angeles
AsyouopenthiseditionofourChapter’smonthlynewsletteryou’llnoticeachangeinourformat Inanefforttomakethenewslettereasiertoreadacrossdifferentdeviceswehaveadoptedanew magazine-likeconfguration.WiththatinmindpleasejoinmeinthankingourpastAssistant KeeperofRecords,BrotherMayberryforhisworkincreatingthelayoutanddistributingthe newslettersinceJanuary.
ThissummerhasbeenbusybothsociallyandphilanthropicallyforourChapter.Beginningwithour JunefellowshipmeetupatDrobecigars,membersgottogetherinPhiNuPiovercigarsandspirits whilewatchingtheNBAFinals.HighlightsofourJunemonthlymeetingincludedtheinstallationof ouroffcersfortheupcomingfraternalyear,distributionofMembershipandIDcardstoourSpring 24’initiatesaswellasupdatesfromourUpsilonGradAdvisorBrotherYatesandPolemarch,as wellasrecentgraduateBrotherHabtai
Towardstheendofthemonththe4thAnnualWesternProvinceKappaLeagueConference concludedatUCRiverside.SeveralofourKappaLeaguersalongwithmembersofourcommittee andchapterwereinattendance.ThatsameweekendanumberofBrothersparticipatedinthis month’scommunityserviceactivityattheLAFoodBank.Ilookforwardtosharingmoreinnext month’snewsletter.
DuringourmostrecentChaptermeeting,updatesweresharedbyanumberofcommittees includingBlackandWhite,Jazz&R&B,KappaLeagueaswellasMTA Additionally,theChapter votedtoapprovemuchneededroofrepairsattheKastle.
Finally,inthisissueourHistorianandPastPolemarchBrotherHamiltonshareswithusaFreedom Riders’connectiontoLA AlumniwhileBrotherAlexander,ourReporter,providesuswitharecap ofourannualTomBradleyInvitationalGolfTournament.
AsalwaysfeelfreetosharethiseditionofournewslettertoBrothersfarandwide.Onbehalfof ourBoard,thankyouforyourcommitmenttoourChapterandFraternity.Itisbecauseofyour engagementanddedicationthatwecontinuetogrowanddeepenourBond.
F. Brent Tilley
YoursInTheBond, Polemarch LosAngeles(CA)AlumniChapter KappaAlphaPsiFraternity,Inc.
FreedomRiderswerecivilrightsactivists who rode interstate buses into the segregatedSouthernUnitedStatesfrom 1961 - 1964 to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. The FreedomRiderschallengedthisbyriding interstate buses in the South in mixed racialgroupstochallengelocallaws.The violentreactionstheyprovokedbolstered thecredibilityoftheAmericanCivilRights Movement and called national attention to the disregard for federal law and the local violence used to enforce segregationinthesouthernUnitedStates.
BrotherJamesStewart,a1961initiateofthe BetaGammaofKappaAlphaPsiatDillard UniversityinNewOrleansandaLAAlumni chapter member participated in these history-changing freedom rides I had the honor and privilege of talking to Brother Stewartaboutthehistoricsummerof1964 athishouseinSouthLAbeforehepassed several years ago. Brother Stewart, who alsosaidhewasonAvalonBoulevardwhen the Watts Riots started in 1965, began his freedom ride on the UCLA campus in Westwood where a group of brave UCLA studentswereheadingsouthtoassistinthe protests. Brother Stewart, who grew up in Louisiana, knew frst-hand that the group washeadingintothe“dangerousunknown” and tried to convey to the others, Blacks
from the North, and especially the Whites fromtheWest,thattheyhadnoconceptof thehateandfeartheywereabouttoface Brother Stewart said that at the beginning ofthebusridetheysangsongsinitiallybut the second half of the trip was very quiet andhecouldfeelthefearintheothersas they got close to Mississippi. When they arrived he said instead of fre hoses and dogs like the previous freedom riders had faced in 1963, the Mississippi authorities hadarrangedforthemtobearrestedright away and avoid the big headlines that violently confronting them would have created. They got of one bus and onto a prisonbusthattookthemtotheinfamous Parchman
FarmStatePrison BrotherStewartsaidthat the authorities in Mississippi were determinednottomakethemmediastars, which is why they were whisked away so quickly Brother Stewart said they (White andBlack) wereconvictedofthecharges andspentthesummerworkinghardinthe hotMississippisun,pickingcotton,cleaning roadways,anddoingwhatevertheStateof Mississippi’s prison system would have them do. Even though they didn’t get the headlines that they had hoped to expose further what was going on in Mississippi, Brother Stewart, and the other Freedom Ridersareconsideredheroesforfacingthe racist regime as young people and enduringasummerinprisoninthenameof freedom.
The most recent L. A. National Pan Hellenic Council meeting took place on June 25, 2024.
We invited all attendees to visit our website and social media outlets for updates. We announced our upcoming annual Jazz/R& B Festival and asked all to be on the look out for our Chapterversary celebration and Black and White Ball. Please note that the NPHC, La and most Divine 9 organizations go sunset through the Summer. The next NPHC, LA meeting will be on September 24, 2024.
10th AUGUST
3rd annual Fatherhood Conference. It will take place at California State university, Dominguez Hills from 7am to 2pm TauTauChapterofOmegaPsiPhiFraternityInc.
28th SEPTEMBER
3rd Annual Jazz on the Grass community concert in the City of Compton ComptonAlumnaeChapterof DeltaSigmaThetaSorority,Inc.
ForMoreInfoand/ortogettickets https://events.humanitix.com/3rd-annual-jazz-on-the-grass-a-celebration-of-an-iconic-genre-of-music
