Alpha Phi Alpha (2022/2023) Rated A

Alpha Phi Alpha (2022/2023) Rated A Founded December 4, 1906 --> Cornell University, Ithaca New York Type Social Mission Statement Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood, and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities. Motto First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All Colors Black and Old Gold symbol Great Sphinx of Giza Flower Yellow Rose Chapters 730+ Members 290,000+ lifetime Factoid The first inter-collegiate Gree-letter organization established for African Americans. Aims Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind Headquarters Baltimore, Maryland, United States Founders are known as: the "Seven Jewels" Preserved Archives Moorland-Spingarn Research Center Where are chapters charted? Howard University and Virginia Union University in 1907 Active chapters located ? Americas, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia Alpha Phi Alpha evolved into a primarily service organization and provided leadership and service during : Great Depression, World Wars, and Civil Rights Movements It addresses social issues such as: apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues of interest to people of color. Programs of Alpha Phi Alpha The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial and World Policy Council. March of Dimes, Head Start, Boy Scouts of America, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Members of Alpha Phi Alpha include: (not the founder) Jamaican Prime Minister Norman Manley, Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr., Olympian Jesse Owens, Justice Thurgood Marshall, United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, Singer Lionel Richie and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. Preamble To promote a more perfect union among college men; to aid in and insist upon the personal progress of its members; to further brotherly love and a fraternal spirit within the organization; to discountenance evil; to destroy all prejudices; to preserve the sanctity of the home, the personification of virtue and the chastity of woman. Omega The End . Deceased brothers are said to have joined Omega Chapter. Founders Jones and Murray chartered the second and third chapters, at: Howard University and Virginia Union University, respectively, in December 1907. The charter at __________made it the site of the organization of the first black Greek letter organization among historically black colleges Howard University The purpose and objective of the fraternity within the articles of incorporation were declared : "educational and for the mutual uplift of its members." The fraternity chartered its first international chapter at: University of Toronto in 1908 The first general convention assembled in December 1908 at: Howard University in Washington D.C The First General Covention producing the first ritual and the election of the first General President of Alpha Phi Alpha, Moses A. Morrison. First General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Moses A. Morrison Each newly elected General President is automatically considered : "100 most influential Black Americans." The fraternity established its first alumni chapter Alpha Lambda in: 1911 in Louisville, Kentucky Incorporated as a national organization on April 9, 1911 under the laws of Congress within the District of Columbia, under the name and title of The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.