Alpha Phi Alpha National Programs
Go To High School Go to College - ANSGo-To-High School, Go-To-College
Established in 1922, the Go-To-High School, Go-To-
College program is intended to afford Alpha men from
the ΑΟ (Alpha Omicron) Johnson C. Smith University,
with the opportunity to provide young participants with
role models. The program concentrates on the importance
of completing secondary and collegiate education
as a path to advancement and to provide information and
strategies to facilitate success.
2.2 Voter Education/Registration
A Voteless People is a Hopeless People - ANSVoter Education/Registration Program
"A Voteless People is a Hopeless People" was initiated
as a National Program of Alpha during the 1930s when
many African Americans had the right to vote but were
prevented from voting because of poll taxes, threats of
reprisal, and lack of education about the voting process. The fraternity's Nu Mu Lambda
chapter of Decatur,
Georgia, held a voter registration drive in DeKalb
County, Georgia in 2004, from which Georgia Secretary
of State Cathy Cox rejected all 63 voter registration
applications on the basis that the fraternity did not follow
correct procedures, including obtaining specific preclearance
from the state to conduct their drive.
Nu Mu Lambda filed Charles H. Wesley Education Foundation
v. Cathy Cox on the basis that the Georgia Secretary
of State's long-standing policy and practice of rejecting
mail-in voter registration applications that were
submitted in bundles and/or by persons other than registrars,
deputy registrars, or the individual applicants, violated
the requirements of the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993 (NVRA) by undermining voter registration
drives.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial - ANSThe campaign to erect a permanent memorial
to Martin
Luther King, Jr. was one of the most ambitious projects
in the history of the fraternity. In 1996, the United
States Congress authorized with Public Law 104-333 and
President Bill Clinton confirmed the fraternity's request
to establish a foundation (The Washington, D.C. Martin
Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation)
to manage the memorial's fundraising, design and
Go To High School Go to College - ANSGo-To-High School, Go-To-College
Established in 1922, the Go-To-High School, Go-To-
College program is intended to afford Alpha men from
the ΑΟ (Alpha Omicron) Johnson C. Smith University,
with the opportunity to provide young participants with
role models. The program concentrates on the importance
of completing secondary and collegiate education
as a path to advancement and to provide information and
strategies to facilitate success.
2.2 Voter Education/Registration
A Voteless People is a Hopeless People - ANSVoter Education/Registration Program
"A Voteless People is a Hopeless People" was initiated
as a National Program of Alpha during the 1930s when
many African Americans had the right to vote but were
prevented from voting because of poll taxes, threats of
reprisal, and lack of education about the voting process. The fraternity's Nu Mu Lambda
chapter of Decatur,
Georgia, held a voter registration drive in DeKalb
County, Georgia in 2004, from which Georgia Secretary
of State Cathy Cox rejected all 63 voter registration
applications on the basis that the fraternity did not follow
correct procedures, including obtaining specific preclearance
from the state to conduct their drive.
Nu Mu Lambda filed Charles H. Wesley Education Foundation
v. Cathy Cox on the basis that the Georgia Secretary
of State's long-standing policy and practice of rejecting
mail-in voter registration applications that were
submitted in bundles and/or by persons other than registrars,
deputy registrars, or the individual applicants, violated
the requirements of the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993 (NVRA) by undermining voter registration
drives.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial - ANSThe campaign to erect a permanent memorial
to Martin
Luther King, Jr. was one of the most ambitious projects
in the history of the fraternity. In 1996, the United
States Congress authorized with Public Law 104-333 and
President Bill Clinton confirmed the fraternity's request
to establish a foundation (The Washington, D.C. Martin
Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation)
to manage the memorial's fundraising, design and
