The Memphis Area Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated will celebrate their 103rd Founders Day the weekend of December 5, 2009 with a host of events.
• The Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Day Breakfast will be held Saturday, December 5 at 9:00 a.m. at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church at 70 North Bellevue in Memphis. The Reverend Keith Norman, Pastor of First Baptist Church-Broad is the guest speaker. Donation is $20. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project in Washington, D.C.
OTHER EVENTS:
• The Brotherhood Worship and Fellowship will be held Sunday, December 6 at 9:00 a.m. at Holy Names of Mary and Jesus Catholic Church at 697 Keel Avenue in Memphis. This event is free and open to the public.
• The 103rd Founders Day Celebration will be held Sunday, December 6 at 3:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church-Broad at 2835 Broad Avenue in Memphis. The guest speaker is James L. Crumel, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, Southern Region Vice-President. This event is free and open to the public.
Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans, was founded December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders, known as the “Jewels” of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. The fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice, both educationally and socially, at Cornell. The Jewel founders and early leaders of the fraternity succeeded in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha’s principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for local communities.
Additional information on the national organization, as well as the chapter, can be found at www.memphisalphas.org and www.apa1906.net.
For more information call Christopher Liddell at 901-508-2923.
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