Message From The President Brother Timothy Fitzgerald
Brothers, April is an exciting month with several events taking place. April is March for Babies Month. President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded the March of Dimes in 1938 to defeat polio. Within 17 years, the Salk vaccine had been developed and polio was on the run. Founded in crisis and validated by this victory, the March of Dimes has continued to serve as a catalyst for action in the face of threats to our nation’s infants and children.
Today, the March of Dimes is one of the most highly respected nonprofits in the nation. Companies or organization that team up with the March of Dimes improve employee health and enhance morale and loyalty, and reduce company health care costs. Organizations that work with March of Dimes align themselves with a winner! Mu Lambda Chapter will be purchasing a mile marker with our name on it which will be seen by thousands of walkers. On Sunday, April 25, 2010 Mu Lambda Chapter will be Marching for Babies! We will walk 4 miles beginning at 9:00am, starting at 15th Street & Madison Ave NW, Washington, DC.
Bro. Mark Ross and the Beautillon Committee have been working tirelessly to ensure that the 15th Annual Mu Lambda Foundation Henry Arthur Callis Beautillion and Scholarship Gala will be a success. I applaud the committee and the members of Mu Lambda for recognizing the importance of scholarships and the difference that they make in the lives of many young people. The Gala will take place Friday, April 16th 2010 at Martins Crosswinds.
There are three months left in the fraternal year and next month the members of Mu Lambda will be electing officers. If you are interested in being a chairman of a committee or an officer please let the members of the nominating committee know. Brothers hold the light of Alpha high!
The next Chapter Meeting will be Thursday, April 1st 2010, 7:06pm
Inside this Edition:
• The Executive Message
• Alpha Wives Section
• 100 Black Men Gala
• Countdown To The Beautillion
• Easter Region Convention
• 2010 LDI Announcement
March For Babies Walk
• • Historical Moment
• Black Facts
• Membership News
• The Alpha House
• Birthdays
Still Time To Attend the Alpha Wives Scholarship Card Party/ Luncheon on April, 17th
Are you interested in meeting friendly people, having fun playing cards or table games, enjoying a good meal, and supporting scholarships for deserving students? Then you will definitely want to attend the Alpha Wives' major fundraiser, the Annual Scholarship Card Party Luncheon. Proceeds from the event are used to help support two college students- an entering freshman, and a continuing student. This year the event will take place on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at the Washington Navy Yard from noon to four PM. Donation- $35.00. It is well attended by bridge, pinochle and other card players. If you don't play cards - a variety of popular table games are played by many attendees. Even if you don't know how to play, it is easy to learn. Attendees enjoy a delicious meal after which the games begin. It has proved to be a wonderful event. All Alphas, prospective Alpha Wives and guests are invited. Come and join us in the fun. Barbara Ramos, chairperson for the event, can be reached on 202554-4744, and will be happy to provide tickets and any related information
Beautillion Final Rehearsal
April
11, 2010
Noyes Elementary School Auditorium
2725 10th Street N.E.
Washington, DC 20018
Per our dance instructor, everyone must be present, this means the Beau, your Mother and your Escort.
Dance rehearsal is expected to begin at 4:00 p.m. sharp immediately following the closure of the workshop. Please wear comfortable clothing. Please contact us should you have any questions, comments or concerns.
Thank you,
Bro. Darrell Chase
2010 Beautillion Co -Chairman
Phone - (202) 294-3383
Email - dchase1906@yahoo.com
Bro. Kent Benjamin
2010 Beautillion Co -Chairman
Phone - (703) 401-0888
Email - kabride62@verizon.net
Bro. Mark Ross
2010 Beautillion Committee Chair
Phone - (202)422-8493
Email - Rossmarka@aol.com
Membership News
Increasingly, our information flow is through cyberspace and those of us who have access to computers / internet should make an effort to maximize the benefits they can provide. Our corporate headquarters is relying more and more on AlphaNet to maintain current data on our membership, conference registrations, distribution of the Sphinx Magazine, and communications from our general president and others. I expect the list will continue to grow.
Are you enrolled in Mu Lambda Chapter’s (members only) list serve or Yahoogroup? Visited our chapter web site Mulambda.org? Is your photo included on our web site? Enrolled in AlphaNet? If your response is “No” to any of these, contact Bro. King: 202.744-6624 or aking536@aol.com.
Pre-Registration for the 104th Anniversary, 90th General Convention in Phoenix, AZ , July 21 – 25, 2010 featuring the Summit of the AfricanAmerican Male has been extended to April 15, 2010. Go to Alphaconvention.com to register or contact Bro. King: 202.744-6624 or aking536@aol.com for registration forms.
Important Dates
April Service Project
Saturday April 03, 2010
We will volunteer at Martha’s Table from 10am-1pm preparing food, packing groceries and doing what ever they need us to do.
Membership News
Easter Sunday April 4, 2010
Earth Day
Get Out & Explore Nature with your Family, Friends and Pets April 22, 2010
DC Emancipation Day April 16, 2010
Alcohol Awareness Month April 1-30, 2010
Beautillion Update
By Bro. Arthur King
Preparations for our 2010 Beautillion Scholarship Gala on April 16, 2010 are going full tilt. Brothers Mark Ross, Darrell Chase, Kent Benjamin, Sean Bellamy and the other committee members bring a level of organization and precision to their tasks not matched by any committee I have observed in my eight years of “beautillioning”. Note the “high tech” deployed (pictures below) as brothers work with mothers in assembling ,creating and tracking ads for the souvenir journal, collecting funds and reconciling account balances .
The Scholarship Gala is Mu Lambda Chapter’s marquee annual event: have you made your contribution to this year’s program? If not, there’s still time; April 5th, is the last date ticket orders will be accepted, but contributions and donations towards beaux scholarships maybe submitted until April 9, 2010. Arrangements have been made to accommodate 350 guest, and I am sure you want to be included, so act NOW.
2010 Beautillion Scholarship Gala
When: Friday, April 16, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Martin’s Crosswind 7400 Greenway Center Dr. Greenbelt, MD
For details regarding the Beautillion Program and ticket sales, please contact the following Brothers :
Brother Mark Ross – 2009 – 2010 Beautillion Chairmen
Brother Kent Benjamin – 2009 – 2010 Beautillion Co-chairman
Email – kabride62@verizon.net
Cell Phone – (703) 401-0888
Bro. Ross gives Bro. Brice weekly progress report
Bro. Isaac Thweatt reviews an ad with a mom
Bros. Ross and Benjamin confer
Bro. Bellamy does tally with a mom
78th Eastern Region Convention
Boston, MA
March 17th - 21st, 2010
Highlights
Lambda Brothers at Eastern Region Convention
Bros. Mark Morgan, Adrian V. James, Julius Brice, Eddie Neal, Tim Fitzgerald, Kevin Giles, and Reginald Salter (not pictured - Bros. Isaac Thweatt, Syl Lorenzo Shannon, and Ryle Bell)
Brother Jonathan Leon, of Delta Zeta at Syracuse Univ. was elected Assistant Regional Vice President
Award Winners
College Chapter of the Year
College Brother of the Year
Alumni Chapter of the Year
Alumni Brother of the Year
Belford V. Lawson Oratorical Contest
Pi Rho at Temple University, PA
Bro. Travis Hunter Theta Epsilon at Adelphia Univ , NY
Pi Upsilon Lambda at Largo, MD
Bro. Darren Morton of Zeta Zeta Lambda at St Albans, NY
Bro. Donald Knight, Theta Rho at Virginia Commonwealth Univ
Miss Black & Gold : Ms. Mariama Sesay-bah represented Beta Gamma at Virginia State Univ
Stepshow Epsilon Pi at Norfolk State Univ., VA
Charles Wesley Award
Most Senior Brother in Attendance
Gamma at Virginia Union Univ and Xi Delta Lambda, Richmond, VA
Bro. Charles Little
Spirit Award-Highest GPA Chapter Xi Delta at James Madison Univ. VA
Highest GPA Brother
Bro. Anthony Farray of Iota Zeta at Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Most Registered Zeta Zeta Lambda at St Albans, NY
Most Registered College Alpha at Cornell Univ.; Theta Epsilon at Adelphia Univ., NY; Psi Beta at SUNY Binghamton, NY ; Xi Delta at James Madison Univ , VA
Epsilon Theta Lambda Chapter will host the 2011 convention in Bermuda
Mu
April 25, 2010
Washington Monument Grounds 15th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Walk Distance: 4 miles
Registration Time: 8:00 AM
Start Time: 9:00 AM
2010 Summer Employment Opportunities For Students
Search for more Federal jobs at: www.USAJOBS.gov or www.Studentjobs.gov
Agency Name: Department Of Housing And Urban Development
Job Location: Washington DC Metro Area
Job Title: Management Support Clerk (OA) http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=85269357
BLACK FACTS
Matthew a. Henson reaches the North Pole 45 minutes before Commandeer Perry
April 6, 1909
Harold Washington becomes the first
LITTLE KNOWN BLACK HISTORY MOMENT
California’s Negrohead Mountain Renamed
February 20, 2010 African American mayor of Chicago Black Pioneer Honored April 12, 1983
A peak previously known as Negrohead Dr. Louis T. Wright Honored by the American Mountain in Southern California’s Santa Red Cross for his contributions to Cancer Research Monica range has officially been renamed in April 30, 1952 honor of a black pioneer who settled the area in the 19th century.
Tags for DC, MD & VA
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity licenses plates for Washington, DC are on the road!!! Brothers interested in acquiring DC tags should contact Bro Arthur King at aking536@aol.com or 202.744.6624.
For Maryland tags contact Brother Vernon Dorkins at (410) 664-0911.
For Virginia tags contact Brother Chuck Johnson at chrlzej06@gmail.
The 2,031 foot mountain near Malibu became Ballard Mountain. The new name comes from John Ballard, a blacksmith and former slave who bought land on the mountain in 1880. The name originally contained a more vulgar racial slur that even appeared on federal maps, but was changed to “Negro” in the 1960”s.
Dozens of Ballard’s descendants attended the renaming ceremony. Born into slavery in Kentucky about 1829, Ballard went to Los Angeles County in the 1850’s when only about 4,000 people lived there, including a few dozen African-Americans. He bought and sold land there, owned a delivery service and worked as a blacksmith.
The arrival of the railroad triggered a land boom in Los Angeles in the 1880’s, boosting property values and bringing the city its first sense of class structure and the beginnings of segregation. Ballard raised livestock and farmed, often collecting firewood in the nearby mountains and selling it in Los Angeles.
John Ballard died in 1905 and was buried in an unmarked grave. Despite owning property in Los Angeles and on the mountain, he died a pauper.
April Birthdays
Arlester Brown April 01
Franklin P. DeLaine, Sr. April 03
Lawrence K. Montgomery April 03
Jeffrey Fleming April 05
Thomas A. Duckenfield April 06
Clarence E. Magwood April 07
Charles E. Donegan April 10
Vincent B. Orange, Sr. April 11
Julius H. Brice April 14
James Mitchell April 15
James A. Donaldson April 17
Robert L. Cathey, Jr. April 18
Geoffrey Johnson April 19
James H. Burleson, Jr. April 23
Wilfred J. Christian April 23
Adrian V. James April 25
Carlos H. Powers April 28
Kwame O. Reed April 28
2010
Mu Lambda Housing Assessment
Please remember to pay your 2010 Housing Assessment: $50 per chapter meeting (10 meetings) or $500 for the year. Remit to Mu Lambda Foundation, PO Box 4582, Wash., DC 20017-4582
The 2009-2010 Executive Committee
President
Tim Fitzgerald
301-332-7507 timfitz06@comcast.net
Vice President Reginald Salter 301-379-6102 rsalterdds@aol.com
Recording Secretary Sean Bellamy 336-575-7677 sean.bellamy@dc.gov
Treasurer Mark Ross 202-422-8493 rossmarka@aol.com
Financial Secretary Arthur King 202-744-6624 aking536@aol.com
Corresponding Secretary Joseph Housey, III 561-932-3599 joe3rd@hotmail.com
Chaplain William Hawkins 202-583-3211 whawk39564@aol.com
Historian Justin Davis 678-787-8344 jed55@cornell.edu
Beautillion Academy is just around the corner
Archivist Mario Simpson 240-493-6009 simpson_mario@hotmail.com
Sergeant-at-Arms Emeritus
Sergeant-at-Arms
Editor of the Torch
Earl Root 202-730-0770 Earl_root@yahoo.com
Darrell Chase 202-294-3383 dchase1906@yahoo.com
Associate Editor to the Sphinx Antwan Lofton 202-997-8498 antwan_lofton@yahoo.com
Walter Whitley 202-255-9258 walterwhitley@msn.com
Webmaster Larry Ware 202-621-3745 larryware@gmail.com
