While the life –expectancy gap between men and women has decreased; it’s no secret that men still need to pay more attention to their bodies. Several things work against men. We tend to smoke and drink more than women. They don’t seek medical help as often as women. Some men define themselves by their work, which can add to stress. There are also health conditions that only affect men, such as prostate cancer and low testosterone. Many of the major health risks that men face like colon cancer or heart disease can be prevented and treated with early diagnosis. Screening tests can find diseases early, when they are easier to treat. It’s important to have regular checkups and screenings.
Brothers today the world is plagued by the H1N1 FLU (Swine Flu). Like all types of flu, a virus causes the H1N1 flu. In the spring of 2009, many people in Mexico got sick with H1NI flu. A vaccine for H1N1 flu has been developed and is being distributed. Flu viruses spread mainly when people who have the disease cough or sneeze. Sometimes people become infected when they touch an infected surface (like a phone receiver) and then touch their mouths or noses. A person cannot get H1NI flu by eating or preparing pork
Symptoms of H1N1 Flu
The symptoms of H1N1 flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular seasonal flu. They include:
• Fever (however, some people with flu may not have a fever)
• Cough and a Sore throat
• Runny or stuffy nose
• Body aches and Headaches
• Chills and Fatigue
• Diarrhea and Vomiting
Often symptoms come on very quickly. If you or a member of your family has flu-like symptoms, contact your health care provider, especially if the symptoms get worse.
Brothers, please take of yourself so that you can live productive lives.
Happy Thanksgiving and stay healthy!
Inside this Edition:
• The Executive Message
• Alpha Wives Section
• MAAC Community Service Project
• Beautillion Program
• African American Male Summit
• H1N1 Vaccine Clinic List
• Black Facts
• Historical Moment
• Birthdays
• Membership News
• Help The Homeless Walkathon
• Announcements
Beautillion Season Off to a Grand Start
On Sunday October 25, 2009, the Beautillion Committee hosted another successful Open House for their 15th annual Henry Arthur Callis Scholar Academy/Gala. The Open House had a remarkable group of attendees including Senior High School Counselors, Parents and 23 interested high school seniors and supporters from Mu Lambda and various Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Students were in attendance from Anacostia Senior High, Ballou Senior High, Benjamin Banniker Senior High, Calvin Coolige High and Wilson Senior High just to name a few. Although 23 young men attended and expressed their interest, the Beautillion Committee received a remarkable response from other young men who are interested but were unable to attend due to prior engagements.
As the Beautillion Academy begins its 15th year of exciting education, community service and leadership, the Beautillion Committee is seeking the support of Brothers who are interesting in being a mentor for our 2009 – 2010 Beautillion season. The mentors will be paired with a Beau who expresses an interest in your Alma Mater and/or area of professional expertise. Brothers are welcome to meet and join the 2009 – 2010 Beaux Class for an initial introduction beginning Sunday November 1, 2009. The November academy/workshops schedule will include the following:
November 1, 2009 – Effective Study Skills.
November 8, 2009 – Effective Communication, Interviewing Tips and Dressing for Success.
November 15, 2009 – College Selection Process.
November 22, 2009 – Overview of Ads / Fundraising / Scholarships.
November 29, 2009 – No Session - Extended Thanksgiving Weekend.
The Beautillion Committee is also asking for the support of ALL Brothers by purchasing a pair of tickets and attending the 2009 – 2010 Beautillion Gala. For your convenience the committee has three (3) payment plan options available to assist you with your financial planning this season.
Payment plan options are:
Option #1 - Jewel table ($1000)
First payment in December - $400
Second payment in January - $300
Third payment in February - $300
Fourth payment in March - if needed with remaining balance due.
Option #2 - Standard table ($850)
First payment in December - $300
Second payment in January - $300
Third payment in February - $250
Fourth payment in March - if needed with remaining balance due.
Option #3 - Pair of tickets ($170)
First payment in December - $60
Second payment in January - $60
Third payment in February - $50
Fourth payment in March - if needed with remaining balance due
As always, we thank you sincerely for your continued support. For details regarding mentoring and ticket sales, please contact the following Brothers for details:
Brother Mark Ross – 2009 – 2010 Beautillion Chairmen
Brother Kent Benjamin – 2009 – 2010 Beautillion Co-chairman
Email – kabride62@verizon.net
Cell Phone – (703) 401-0888
Open House Photos
1.Bro. Julius Brice 2. Bro Isaac Thweatt 3. Bro. Reginald Salter 4. Bro. Tony Cheatham 5. Bros Daryll Chase, Kent Benjamin and Mark Ross 6. & 7. Prospective Beaux, parents, counselors and supporters 8. Bros. Tim Fitzgerald and Arthur King 9. Bros. Wiley Bowling and William Thomas 10. Bro. Wayne William and Miss Black & Gold 2030
Photos by Bro. Adrian Vincent James
MAAC Community Service Project
Brother Timothy Fitzgerald, President of Mu Lambda and Director of Educational Actives for the MAAC, worked diligently to provide a successful District-wide Community Service Project. The Capital Food Bank in Washington, DC is very thankful and appreciative to the Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha for all the work and assistance given the organization on October 03, 2009.
Brothers at Community Service Event
Bro. Antwan Lofton Bro. James Heck Bro. Joseph Housey Bro. Karma Sharp
Bro. Jeffrey Brown
Bro. Sean Bellamy
Brothers at Service Project
Photos by Brother Samuel Armstrong
Membership News
Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on August 12, 2009. The 88 year old human and civil rights activist, considered the dean of the civil rights movement, cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 along with Bro. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pictured here with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, his wife, Evelyn and other family members including Mu Lambda’s Bro. LeRoy Lowery, III.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is a decoration bestowed by the President of the United States and is, along with the equivalent Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of the U.S. Congress, the highest civilian award in the U.S. It recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."
Important Dates
Beautillion Workshops Begin
November 1, 2009
3 pm
Location TBD
Help The Homeless Walkathon
National Mall
November 21, 2009
Thanksgiving November 26, 2009
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November 01 – 30, 2009
Join Us for the 22nd Annual Help the Homeless Walkathon
Walkathon Day and Date
Saturday, November 21, 2009 Rain or Shine
Walk-day Schedule
7:00 a.m. Registration opens 8:30 a.m. Pre-Walkathon program begins on the National Mall
9:00 a.m. Walkathon begins
Location
The Walkathon starts on the National Mall between 7th and 14th Streets, Washington, D.C. See the Walkathon’s 5K route below.
Dining With The Brother’s
Mu Lambda will be going to eat out at a restaurant sometime at the beginning of November.
Brother Justin Davis will coordinate this.
Please stay tuned for more information.
ALPHA WIVES
Alpha Wives Christmas Event- The Alpha Wives will sponsor a Christmas Dinner this year.
The dinner will be on Sunday, December 13th at La Ferme Restaurant, Chevy Chase, Maryland, cost- $32.00 per person. If you have attended any of our events, you know that you will have a good time. Please, plan early to attend. For further information, contact: Mary Murray on 301-588-4663, or Modestine Lowery on 202291-3129.
Other Alpha Wives Scheduled Activities- Other suggested activities scheduled for the Alpha Wives meeting year include visits to museums, Arena stage, and the White House.
Alpha Wives Membership Information- Alpha Wives membership is always open to Alpha Wives. Dues are $35.00 per year. Please contact the members listed above or member, Charlotte Douglass on 703-6718856 for information.
Got books around your house? Some for kids? Don't read them? If the answers to these questions are "yes", then you can critically enhance a young boy or girl's educational opportunities in Africa.
Mu Lambda will be collecting old, new, and used books to donate to kids in Africa. Bring books for kids of all ages to each chapter meeting. We will then send the books to a few preselected villages in Ghana that so earnestly desire to read! You can make a difference by simply cleaning out your book shelf.
What: "Reading Across Borders" book donation project When: At each chapter meeting beginning at the September 3rd chapter meeting Goal: 25 books per chapter meeting
Let's be those Alphas that make the world a better place!
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The Brothers of the Mu Lambda Chapter will take a wine tasting tour of celebrated wines from around the world. You can learn the history of each wine, wine etiquette, and how to intimate flavors of wine can enhance the dining experience when pared with food.
The cost is $40 and this includes the assorted wine, cheeses and h’or dourves, as well as applicable taxes
Please email Brother Justin Davis to RSVP. jed55@cornell.edu
November 19, 2009 at 6:45pm
Vinoteca Wine Bar and Bistro
1940 11th St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
VIE DU VIN” - The Life of Wine
Plans are being finalized for the 2010 Leadership Conference and Summit of the African-American Male. While this is not a “general” convention, I am requesting that all chapter, district and regional leaders be present to receive necessary and beneficial training to further develop our chapter’s effectiveness and efficiency. We will further develop our work with the young boys and sharpen our focus of the “From the High Chair to Higher Education” program.
The brothers of Phoenix have already begun their work assisting the convention-planning team and corporate office staff to make the Alpha visit to Arizona one of our best gatherings ever. All Brothers who register before December 31, 2009, will receive a complimentary copy of the Centennial Convention DVD Collection. We must have no less that 1,200 brothers present.
Fraternally,
Herman "Skip" Mason, Jr. General President
The Kappa Epsilon Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and The Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation
PRESENTS:
The 4th Annual “Go to High School, Go to College”
COLLEGE FAIR
NOVEMBER 14, 2009
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Stephen Decatur Community Center 8200 Pinewood Drive Clinton, MD 20735
For more information contact: Alonzo Robertson at AlonzoRobertson@aol.com or Leon Reynolds at LeonReynolds@hotmail.com FREE ADMISSION ◊ GRADES 8 - 12 ◊ FINANCIAL AID SEMINAR ◊ COLLEGE PANEL
DISCUSSION ◊ STEP SHOW
SOME OF THE COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES INCLUDE:
George Mason University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, Clemson University, Cornell University, Johnson and Wales University, Dickinson College, Shaw University, Florida A&M University, Wellesley College, Mary Baldwin College, The United States Air Force Academy, Old Dominion University, University of Notre Dame, Trinity University, South Carolina State University, Central State University, University of Tennessee, Stratford University, Towson University, North Carolina Central University, Clark Atlanta University, Southern University, The United States Naval Academy, University of Mary Washington, American University, Claflin University, Wilberforce University, Alcorn State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Liberty University, Lincoln University, Tuskegee University, Penn State University, Mary Baldwin College, Howard University, Elizabeth City State University, Prince George’s Community College, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, United States Coast Guard Academy and MUCH MORE!
H1N1 Free Vaccine Clinics in Washington
(Youth, pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems have priority)
The H1N1 virus, also referred to as “swine flu,” is a new influenza virus discovered in the spring of 2009. This virus is spreading from person to person in a way that is similar to the way regular seasonal influenza viruses spread.
Wilson Senior High School
Coolidge Senior High School
Tuesday, November 3
Tuesday, November 3
McKinley Tech Senior High School Thursday, November 5
Cardozo Senior High School
Ballou Senior High School
Eliot-Hine Middle School
Kelly Miller Middle School
Coolidge Senior High School
McKinley Tech Senior High School
Cardozo Senior High School
Ballou Senior High School
Eliot-Hine Middle School
Kelly Miller Middle School
Hardy Middle School
Wilson Senior High School
Thursday, November 5
Thursday, November 5
Thursday, November 5
Saturday, November 7
Saturday, November 7
Tuesday, November 10
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Tuesday, November 10 5 pm - 9 pm
Thursday, November 12
5 pm - 9 pm
Thursday, November 12 5 pm - 9 pm
Thursday, November 12
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Thursday, November 12 5 pm - 9 pm
Saturday, November 14 8 am - 4 pm
BLACK FACTS
First Issue of Ebony Magazine Published
Sold 25, 000 copies
November 1, 1945
WHMM-TV in Washington, DC
Became first African American broadcasting
LITTLE KNOWN BLACK HISTORY MOMENT
Thomas L. Jennings
Inventor, Abolitionist (1791-1856)
Thomas Jennings was a leading abolitionist. He November 17, 1980 was a free Black tradesman who operated a drycleaning business in New York City, New York
Garrett T. Morgan and was the first African American to be granted Patents the Traffic Signal a patent.
November 20, 1923
S. R. Scratton patented The curtain rod.
November 30, 1889
ΑΦΑ 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.
DC’s Housing Authority needs volunteers to help with its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. DCHA staff donates food items which will be distributed to public housing residents through out the city. To lend a hand contact Mu Lambda Bro. Julian Wilson at jcwilson@dchousing.org or 202.415.9556.
Jennings’ skills were so accepted that people near and far came to him to alter or custom tailor articles of clothing for them. When he was thirty years old, in 1821, he was granted a patent for a dry cleaning process called “dry scouring.” This enabled him to build his business.
The first money Jennings earned was spent on the legal fees to purchase his family out of slavery, and then to support the abolitionist cause.
In 1831, Jennings became Assistant Secretary to the First Annual Convention of the People of Color. The convention was held in Philadelphia at Wesleyan Church on Lombard Street. A major part of the platform was the opposition to the colonization movement.
Thomas L. Jennings (Inventor)
November Birthdays
Frank T. Lambeth Nov. 01
James W. Peaco, Jr. Nov. 01
Wesley D. Thomas Nov. 01
Ulysses S. Glee, Jr. Nov. 01
Hosea E. Taylor, Jr. Nov. 03
Clifton D. Butler Nov. 04
Wallace C. Smith Nov. 06
Andre D. Beard Nov. 06
Nathaniel Williams Nov. 09
Michael C. Rogers Nov. 12
Beautillion Academy is just around the corner
Kevin Pittman Nov. 13
William Clyde Thomas Nov. 13
Elmer D. Geathers Nov. 14
Rawn M. James Nov. 14
Marc J. Morgan Nov. 17
Arthur L. Fields, Jr. Nov. 20
Rudolph Harris Nov. 21
Christopher R. Emanuel Nov. 21
Leroy E. Johnson Nov. 21
James F. McDonald Nov. 27
Wiley E. Bowling, Jr. Nov. 29
William A. Burns Nov. 29
Sterling H. Safrit Nov. 29
President
Vice President
Tim Fitzgerald
2010 Mu Lambda Housing Assessment
Please remember to pay your 2009-2010 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 2009-10 Executive Committee
301-332-7507 timfitz06@comcast.net
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
Archivist Mario Simpson 240-493-6009 simpson_mario@hotmail.com
