Good will is indeed the monarch of this house. Greetings dear Brothers and welcome to the 111th House of Alpha. On September 9th, 2010, we will come together in a new physical home. This will be a place where we learn from each other, aid the community, and create a stronger bond. The bond strengthens when we agree, disagree (but not be disagreeable) and work together. The bond is strengthened when we socialize, share ideas, share a meal and help each other. The fraternal year presents an incredible opportunity- an opportunity for us to do great things for each other and for the community.
With your help we will discuss, debate, and create together an exciting future. The Foundation has made great strides in bringing the Mu Lambda House to this point. The continued renovation and maintenance is directly dependent on what we do as a chapter. Together, the membership of the chapter, the Executive Board, and the Foundation board (comprised of Brothers) must develop solid plans for this, the Mu Lambda House. This will indeed require all of us to engage in a range of activities. We need help in updating the organizational structure of the Foundations with relevant committees. We need help analyzing, debating, and determining the proper use of the Mu Lambda House. We need financial support from the chapter and yes, we need help raising external funds.
I’m happy to report that the Executive Board met in the new Mu Lambda House and had an honest discussion with our brothers on the Foundation Board. We decided that the Executive Board and Foundation need to increase communication. We also decided to come before you to express our common desire for a Mu Lambda House that meets the chapter’s needs. Finally, we agreed to continue to communicate and share ideas as to how we can better integrate ideas of the chapter and Mu Lambda Foundation.
There will be vigorous discussions. There will be debates. Passions will run high. As we move forward let’s remember we are the college of friendship; the University of Brotherly Love; the school for the better making of men. We are Alpha Phi Alpha.
Fraternally,
Brother Kwame Ulmer President
Inside this Edition:
• The Executive Message
• Brother’s Keeper Program
• Alpha Wives Section
• WSSU Mr. Alumni Contest
• Membership News
• General Convention Hi-lights
• Executive Board
• Chapter Retreat Hi-lights
• Summer Birthdays
• Beautillion
• Black Facts
• Black History Museum
Brother Mario Simpson
Editor
ALPHA WIVES
First Meeting of Season For Alpha Wives
The first meeting of the season for the Alpha Wives will be held on the second Saturday in October (October 9, 2010) instead of in September. This will be an extremely important meeting as we have much to plan for and accomplish this year. The organization has made changes in the number of meetings per year so that we can do more exciting things. We are encouraging all Alpha Wives, and especially wives of Alphas that have not attended our meetings, to attend. Look for information in your next newsletter.
Perspective members please contact: Modestine Lowery: 202291-3129, Charlotte Douglass: 703-671-8856, or Mary Murray: 301-588-4663 so that we can answer any questions that you may have. Please call, come, and share your great ideas. We would love to have them.
Winston-Salem State University Mr. Alumni Contest
Brothers,
The past 6 months have been a whirlwind experience. When I started my quest to raise scholarship funds for students at Winston-Salem State University through the Mr. Alumni contest, I could have never imagined what an incredible task it would be!
This has been a wonderful experience! I have to pause to say thank you for your support! It’s meant so much to me to have your encouraging words, thoughts, prayers and donations! Because of you and your support, students will be able to attend WSSU.
Thank you Brothers!
Bro. Sean Bellamy
Brother’s Keeper
On August 4th, 2010, Brothers implement the chapter’s first act under the Brother’s Keeper Program by going to the home of Mrs. Lucy Speller, the wife of our late brother, Wesley Speller, to help celebrate her 106th birthday.
Mrs. Speller was presented with a dozen yellow long stem roses and Brothers Julius Brice, Ryle Bell, Louis Ford, Kwame Ulmer, and Leroy Lowery sang the Sweetheart Song to her.
Mrs. Speller was overjoyed by visit from the Brothers and expressed deeply how the visit from the Brothers and the Yellow Roses made her day.
Congratulations to Brother James Haynes: He recently finished an ocean race in his 42 foot sabre yacht sail boat “Southern Sky”, traveling from Annapolis to Bermuda, wining 2 trophies.
Brothers Lamar Revis and Kelvin Stroble: congratulations for celebrating 25 year in Alpha. They will be presented certificates commemorating this significant milestone.
DC Goes Blue for Colon Cancer [ Invite Fraternity & Sorority participation ]
The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA), a DC-based nonprofit, is organizing a week-long city wide colon cancer awareness event in DC called DC Goes Blue for Colon Cancer from September 26 to October 3. We are focusing on the District's minority communities, including African Americans, the homeless, and Latinos. We have partnered with Howard University, the Lombardi Cancer Center, and Quest Diagnostics so that we can offer these communities and the uninsured free screening opportunities.
www.dcgoesblue.com
Important Dates
Black Family Reunion
National Mall
Saturday - September 11, 2010 8:30am – 8:30pm
Adams Morgan Day Festival
Sunday - September 12, 2010 12pm – 7pm
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month September 1 – 30, 2008
Colon Cancer Awareness
September 26 – October 3, 2010
25th Annual National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Black Family Reunion Celebration
Saturday, September 11, 2010 National Mall
Washington, DC
You are invited to join the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. for the 25th Anniversary Black Family Reunion Celebration “One Day Mega Festival” in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, September 11th from 8:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m.
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
104rd Anniversary/90th General Convention , Las Vegas, Nevada
July 21 – 25, 2010
Alpha Phi Alpha charters new chapters overseas London, Johannesburg bring new Alpha presence to Europe, Africa
Alpha expands globally as chapters are chartered in London, England, and Johannesburg, South Africa, during the fraternity’s 104th Anniversary Convention/90th General Convention in Las Vegas. From left are Brothers Taurean Branch, Eastern Region assistant vice president; Sean McCaskill, Eastern Region vice president; Ronald Sewell, president of the London alumni chapter; Herman "Skip" Mason, Jr., general president; Michael Sudarkasa, president of the Johannesburg alumni chapter; and William Douglass Lyle, Alpha’s executive director. Photo by Jeff Lewis.
Historically, the fraternity has worked in the continental U.S. to serve local communities through our national programs and partnerships with organizations such as the March of Dimes, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Boy Scouts. At this convention, however, the delegates overwhelmingly approved a plan to “go global” by chartering new chapters in Africa and Europe. The newest outposts for Alpha expansion are in Johannesburg, South Africa and in London.
“Our goal is to take Alpha into the communities that need our presence, in our city and our country, everywhere we are needed,” said Mike Sudarkasa, chartering president of the new chapter in South Africa, who has made Johannesburg his home for 10 years. Fraternity brothers are also re-establishing a chapter in Liberia, and had several members attend the convention from Asia, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Members who made the longest journey to the convention site were from South Korea.
Alpha Phi Alpha and Black Barbershop Program provide health screenings in Las Vegas
Each year the fraternity conducts a local community service project wherever its convention is held. Last summer in New Orleans, the fraternity sponsored one of that city’s largest-ever health fairs. The fraternity, whose motto is “first of all, servants of all …,” provided free medical and dental screenings available to thousands of citizens in Louisiana. Last week, in Las Vegas, the fraternity deployed members to local barber shops to promote healthy living and provide health screenings for major diseases, as part of the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program, lead by Alpha Brother and noted author Dr. Bill Releford, of Los Angeles, California. We will be implementing this program locally in the near future. Any Brother interested in being a part of the program, please contact Brother Sean Bellamy at 336-5757677 or sean.bellamy@dc.gov.
An Alpha brother conducts a health screening at a local Las Vegas barbershop during the convention.
Mu Lambda Brothers in Las Vegas
Bro Neal and his wife at a reception
Brother Bowling and wife
Bro Ambassador Dawson and Guest
Brothers represent at the General Convention
Hospitality Suite Fellowship
The 2010-2011 Executive Board
President Kwame Ulmer 202-492-3487 Kwame.ulmer@gmail.com
Vice President
Reginald Salter 301-379-6102 rsalterdds@aol.com
Recording Secretary T. Paul Jones 301-825-2547 TPjonesii@juno.com
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 Craig Allen 314-607-9975 c.d.allen@hotmail.com
Archivist Kevin Giles 240-493-6009 Kevin_R_Giles@mcpsmd.org
Associate Editor to the Sphinx Arthur DeLay 504-635-5993 arthur.delay@yahoo.com
Editor of the Torch
Mario Simpson 508-846-3957 simpson_mario@hotmail.com
Webmaster Samuel Armstrong 301-717-8508 apo71llo@yahoo.com
Director of Intake James Heck 301-805-4267 jkcjh@aol.com
Director of Education Sean Bellamy 336-575-7677 sean.bellamy@dc.gov
Parliamentarian Eddie Neal 301-440-4055 ewneal@hotmail.com
Member-at-Large Joel Grey 610-639-2964 jgrey7@yahoo.com
Immediate Past President Timothy Fitzgerald 202-678-0821 timfitz06@comcast.net
www.mulambda.org
Back row from left to right: Bro. Neal, Bro. Armstrong, Bro. Chase, Bro. Bellamy, Bro. Delay, Bro. Giles, Bro. Hawkins, Bro. King; Front from left to right: Bro. Simpson, Bro. Ross, Bro. Wilson, Bro. Allen, Bro. Housey, Bro. Jones, Bro. Salter, Bro. Ulmer
Mu Lambda Chapter Retreat
August 22, 2009
Brothers assembled at the Mu Lambda Chapter House for a day full of Alpha business that they needed to get through. The day started off at 9:00am, with a tour of the chapter house. From there the board said the fraternal prayer and broke into a team building exercise. The President coordinated the session that took most of the day, where the goals for the year were reviewed. This consisted of the review of programs that chapter will put on as well as the review of committee reports from the social, community service, National Program, Membership/Intake, Communications, and the Budget and Finance committee. There was also an extensive foundation report.
A wonderful time was had by all those in attendance as the leaders of Mu Lambda mapped out and finalized a path forward for an extraordinary year in the House of Alpha.
Top, from left to right: 1) Bro Brice; 2) Bro. Bellamy, Bro. Salter and Bro. Ware; 3) Brothers sitting around in discussion
Bottom, from left to right: 1) President Kwame Ulmer gives closing remarks; 2 and 3) Brothers outside chapter house during to ur
Samuel I. Armstrong July 01
Tremell A. Munford
July 01
Robert E. Richardson July 01
Evan E. Crawford July 02
Rudolph Scipio July 02
Larry V. Norton July 10
Louis W. Buck July 11
Kelvin Stroble July 11
Kwame O. Ulmer July 13
Leroy Jackson July 14
Issac Thweatt July 15
Clinton C. Jones, III
July 20
Julius C. Jefferson, Jr. July 22
Joseph L. Langhome July 28
Henry Riley July 28
SUMMER BIRTHDAYS
Marc C. Fitzgerald August 02
Louis A. Mauney August 02
Vernon C. Polite August 02
Michael J. Brown August 02
William Crossley August 04
Larry Ware August 05
Michael A. Carter August 09
Clyde Blassengale August 10
Juan H. Powell August 11
Sean Bellamy August 13
Berlin Madison August 13
Andre R. Lucas August 14
James R. Heck, IV August 16
Dustin B. Baker August 18
Tyrees P. Jones August 18
Michael E. Collins August 18
Lonnie Cooper August 22
Ronald E. Braxton August 22
Kenneth Furlough August 27
Wendell Gardner, Jr. August 28
Carl Bennett August 29
Richard A. English August 29
Lamar D. Revis August 29
Thomas E. Gaither August 30
SEPTEMBER
Brian E Halliburton September 02
Ezra Merritt September 04
Ronald S. Flowers September 05
Vedoster Ingram September 05
Nathanial R. Laney September 10
Earl R. Fitzhugh September 12
Eddie W. Neal September 12
William A. Hawkins Jr. September 15
Hezekiah Smith September 15
Lee A. Tyler September 15
Timothy L. Fitzgerald September 16
Robert M. Brown III September 18
Jeffery Brown September 19
Justin Davis September 19
William M. Joyner September 19
Herbert L. Suber September 21
Paul A. Cotton September 22
Robert J. Nickens September 22
Cornell L. Kinard September 24
Antonio M. Garibaldi September 26
P.E. Parker, Jr. September 28
Jeffery D. Monroe September 30
BLACK FACTS
On September 1, 1867, Robert Tanner F the first Black person to graduate from the Harvard Dental School.
Hazel W. Johnson achieved the rank of Briga General (U.S. Army) on September 1 the first Black woman General in U.S. history.
Black History Museum Event
African American Genealogy Workshop
September 18, 2010
Host of Event: Black History Museum
Name of Event: African American Genealogy
Type of Event: Workshop
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location of Event: 902 Wythe Street
Admission: $5
Description of Event: "Their Voices Can Be Heard, Part IV: Finding Descendants through Churches and Civic Organizations" Workshop
Discover your own family history with expert techniques for tracing African-American ancestors! Join genealogist Char McCargo Bah at a workshop where she explores the use of church and civic organizations in family history research. Learn how these records and networks can help you uncover your family's past. The featured cases are from Char's research of descendants of people buried at historic Freedmen's Cemetery in Alexandria. Advance registration required by September 14. Workshop is $5 per person. Phone: 703.746.4356
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All individuals (Committee Members, Brothers, Volunteers, etc.) who are interested in participating are encouraged to complete a police clearance for the 20102011 Beautillion Season. Please visit the following police station for background/clearance services: Metropolitan Police Headquarter
300 Indiana Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001
Department - Criminal Records/Police Clearance - 3rd floor.
Phone - (202) 727-4245
You will need the following item to complete your police clearance:
- Valid Photo ID (Drivers license, Passport, state issues ID card, etc.).
The cost for this service is $7.00; payment is expected at the time of service. You will receive your record in approximately 20-30 minutes upon registering. All records are to be forwarded to Brothers Mark Ross, Darrell Chase and Kent Benjamin. All records will be held in the Mu Lambda Foundation achieves and records. As always, we appreciate your service and continued support.
For questions, please contact:
Brother Mark Ross - (202) 422-8493
Brother Darrell Chase - (202) 294-3383
Brother Kent Benjamin - (703) 401-0888
September Meeting Thursday, September 09, 2010 6:06pm
Mu Lambda Chapter House 2405 First Street NW Washington, DC
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Mu Lambda Chapter PO Box 1993 Washington, DC 20013-1993 ….Share the Light of the Torch with our inactive Brothers and Brothers new to the DC area….
