TheTorch T^eof cialNemletterofMuLambdaChapter AlphaphiAlphaFraternity^Inc. November 2.003 The Executive Message:
Dialogue on African American Males Brother Rudolph Harris, PhD President, Mu Lambda Chapter To address the “continuing plight of African American men who are seeking work and cannot nd it, who are ill served by the American health services sector and who are over represented in the criminal justice system,” Congressman and Brother Danny K. Davis, Illinois announced in acommunique that his of ce and several co-conveners are sponsoring a
national dialogue on the state of the African American male. The conference is scheduled for November 14
&15 on Capitol Hill in the Library of Congress Madison Building and the Rayburn House Of ce Building. In support of this call for action Dr.W.Bobby Austin, program chair of the conference and Vice President of External Affairs at the University of the District of Columbia will be Mu Lambda Chapter’s featured speaker at our Thursday, November 6 meeting at Simpson-Hamline United Methodist Church. Brother Austin, aformer Kellogg Foundation Director will brief us on the planning, directions and the development of an action agenda to help young men become successful. The conference will outline
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some of the problems affecting African American males and hopefully after deliberations, the participants will develop ideas and propose solutions that will help empower the African-American man.