ort December 1991
Washington, D.C.
Message from
MU LAMBDA Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated
our "scholarship;, who already
knows us for our "love of all
the President
mankind?" We have areputation. We have ahistory second to
none. However, we also have a
responsibility. We must share our knowledge. We must share our
wisdom. We must share our resources. We must share our
hearts, our lives, oui‘ talents, and
our all and all to bring relief to bear on those problems which challenge us the most.
In his "The Rubaiyat," Omar Khayyam recites,
Morris Hawkins, Jr.
Men of Alpha!
We are amighty Brotherhood, an army of men dedicated to enlightenment and encouragement and the uplift of all mankind. We take on many challenges each and every Fraternal Year. This year is no exception. We are adready nearly one hundred Brothers
strong,
nancially. Our goal is
"There was the Door to which I
found no key; There was the Veil through which Imight not see: Some little Talk awhile of Me and
dues in-service to our fellow man.
The challenges before us very closely parallel the needs of We have a today's society, responsibility to the y o u n g
and bring aliberalism that
provides apathway to our just freedoms,
Let
us
take
old
ignorance by the throat, squeeze it out and impart knowledge, intellectualism, moral standards,
and integrity above reproach. "Let us march on, till victory is won!" Ihave said, and Iwill continue to repeat over and over and over
again! We are, or certainly shall become, aChapter characterized by asincere determination to
educate, but more signi cantly to communicate. This litany shall lead the way for all of our
Community Service Projects, and it shall lead the way for our person-to-person
o r
o u r
Brother-to-Brother interactions.
Thee
We are approaching the seasons of Thanksgiving and Advent. We
There was—and then no more of
want to continue as advocates for
Thee and Me."
peace (non-violence), harmony,
TWO HUNDRED men who have
paid their dues, and who then will be willing to step out onto the streets of the world and pay our
other side of prejudice and bigotry
This verse, which Icharacterize
as having "high philosophical the appeal," addresses _ fundamental question of the
unknown, but in its resolve lets us know that we are here on this
earth but for alittle while.
Therefore, let us not spend time
goodwill, and prosperity. Let us all give thanks that we are able TO
GI^, and be thankful that what we have been given is abundant in proportion TO SHARE. S?e0t UJi0jEic3 for t&c
JloUbap ^ea9on!
is
amongst ourselves extolling our
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He is struggling for growth! struggling for an identity! He is struggling to make aname for
own virtues, or singing our own praises, (even as Ioften do of you, my Brothers,). We are challenged
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know they hide mysteries, when we know they deny access, when we know they lock up and lock out the curious, the downtrodden,
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African-American male,
He
himself! He is struggling to be
loved! He is struggling to be a father, abrother, aftiend! He is
struggling... How can we as men,
though we struggle on adaily basis ourselves, ignore this
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to knock on some doors when we
generation of manhood who
the virtuous, or even the friend and Saviour of all mankind. Let
already knows us for our "manly deeds," who already knows us for
bring light. Let us step on the
us step through the darkness and
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