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Message from the President
Brother Edwin F. Norwood, III
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Focus on Community Service
During the month of September, we have witnessed the strength of ahurricane and were saddened as we witnessed its Impact on the Gulf Coast region of the United States. As aresult, over amillion people were displaced and 400 of those individuals have come to the Washington DC area. In the days following Hurricane Katrina, Isent an email to the brotherhood for some ideas on how Mu Lambda brothers can aid these new citizens of Washington DC. As you know, these individuals have many short-term and long-term needs. Upon their arrival to Washington DC, the local and national relief organizations were overwhelm with volunteers and donations to address their short-term needs. A//of the Washington DC Alpha chapters, led by our Area leadership, will partner to address some of their long-term needs. More information will be provided in the near future.
Community service Is one of the hallmarks of our great fraternity. Mu Lambda chapter has focused on tv/o specific community service projects in recent years: implementing Project Alpha at all Washington DC middle schools and providing scholarships via the Henry Arthur Callis Scholarship Fund and the Beautillion. During the past two years, Mu Lambda has conducted Project Alpha at seven middle schools across Washington DC. As we move into October, Mu Lambda chapter will continue to ensure that the middle school males in Washington, DC understand their role in preventing untimely pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease through responsible attitudes and behaviors, (continued on next page)
EXECUTIVE MESSAGE (from Page 1)
The next Project Alpha program will be at Kramer Middle School (1700 QSt. SE) on Friday, October 7“^ from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
Mu Lambda has lead the way with its Beautillion for 10 years and this program is one of the chapter’s landmark programs. This year, the Beautillion Committee will expand the program to include high school juniors. The Beautillion Committee will be hosting an open house on October 13*^ (7 pm) at Howard University Blackburn Center. Please make sure to contact the parents of high school juniors and seniors that will benefit from this opportunity.
Project Alpha and the Beautillion Open House will be discussed in more detail during the upcoming Chapter meeting. This meeting will also focus on the spirit of brotherhood and reclamation. To portray the Alpha Spirit of Brotherhood, brothers are urged to wear Alpha paraphernalia to the meeting. Every brother should Invite two brothers to the meeting. As we get closer to the Centennial Convention, it is our responsibility to reach out to every brother about the activities in Mu Lambda chapter. Why can’t we have at least 206 brothers in Mu Lambda chapter going into our 100'^ anniversary?
See you at the next chapter meeting on October
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“Goodwill is the monarch of this house. Men, unacquainted,enter,shakehands,exchange greetings, and depart friends. Cordiality exists among all who abide within. ”
Continue to spread the word about Brother Thurgood
Marshall
ANNAPOLIS, MD. —The Governor of Maryland (Robert L. Ehrlich. Jr.) signed abill renaming Baltimore-Washington International Airport for Brother Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Beginning Oct. 1, the airport will be known as Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood. Marshall Airport. The Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich signed the bill as civil rights leaders and lawmakers looked on. “Our purpose is to honor agreat mind who did the most to end legal segregation in America," said state Delegate Emmett Burns, aBaptist minister who introduced the bill.
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Before rising to the nation's highest court In 1967, Brother Marshall, anative of Baltimore, worked as acivil rights attorney and successfully argued Brown vs. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court decision that struck down school segregation. He also was afederal judge and U.S. solicitor general. He died in 1993
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35*^ Annual Legislative Congressional Black Caucus Convention
Important Dates
Project Alpha Kick-Off
October 7^ Kramer Middle School
Project Alpha Week
October 9*^-15**'
Beautillion Open House
Howard University
October 13
Cornell Pilgrimage
Ithaca, NY
November 19th
Announcements (cont,)
Mu Lambda Website
Brothers of Mu Lambda, our website is almost ready. Brother Joseph Jones and his committee has worked diligently to construct our website and he needs our pictures. If you have any questions on how to submit photos ,contact brother Joseph at 301.233.6372
The TIPS Training will be held on Tuesday, October 11*” at 5:30 PM in the MCI Center; 601 FSt. NW. Take the elevator to the second fl oor of the MCI Center and turn right. Signs will be posted from that checkpoint. Please be on time. There will be abrief review before your training on Tuesday. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Brother James McDonald.
Artifacts for the Centennial
Remember the old neon chapter lights, later to be replaced by lightbulbs? If your chapter still has its old light, please email me. Ineed to get ascanned photograph of it. We are trying to identify as many old lights as possible. th
Alpha Men on the Move
Congratulations to Bro. Ambassador Horace G. Dawson, Jr. on receiving the Alpha Award of Merit during the General Convention held in Houston, TX.
Established by the General Convention of 1952, the Alpha Award of Merit is the highest honor for members of the Fraternity. Bro. Dawson is currently the Chairman of the World Policy Council for the General Organization.
Congratulations to Bro. Reginald Salter on being appointed Eastern Region Secretary as well as being appointed to the General Organization Leadership Team representing the Eastern Region on the National Medical Advisory Board.
Further, Ineed to identify chapters with their old banners. Not the new ones that the National Of fi ce is now producing. Please let me know or pass this note along to your chapter president or chapter historian.
Iam still identifying material for the Centennial Exhibition for next July in Washington, D.C.
Still looking for your old chapter photos. Please scan at 300 dpi and email in JPEG to me.
Thanks so much!
Brother Skip Mason skjpmasonl906@aol.com
September 21-24, 2005
Washington, DC
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In January 1969, newly elected African American representatives of the 77th Congress joined six incumbents to form the "Democratic Select Committee. The Committee was renamed the Congressional Black Caucus and the CBC was born in 1971. Founding Members were Representatives Shirley Chisholm, William Clay, George Collins. John Conyers, Ronald Dellums, Charles Diggs, Augustus Hawkins. Ralph Metcalfe, Parren Mitchell, Robert Nix, Charles Rangel, Louis Stokes, and DC Delegate Walter Fauntroy. Their goals were to positively in fluence the course of events pertinent to African Americans and others of similar experience and situation, and to achieve greater equity for persons of African descent in the design and content of domestic and international programs and services. While the CBC has been primarily focused on the concerns of African Americans, the Caucus has also been at the forefront of legislative campaigns for human and civil rights for all citizens.
Pictured above( Alpha Brother and activist Dick Gregory and radio host Tom Joyner)
Pictured Below (Corretta Scott King and Martin Luther King III)
As is always the case, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. had astrong presence at the 35 Annual Congressional Black caucus in Washington, DC last month. With the month of September being dominated with the poor governmental response to the catastrophic hurricane that blew through the Gulf states. It was automatic, the Congressional Black Caucus's decision to shift the focus of its annual legislative conference, being held here last month just weeks after Hurricane Katrina. Panels were pulled together on topics ranging from the storm's impact on children to rebuilding New Orleans. Poverty has always been at the core of the CBC's agenda. Now Katrina had blown back the curtain on an issue that the caucus had been talking about for decades.
The four-day conference did maintain its other schedule, too, its panels on building young political leadership, on grooming women leaders, on issues such as education and Social Security. And that social buzz, the celebrity sighting, the warm reunion-like spirit the weekend has become known for, was present too.
MCI Concessions
John D. Hicks Sr.
Cyrus Honesty
Paul W. Kimbrough
Isham O. Baker
Charles S. Wade
LIyod T. McGriff
Albert L. Carr
William C. Childers
Lamar Arnold
Eric D. Herndon
Elvin J. Dowling
James F. Walker
Arthur M. Freeman Sr. Shawn Calloway
The October Chapter Meeting will serve as Mu Lambda’s official Reclamation Meeting for the Fraternal Year. Brothers are encouraged to invite an inactive Brother or Brothers from other Chapters. As apart of the program for the evening, there will be a slide presentation of Mu Lambda’s events over the last twelve months. Brothers are also asked to bring photos, past or present, of their Lines after crossing to be presented in the slide presentation. Photos should be given to Bro. Sam Armstrong, Membership Chairperson, at the next Chapter meeting or email directly at aDo71llo@vahoo.com.
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The 2005-06 Executive Committee
October Meeting
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