Alpha Phi Alpha will hold a national Omega Service in honor of 26th General President (1981-1984) Ozell Sutton [Pi Lambda, ‘50] on Monday, December 28, 2015, at 6:00 pm in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. The Omega Service will occur immediately following tributes by other organizations. Brothers who will be in attendance should plan to arrive no later than 4:30 pm. A reception is planned immediately following the Omega Service.

Brother Sutton’s funeral services will be held at the Cascade United Methodist Church, 3144 Cascade Road, SW, Atlanta, GA, 30311 [(404) 691-5770] on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at 11:00 am. During the funeral services, a section has been reserved for Alpha brothers and seating is extremely limited. Please arrive at the church by 10:00 am. Brother Sutton will be laid to rest at Westview Cemetery, 1680 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310. We are encouraging brothers in the Metro-Atlanta, and surrounding areas to make a strong showing of support for these events. Brothers are expected to wear “Alpha Attire” (dark suit, white shirt and Alpha tie) to both events.

If you are unable to attend these services, please take the time to sign the official Omega Service Guest Booklet, which will be presented to the family of Brother Sutton on behalf of the fraternity. The link will be available until January 10, 2016.

26th General President (1981-1984) Ozell Sutton [Pi Lambda ‘50] transitioned into Omega Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha’s chapter of sweet rest, on December 19, 2015.

Brother Sutton, a community servant-leader and civil rights activist, was born on December 13, 1925, on a plantation in Gould, Arkansas. In 1944, Sutton became one of the first African-Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps. After his service, Brother Sutton graduated from Philander Smith College in 1950 and went on to become the first black reporter for the white-owned publication Arkansas Democrat. In 1957, he served as one of the escorts for the Little Rock Nine and, in 1961, Sutton became director of the Arkansas Council on Human Relations. To learn more about Past General President Sutton, please click here.

Please pray for the family of 26th General President Ozell Sutton. It is because of brothers like him advocating for our communities that we are in fact the College of Friendship, the University of Brotherly Love and the School for the Better Making of Men.

Fraternally,

26th General President (1981-1984) Ozell Sutton [Pi Lambda, ‘50] has transitioned into Omega Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha’s chapter of sweet rest.

Brother Sutton, a community servant-leader and civil rights activist, was born on December 13, 1925, on a plantation in Gould, Arkansas. In 1944, Sutton became one of the first African-Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps. After his service, Brother Sutton graduated from Philander Smith College in 1950 and went on to become the first black reporter for the white-owned publication Arkansas Democrat. In 1957, he served as one of the escorts for the Little Rock Nine and, in 1961, Sutton became director of the Arkansas Council on Human Relations. To learn more about Past General President Sutton, please click here.

Arrangements are pending. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

Please pray for the family of 26th General President Ozell Sutton. It is because of brothers like him advocating for our communities that we are in fact the College of Friendship, the University of Brotherly Love and the School for the Better Making of Men.

Fraternally,

HIRING THE BEST TO SERVE OUR YOUTH.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR POSITION DESCRIPTION

Deadline for Submissions: December 27, 2015
Go-to-High-School, Go-to-College

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has been awarded grant funding by the US Department of Justice to provide mentoring to students ages 6-17 years old, in twenty-five (25) targeted cities across the country. As a result, we are seeking a program director to manage the fraternity’s Go to High School, Go to College national initiative. Reporting to the executive director for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, this position will play a critical role in the development and oversight of this national mentoring initiative. The program director will contribute to building organizational capacity, offering technical knowledge, and leadership and support of the program’s consistent achievement of its mission, vision, and financial objectives.

Additional information about the fraternity and the Go-To-High-School, Go-To-College program may be found at our website by visiting www.apa1906.net.

Please send your cover letter, resume and job application to hr@apa1906.net. Thank you.

This past year has seen many actions against our young black men. Racism seems as rampant as ever before, and our communities are still looking for leadership in support of a better life for their families.

We walk in the footsteps of those who have blazed a trail while giving us the insight to create a new path for our future. Use your voice like our brothers of Zeta Alpha at the University of Missouri and our brothers in the Windy City of Chicago who boldly protested against prejudice and violence.

Tomorrow, let’s show the impact of Alpha men at home and in our communities. Read below to see how you can honor our contributions to those who counted on us.

Let’s show Alpha Cares…..’06!

This Founders Day, let’s show the world who we are.

Brothers, we need your help. Our late Alpha brother Stuart Scott’s daughters, Taelor and Sydni Scott (@taeandsyd), pictured above, have a special request for the men of Alpha on our Founders Day. Tomorrow, Friday, December 4th, in honor of #FatherhoodFriday use the hashtag#RaisedByAnAlphaMan. The goal is to show the impact that Alpha men have at home raising families as fathers or mentoring others in their communities.

How will this work?

Tweet/Post/Instagram a photo with your children or those you have influenced as a father figure or mentor, and post it on your Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram page on Friday, December 4th.

Instruct your children or mentee(s) to tag you in their posts with the hashtag #RaisedByAnAlphaMan in honor of you being a positive influence in their lives.

Who should participate?

Everyone. Young or adult children of Alpha men, people who have been raised and/or mentored by an Alpha man, Alpha chapters with photos including group photos, community services activities, etc. Anyone and everyone who feels their lives have been enriched by an Alpha man should join us on Facebook, Twitter,and Instagram.

Sample Social Media Posting: 

@apa1906NETwork We’re proud of our Alpha Phi Alpha dad/mentor! (@ALPHA MAN NAME HERE) #RaisedByAnAlphaMan #FatherhoodFriday #APA109

Happy Founders Day @apa1906NETwork #APA109 #RaisedByAnAlphaMan

Alpha Phi Alpha has made an impact on my life! #APA109 #RaisedByAnAlphaMan #FatherhoodFriday

DEVELOPING LEADERS BY SERVING OUR YOUTH.

Alpha Phi Alpha, the world’s oldest intercollegiate fraternity founded by African-American men, announced today that it was providing sub-award grants to forty of its chapters (representing twenty-eight geographic regions), as a part of the expansion of its 93-year-old mentoring program, Go-To-High-School, Go-To-College. Strengthened by a $1 million grant from the United States Department of Justice that it received in October of this year, the fraternity will directly serve more than 1,000 young black and Latino youths, while indirectly serving an additional 45,000 young people, ages 6–17 years old, in urban areas across the country. As a key component of this national program, currently implemented in each of the organization’s 700 chapters throughout the country and around the globe, members of the fraternity will connect these at-risk and high-risk students with a caring adult mentor, while providing them with resources and one-to-one and group mentoring opportunities aimed at reducing truancy and increasing graduation rates among the program participants.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity develops leaders and promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for underserved communities. Since 1922, the fraternity has committed itself to mentoring young boys and men of color in ways that lead to meaningful change in their lives and the communities from which they hail through the implementation of its historic mentoring initiative. The precursor to all of the successful mentoring programs designed specifically with young Black males in mind, Go-To-High-School, Go-To-College has helped countless young people enter the social and economic mainstream.

“Although, collectively, high school students overall are graduating at a rate higher than ever before, and some say that there are signs that the achievement gap is incrementally closing, minority students still lag behind the national average in getting a high school diploma. Alpha men will continue to raise the collective consciousness of our nation, whether it is in the streets protesting detrimental policies that adversely affect the disenfranchised or mentoring young men one-on-one, the need to strengthen and, indeed, expand Go-To-High-School, Go-To-College has never been more prescient,” said General President Mark S. Tillman, the fraternity’s international president.

In recent statements echoing those remarks, United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch declared, “Real change is spearheaded by those who are grappling with real problems every day. Our goal is to also tap into the innovative programs and exciting ideas that are emerging from communities across the country.”

Additional information about the fraternity and the Go-To-High-School, Go-To-College program may be found at our website by visiting www.apa1906.net.

For more information, please email GHSGC-Grant@apa1906.net. Thank you.

REMEMBERING THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US.

Brothers, this year, as we celebrate the 109th anniversary of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, I would like for us to collectively take the time to focus on how we have impacted the world around us. Use December 4th as a commitment to service and mentoring in honor of the architects of this fraternity and the rich legacy we have built. Our children are 100% of our future and the work that we do as Alpha men must be carried on long after we are gone.

Brothers, on this Founders Day share the hashtags #RaisedByAnAlpha #APhiA109 and #FatherhoodFriday. Let people know that Alpha men are pillars of our communities and family men who care about the issues concerning our neighborhoods. Reinvest in our fraternity by getting active, staying active and becoming big brothers and mentors to young men who need us.

Enjoy yourselves, brothers, and continue to do the real work of Alpha.

In September, Teach For America and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the world’s oldest intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity founded by African American men, announced a formal partnership created to recruit more African American male leaders to the classroom. The partnership will highlight Teach For America as one opportunity for more Alpha Phi Alpha members to work in the nation’s highest-need communities and form a lasting commitment to pursuing educational equity. The partnership was recently featured in the November issue of Essence Magazine at a top 10 trending topic!

Give to the Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation today and your donation will be used to support the non-profit charitable arm of the fraternity, which focuses on scholarship, programs and training, and development of the membership. The APAEF encompasses the implementation of Go-to-High School, Go-to-College; Project Alpha; A Voteless People is a Hopeless People; The Belford V. Lawson Oratorical Contest; The John Hope Franklin Collegiate Scholars Bowl; The Hobart Jarrett Debate Competition; Leadership Development Institutes and the professional and personal development thrusts of the fraternity—Alpha University. Click here and donate today to help the Education Foundation reach its goals.