Dear Brother *|FNAME|* *|LNAME|* [ID#:*|ALPHAID|*],

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. does NOT condone hazing! Any member found violating the fraternity anti-hazing policy will be immediately suspended with a recommendation for expulsion. In addition, the fraternity will cooperate with law enforcement to ensure that any person violating the law will be brought to justice. Hazing is Illegal.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. does NOT condone hazing! Any member found violating the fraternity anti-hazing policy will be immediately suspended with a recommendation for expulsion. In addition, the fraternity will cooperate with law enforcement to ensure that any person violating the law will be brought to justice. Hazing is Illegal.

Brother *|LNAME|*, if you are participating in or knowingly allow any hazing activity, you do not support the mission, vision or aims of Alpha Phi Alpha and do not deserve the privilege of membership. This is not the Alpha man we envision when reciting “The House of Alpha.” By participating in hazing, you erode the foundation of quality, integrity, honor, and standard for excellence that hundreds of thousands of Alpha men have worked tirelessly to erect.

Alpha men are expected to make sacrifices and take the lead, but only in areas that support the MISSION of this fraternity. Hazing in any manner does not do this. For those who are interested in continuing to support this social scourge (acts of hazing), we ask you to weave this into your listing of Alpha quotes:

If you are found violating our anti-hazing policy, we are cutting you loose. Again, if any MEMBER or CANDIDATE of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is found to engage in conduct inconsistent with our mission, that individual will be dealt with firmly with proper sanctions and possibly legal action.

In short, if you are among those found causing harm to the brand, image and positive actions of Alpha Phi Alpha, we cannot and will not be able to call or treat you as our brother.

Please click HERE and join thousands of Alpha men who chose to sign our partner HazingPrevention.org’s Hazing Prevention Pledge Form and turn their actions toward positively impacting OUR COMMUNITIES.

His dedication, persistence and talents transcended him to the icon we know and love today. We encourage all brothers to support the film RACE this weekend, the new biopic about the life of Jesse Owens distributed by Focus Features and promoted by Brothers Tirrell Whittley [Beta Nu ’93] and Nick F. Nelson [Beta Nu ’94], owners of LIQUID SOUL.

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• To address immediate volunteer needs (water and filter distribution, etc.), Brother Adrian Walker, manager of corporate social responsibility for the Diplomat Pharmacy, is working with the local Red Cross as part of his daily responsibility and will leverage that role to advise us of additional support initiatives.
• Brother Brian Larkin, director of planning and development for the City of Flint, serves as our local committee chairman of the My Brother’s Keeper program. The local committee has been contacting our senior brothers and Alpha widows to ensure they are receiving appropriate care and services.
• Brother Isaiah Oliver is vice president of community impact at The Community Foundation of Greater Flint, which administers the Flint Child Health and Development Fund. Recognizing this crisis as a long-term issue, we have to continue to raise funds to benefit the Flint Child Health and Development Fund. This fund supports charitable organizations that provide aid to children and families with interventions that impact positive health outcomes including, but not limited to, immediate response, optimal child health and development, early childhood education, continuous access to a pediatric medical home, access to infant and child behavioral health services, nutrition education and healthy food access, safe and healthy home environments, and integrated social services and research.

WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE SHORT-TERM

1. We ask and encourage you to visit www.flintkids.org and click the “Donate Now” button in the upper right corner of the page to make a contribution. Upon making your donation, please indicate “Alpha Phi Alpha” in the area directly below your email address. This will help us to report on the status of donations directly provided by Alpha Phi Alpha.
2. Water donations are being accepted at several official facilities:
   • For donations of 100 cases or fewer please contact:
     • Catholic Charities Center for Hope, 517 E. Fifth Ave., Flint, MI 48503
       Monday–Friday, 9 am–4 pm, 810-232-9950
     • The American Red Cross,1401 S. Grand Traverse Flint, MI 48503
       Saturday and Sunday, 9 am–4 pm, 810-232-1401
   • For donations of 100 cases or more, pallets of water or donations in one semi-truck:
     • Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, 2300 Lapeer Rd, Flint, MI 48503
       Call ahead to 810-239-4441
   • For extra-large donations, such as multiple semi-trucks, delivery arrangements can be made by emailing Janet Hunter at hunterj8@michigan.gov
3. Preparations are in progress on how volunteers can properly engage various areas to support the citizens of Flint, MI. Members of Alpha Phi Alpha within the Michigan area will be engaged in this activity.
4. Click here to review a document that provides some facts and Frequently Asked Questions regarding the lead in the water.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has chapters in over four hundred cities around the world. Chapters and brothers that are closest to the action, issues, and people, are continuously affecting change.