Eric Christopher Webb, DDiv., CPLC
Director of Communications
/Editor of The Sphinx
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
ewebb@apa1906.net
Cell: 443-635-5911
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STATEMENT OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. ON RECENT HAZING ALLEGATIONS AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has placed the Beta Sigma Chapter at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Immediate Cease and Desist Directives for allegations of Hazing.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Rapid Response Team is currently gathering information as to what happened and the involved parties.
But to be very clear…if it is determined by the Rapid Response Team, the University or Law enforcement that the collegiate members hazed then the Chapter along with those individuals will be subjected to penalties and sanctions of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Any Member who directly or indirectly participated in these illicit activities will be permanently expelled and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will encourage the University and Law enforcement to pursue the maximum penalties allowed.
Hazing has no role in the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity., experience. It is not condoned, nor will it be tolerated. The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. regularly educates its Chapters and members on their Health, Safety, Risk Management and Legal Guidelines, including but not limited to Hazing and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., policies, and procedures.
About Alpha Phi Alpha
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African American men, was founded on December 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD. The Fraternity has long stood at the forefront of the African American community’s fight for civil rights through Alpha men such as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; late former Congressman Adam Clayton Powell; late former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall; legendary activist, actor and performer, Paul Robeson, former Ambassador Andrew Young; late former Senator Edward Brooke; scholar, Cornel West; Senator Raphael Warnock; Congressman Steven Horsford, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; General CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; six other members of the U.S. Congress, numerous state, and local lawmakers across the United States, as well as President of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Boakai, Sr. The fraternity, through its more than 720 college and alumni chapters and general-organization members, serves communities in the United States, and other parts of North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.