Notable Alphas

Rest in Power, Dear Brother Edward Brooke

  Brother Edward W. Brooke(Beta Chapter – Howard University) has died at the age of 95.  He was the first African American man popularly elected to the United States Senate; the first African American Attorney General of Massachusetts–and any state, for that matter; first chairman of the Alpha Phi Alpha World Policy Council; honorary chairman of the 2006 Centennial Celebration; lay member of the…

Brother R. Anthony Mills speaks to AKAs on social action

The sisters of the Psi Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., (chartered 2014 in East Baltimore, Maryland) welcomed Brother R. Anthony Mills (Mu Upsilon – Frostburg State University) as a special guest at their last business meeting of the year.  Brother Mills facilitated a conversation on the #BlackLivesMatter movement and discussed how women in community leadership, such as the…

Cleveland Alphas make holiday food baskets

Delta Alpha Lambda Chapter in Cleveland, Ohio, continued their tradition of making holiday food baskets for the 32nd year in a row.  Kaily Cunningham has the story via Fox 8 Cleveland.

Brother Shaun T makes the cover of Men’s Health!

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Brother Charles Curtis re-imagines race and the American Dream in “Strings”

Director and playwright Brother Charles Curtis (Xi Gamma Lambda – Beaufort, South Carolina Alumni), will premiere his newest stage play, Strings on December 19, 2014, at the Shetler Studios and Theatres, 244 West 54th Street, Manhattan.

Stringsfollows one man’s road to execution, and hopefully, another toward redemption. With a few hours before Man’s hearing and execution, the only person that…

Alphas continue leadership in nationwide protests

“I’m here because I’m concerned about the future. If our grandparents went through this, and we’re going through this, Lord only knows what my grandchildren will go through…” –Brother Marcus Davis

“Black Lives Matter” Rrotest peaceful (Arthur Jones III, Thomasville Times Enterprise)

Americans take to the street to protest police killings (Jazelle Hunt, New Pittsburgh Courier)

‘Movement’…

Project Alpha in Selma teaches responsibility to young men.

Mu Alpha Lambda Chapter (Rockford, Illinois Alumni) is hosting their annual scholarship breakfast in January.

Karen Grigsby Bates reports on the protest policies of Black Greek Lettered Organizations – including Alpha Phi Alpha – for NPR.

The Zeta Pi Alphas at UGA remain engaged in campus discussions about police killings of unarmed…