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To proclaim July 8th thru July 15th, 2006 as Alpha Week in the City of Columbus.
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WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc was founded on December 4, 1906, and for the last 100 years they have supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world; and
WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. These visionary founders are known as the "Jewels" of the Fraternity. While continuing to stress academic excellence among its members, Alpha also recognized the need to help correct the educational, economic, political, and social injustices faced by African-Americans; and
WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha has long stood at the forefront of the African-American community's fight for civil rights, racial justice, and economic empowerment through leaders such as: W.E.B. DuBois, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, and locally through leaders such as Senator Ray Miller, Judge Dwayne Maynard, Business Owner Lewis Smoot Sr., Local President Bo Chilton, Midwest Region Vice President Darryl Peal and many others; and
WHEREAS, Alpha Rho Lambda, the Columbus Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has a long and distinguished history of community enrichment. The Brothers of Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter have honored their Fraternity's legacy of leadership by earning a reputation for being an organization of servant leaders committed to the ideals of manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind; and
WHEREAS, the positive impact the men of Alpha are having on our community is evident by the young lives that have been touched through programs such as Project Alpha, Alpha Esquires mentoring program and Big Brothers Big Sisters where the ...
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