General Activities

Senior Brothers Caucus
Bro. Carston Hunter and Bro. Orrin Haywood
The Senior Brothers Caucus involves brothers who are 60 and over. This group meets on a quarterly basis. Transportation is provided. Brothers are updated on chapter events through the distribution of chapter minutes and encouraged to participate in chapter activities, such as Head Start. The health of brothers is also addressed.

Young Brothers Caucus
Bro. Corey D. Branch and Bro. Tejuan A. Manners
To increase the activity level of brother within the chapter and fraternity.  This committee is open to all brothers, but the target group is brothers from recent college graduate to 40 years old.

Time and Place Brotherhood Network
Bro. Orrin Haywood
This committee notifies brothers of meetings and events.

Grant Writing
Bro. Charlenzo Belcher
This committee writes grants for various chapter activities.

Website Coordinator
Bro. Roschaun Johnson
This brother is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the chapter website, www.philambda.org.

Lambda-A-Gram
Bro. Greg Davenport

National Programs

Go-to-High-School and Go-to-College

Bro. Joseph N. Springer

This program, established in 1922, concentrates on the importance of completing secondary and collegiate education as a road to advancement. Statistics prove the value of this extra impetus in making the difference in the success of young African-American men, given that school completion is the single best predictor of future economic success. Through the Go-to-High-School, Go-to-College educational initiative, young men receive information and learn strategies that facilitate success. Alpha men provide youth participants with excellent role models to emulate. This National Program is implemented through the African American Leaders of Tomorrow (AALOT).

Voteless People is a Hopeless People
Bro. Courtney A. Crowder
This program was initiated as a National Program of Alpha during the 1930′s when many African-Americans had the right to vote but were prevented from voting because of poll taxes, threats of reprisal, and lack of education about the voting process. Voter education and registration has remained a dominant focus of this outreach activity for over 65 years. In the 1990′s, the focus has shifted to include political awareness and empowerment, delivered most frequently through town meetings and candidate forums.

Project Alpha
Bro. Rodney Harris

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation began collaboratively implementing Project Alpha in 1980. This collaborative project is designed to provide education, motivation and skill-building on issues of responsibility, relationships, teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases for young males ages 12-15 years. Designed to provide young men with current and accurate information about teen pregnancy prevention, Project Alpha consists of a series of workshops and informational sessions conducted by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity brothers. The three goals of Project Alpha programs are:

* Sharing Knowledge by combating ignorance and fear with factual information.
* Changing Attitudes by providing motivation toward positive changes in sexual behavior.
* Providing Skills by creating a sense of empowerment and self-esteem.

Project Alpha week, which started in 2000, targets the second week of October every year. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. chapters all across the country execute the program with their local March of Dimes to implement Project Alpha programs.

Head Start
Bro. Orrin Haywood

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is committed to revitalizing the African-American male and family through its efforts with the Head Start program. This collaborative effort assists fathers in their rebound from the social forces, which may have weakened their ability to function self-sufficiently to achieve some desired goal in life. The program seeks to foster initiatives, which intervene in the lives of African-American fathers to remedy the negative social factors, which tend to detract from success, thereby enhancing the ability of African-American families to remain strong and overcome negative social consequences. This program focuses on:

* Increasing the participation of fathers and other significant male family members in Head Start programs and the lives of their children;
* Developing effective strategies for increasing the resiliency of African-Americans men through intervention and prevention programs;
* Sponsoring forums to alleviate some of the stereotypical views held of African-American men;