In the words of Brother Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a speech to the Medical Committee for Human Rights in 1966, “of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. strongly supports the Affordable Care Act, also known, as ObamaCare. There are 48 million uninsured people in the United States and more than half are people of color. African-Americans are twice...
As part of their 107th anniversary convention, members of Alpha Phi Alpha from around the world conducted a community service project called the “Leadership Development Institute” (LDI). This service project paired youth from the Austin metropolitan area with fraternity members who worked with them on developing leadership skills, team building, and how good leadership yields success from the classroom to the boardroom. While we continue to be outraged over the verdict in the Trayvon...
On the evening of February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed. That night, Tyravon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, and father, Tracy Martin, lost a son. That night, Trayvon Martin’s brother, Jahvaris Martin, lost his younger brother. On July 13, 2013, George Zimmerman, the man who killed Trayvon Martin, was acquitted. There is much that can be said about the killing of this young man, Trayvon Martin. It is without question that young black men have long-been...