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Mission Statement:  Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities.

Objective Statement: The objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. are: to stimulate the ambition of its members; to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual; to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood; and to aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic and intellectual status.

Aims:  Manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mankind

Motto: "First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All."

Colors: Black and Old Gold

Flower: Yellow Rose

Symbol: Great Sphinx of Giza

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Chapter Name: Epsilon Delta

OFFICERS

President: Yasir Pope | ypope@kent.edu

Vice President: Gregory Simpson II | gsimpso6@kent.edu

Historian: Christopher Wilder | cwilder7@kent.edu

Treasurer: Isaac Britten | ibritten@kent.edu

“We party hard, we stay up late, but most of all, we graduate!””

Philanthropy:

  • Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of America

  • Boy Scouts of America

  • Peace Corps

  • Project Alpha

Fun Facts

  • Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Inc. is the first African American, inter-collegiate Greek-lettered fraternity founded on December 4, 1906.

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. founders are known as the 7 Jewels.

  • Some notable Alphas include Martin Luther King, W.E.B Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, Jesse Owens