MLK Dedication Weekend Registration



For those making travel plans for the MLK Dedication Weekend (August 26-28, 2011), take a look at this brochure posted for the membership -- click here. Two deadlines exist:  early, 7.1.11; and late,8.5.11 – limited space…)

For those who register for the national convention in Chicago, there will be a discounted rate of $180 for graduate brothers and $100 for college brothers; otherwise the fee will be $475. Special souvenirs will reserved.



FEBRUARY -- ALPHA PHI ALPHA On Your Yard/Community Day! PT. 3

This post continues the reference to Ohio District History in honor of Omega Chapter Bro. Henry L. Dickason [as excerpted from District Historian, Donald Ross].
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Elmer Collins

The 1960’s -- December 1962 – the Fraternity held its final wintertime General Convention, and 48th overall, in Columbus, OH. It was also the year Elmer Collins of Delta Alpha Lambda began his tenure as Midwestern Regional Vice President (1962).

Channelwood Village, Akron, OH

With passage of the Federal Housing Act of 1963, Akron’s Eta Tau Lambda Chapter, under the leadership of James R. Williams, developed Alpha Phi Alpha Homes Incorporated in 8/30/1966. Through this foundation, financing was secured for the Channelwood Village housing complex, Ohio’s first fraternal housing project,. Groundbreaking took place October 29, 1971, with first occupancy in late 1972. The formal Dedication was held on October 28, 1973, a proud day for Alpha brothers.  Channelwood’s 551 units include a 15-story high rise of one and two bedroom units, 130 townhouse units, and 144 two-bedroom garden apartments on twenty-two acres of land.

FEBRUARY -- ALPHA PHI ALPHA On Your Yard/Community Day! PT. 2

We began talking about the first decade in our previous post. We will cover the next 40 years at this time.

Daniel Fowler



Daniel David Fowler served as General President during the same 1919 year when Phi Chapter was seated at Ohio University in Athens and when his chapter hosted Cleveland’s first General Convention. Sadly, just weeks after finishing his tenure in office, he became the first General President to enter Omega Chapter.  He never recovered from having contracted pneumonia. Daniel Fowler enters Omega Chapter 2/10/1920. He was 27.

 

THE SPHINX -- Archived Issues Available at Issu

 

Alpha HQ, 2313 St. Paul Av., Baltimore, MD




Almost a century of The Sphinx available online!  You will be able to walk your family and friends through the rich history of the Fraternity. 

From fighting Jim Crow to the unveiling of the King memorial, The Sphinx has been the leading publication covering the African-American community. Now, with a stroke of your keyboard, or a click of your mouse, the archives of this great publication are available to you and others."

Visit http://www.issuu.com/apa1906network.



FEBRUARY -- ALPHA PHI ALPHA On Your Yard/Community Day!



Dr. Henry Lake Dickason

Ohio District Director Bro. Dr. Willis Lonzer has designated February 2011 as the month to highlight the rich fraternal history in Ohio, and is naming it for the first General President to have been initiated in the Buckeye State. What follows is in recognition of the Bro. Dr. Henry Lake Dickason Initiative.