[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1778 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1778

   Congratulating Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on the historic 
milestone of 100 years of serving local and international communities, 
 maintaining a commitment to the betterment of mankind, and enriching 
       the lives of collegiate men throughout the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2010

Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Clay, Mr. Hastings 
 of Florida, Ms. Fudge, and Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                               and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Congratulating Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on the historic 
milestone of 100 years of serving local and international communities, 
 maintaining a commitment to the betterment of mankind, and enriching 
       the lives of collegiate men throughout the United States.

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., was founded on January 5, 1911, on the 
        campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, by Elder Watson 
        Diggs, John Milton Lee, Byron K. Armstrong, Guy Levis Grant, Ezra D. 
        Alexander, Henry T. Asher, Marcus P. Blakemore, Paul W. Caine, Edward G. 
        Irvin, and George W. Edmonds;
Whereas the founders of Kappa Alpha Psi were God-fearing, high-achieving, 
        serious-minded young men who possessed the imagination, ambition, 
        courage, and determination to defy custom and cultural challenges in 
        pursuit of college educations and careers during a period in United 
        States history where such opportunities were not broadly available for 
        African-Americans;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has since its founding stressed high ideals and the 
        importance of achievement in every field of human endeavor by instilling 
        into African-American youth the noble accomplishment of providing 
        greater service to others and training its members to become a positive 
        influence on their communities and the society at large;
Whereas, since its founding, Kappa Alpha Psi has matured to an organization of 
        over 150,000 college-trained men, with undergraduate chapters located on 
        more than 360 college and university campuses and alumni chapters in 
        more than 340 cities in the United States and 5 foreign countries;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi hosts a biennial Undergraduate Leadership Institute, a 
        comprehensive training and skills enhancement program for the 
        fraternity's top student leaders to aspire them to become positive role 
        models and aspire to serve for the good of society;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has maintained a partnership with Habitat for Humanity 
        and assists in building a home for a local family in conjunction with 
        each of its biennial national conventions;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has a partnership with Memphis-based St. Jude Children's 
        Research Hospital and has with the help of the local community and 
        churches been able to raise more than $1,000,000 for the continuation of 
        St. Jude's mission and has designated the hospital as the primary 
        benefactor of its national fundraising efforts;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors Kappas on Capitol Hill, a four-day conference 
        for its members in the Washington, DC, designed to increase member 
        awareness of the political process through workshops, seminars, and 
        lectures, as well as inform its members on the importance of the 
        political process in bettering society;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has emphasized financial literacy in its community-based 
        outreach, implementing two major programs, Credit Abuse Resistance 
        Education (CARE) and Greeks Learning to Avoid Debt (GLAD), in 
        partnership with the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the 
        National Foundation for Credit Counseling, and the National Pan-Hellenic 
        Council;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi, through its Kappa League and National Guide Right 
        programs, has provided thousands of at-risk youth in communities 
        throughout the United States with role models and mentors that encourage 
        them to make positive contributions to, and to take leadership roles in, 
        their communities;
Whereas, since 1990, Kappa Alpha Psi's Kappa Scholarship Fund has provided 
        scholarship grants to over 10,000 high school graduates to assist in 
        furthering their education and has encouraged its undergraduate and 
        alumni chapters to support similar endeavors to broaden the ability of 
        economically disadvantaged youth to aspire to obtain a college 
        education;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi's oldest formal program, its Holiday Food Drive, 
        provides food, clothing, and toys to thousands of low-income citizens in 
        many metropolitan and rural communities throughout the United States;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi's national theme of ``One Kappa, Creating Inspiration: A 
        Call to Service'' has mobilized Kappa men across the Nation who are 
        leaders in business, education, government, the humanities, arts and 
        entertainment, science, and medicine to become better servant leaders 
        for their respective families and communities, the United States, and 
        the fraternity at large;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has ongoing partnerships with the United Negro College 
        Fund (UNCF), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
        (NAACP), and the National Urban League (NUL);
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi provides support to the National Education Association 
        (NEA), National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), 
        Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA), North-American 
        Interfraternity Conference (NIC), and the National Pan-Hellenic Council 
        (NPHC); and
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., will hold its Centennial Celebration 
        at its 80th Grand Chapter Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 5, 
        2011, through July 10, 2011: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates Kappa 
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on 100 years of serving local communities 
and enriching the lives of collegiate men throughout the United States.
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