[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 659 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 659

Congratulating Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on 98 years of serving 
local communities and enriching the lives of collegiate men throughout 
                              the Nation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2009

   Mr. Hastings of Florida (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Bishop of 
   Georgia, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) 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 98 years of serving 
local communities and enriching the lives of collegiate men throughout 
                              the Nation.

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, clean living, serious 
        minded young men who possessed the imagination, ambition, courage, and 
        determination to defy custom in pursuit of college educations and 
        careers during an oppressive time in American history for African-
        Americans;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi stressed high Christian ideals and the importance of 
        achievement in seeking to set the sights of African-American youth on 
        accomplishments greater than those they otherwise would have imagined or 
        realized;
Whereas, since its founding, Kappa Alpha Psi has matured to an organization of 
        over 150,000 college-trained men;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi's undergraduate chapters are located on more than 360 
        college and university campuses and its alumni chapters are located in 
        347 cities in the United States and 5 foreign countries;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi hosts a biennial Undergraduate Leadership Institute, a 
        training and skills enhancement program for the Fraternity's top student 
        leaders;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has a partnership with Habitat for Humanity and builds a 
        home for a local family in conjunction with each of its biennial 
        conventions;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has a partnership with Memphis-based St. Jude Children's 
        Research Hospital 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 Nation's capitol designed to increase its 
        members' awareness of the political process through workshops, seminars, 
        and lectures;
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 Nation 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;
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi's oldest formal program, its Holiday Food Drive, 
        provides food, clothing, and toys to low income citizens in many 
        metropolitan and rural communities throughout the Nation;
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 Nation, and the 
        fraternity at large; and
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., will hold its 79th Grand Chapter 
        Meeting in Washington, DC, August 4 through August 9, 2009: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates Kappa 
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on 98 years of serving local communities 
and enriching the lives of collegiate men throughout the Nation.
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