Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. - Gamma Phi Lambda's Rich History in the San Francisco Bay Area
In 1947 in beautiful Berkeley, California, 17 visionary men of various backgrounds and professions saw a need to bring their beloved Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., with its ideals and history of service, to the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area. With the support of the national organization, on April 12th of that year, the Gamma Phi Lambda chapter was chartered.
Since its inception, the chapter and its members have provided programs focused on educational empowerment; supported various causes to uplift the community to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status; and have shaped the moments of the day. In 1948, charter member William Byron Rumford, a pharmacist, became the first African American from Northern California elected to the state assembly in a district that included much of Berkeley and parts of Oakland. Brother Rumford would go on to author two of California’s most consequential civil rights laws – the Fair Employment Practices Act of 1959 and the Rumford Fair Housing Act of 1963. In 1967, several chapter members met with esteemed Alpha Phi Alpha Brother Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during his visit to Berkeley to discuss his vision for the nonviolent civil rights movement and how the chapter could become more involved.
Over the years, the chapter has worked to fulfill the mission of Alpha Phi Alpha by investing in the ambition of its members and the youth in the community. Since the 1970s, the chapter has provided numerous scholarships to college-bound students through its Education Foundation and chapter members regularly mentor young men through its Alpha Academy and the Leadership, Technology, and Innovation program. The chapter has always answered the call to serve Alpha Phi Alpha, and its members have held leadership positions at all levels of the fraternity. Most notably, in 2012, chapter Brother Aaron Crutison, Sr., who was at the time serving as the fraternity’s Western Region Vice President, was appointed Acting General President of Alpha Phi Alpha and dutifully led the fraternity through a period of organizational change. In recognition of its work throughout the years, the chapter has received several commendations and awards. Most recently, the chapter was named the 2017 Alumni Chapter of the Year for Alpha Phi Alpha’s Western Region.
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Hello Brothers.
I work The Taubman Company who owns and operates the Sunvalley Mall.
I am reaching out to see if any Brother would be interested in an Operations Director role at this location.
I serve as a Operations Director in Los Angeles so if you would like to know more about the role, feel free to contact me at
[email protected].
You can search our company website if you would like to know more about the company as a whole and more about the position. Thanks and I hope the Chapter is doing well during this unprecedented times.
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Whoever monitors this page, please know that you may receive an email to the
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Be safe
Greetings my Alpha brothers! SO EXCITED TO SAY we finally begin editing my first film, BROTHA MAN in a few days thanks to so many supporters! YES!!!!! This has been an amazing journey since our first film shoot back in April! BROTHA MAN is part documentary, part music video, and part visual and audio collages about manhood, about healthy manhood versus toxic manhood. We’ve been working on it nonstop and are now in the critical animation and editing/coloring stages and need to raise just a bit more money to get the film done. We plan on premiering it January OR February 2020, (more details to come on that). But I need as many of you as possible to please donate $5, $10, $25 (or more, and even if you have donated previously, PLEASE) to help us get to that finish line. WE ARE SO CLOSE! Thank you all for the support! It means the world to me, to this production!
Here is the Facebook link to donate:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/661785627679930/?fundraiser_source=external_url
OR if you prefer other ways to donate here are the mobile money options we also use:
PAYPAL (select family/friends option)
email:
[email protected]
QUICKPAY WITH ZELLE
Email:
[email protected]
CASH APP
Username: $kepo1
VENMO
Username: @kepo1
Fraternally!
Brother Kevin Powell
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The weather is perfect for kicking back on a Sunday afternoon. Enjoy the sun and socialize with the SF Bay NPHC at Soulful Love's Day Party. Music, bites, games and cool convos. Entry is free, so come, wear your colors and celebrate the end of summer with us.
Celebrate the summer with the Divine 9 at the second annual Black & White Day Party hosted by the SF Bay National Pan Hellenic Council. Join the Alphas, AKAs, Kappas, Ques, Deltas, Sigmas, Zetas, SGRhos and the Iotas for a day of dancing, sipping and socializing!
https://nphcblackandwhite2.eventbrite.com
Greetings brothers: I am reaching out again because I sent an email and DM indicating I would be in town this week for a conference (February 15-18). I would love the opportunity to connect with brothers while I'm in the Bay Area
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