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Presented by Ms. Carlisle
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WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated will be participating in the 74th Great Lakes Regional Conference on Thursday, April 28, 2005 through Monday, May 1, 2005 at the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, since it's founding in 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and color around the world and is, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
WHEREAS, Founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders, known as the "Jewels" of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelly, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy; and
WHEREAS, the fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice, both educationally and socially, at Cornell. The Jewel founders and early leaders of the Fraternity succeeded in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha's principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity; and
WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha has long stood at the forefront of the African-American community's fight for civil rights through leaders such as: W.E.B. Dubois, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Edward Brooke, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Andrew Young, William Gray, Paul Robeson, and may others.
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Pittsburgh City Council recognizes and commends Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated for the ongoing commitment to eliminate education, economics, political and social injustice and improving the quality of life locally and internationally.