Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc Founder's Day Ceremony at VSU

The Beta Gamma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc will host a Founder's Day Ceremony Today at Virginia State University in Foster Hall Chapel.

Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell university in Ithaca, New York.
The founders, Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy, are collectively known as the "The Seven Jewels."The fraternity expanded when second and third chapters were chartered at Howard University and Virginia Union University in 1907. Beginning in 1908, Alpha Phi Alpha became the prototype for other Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO). Today, there are over 680 active Alpha chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, the West Indies, and the Virgin Islands.

Alpha Phi Alpha evolved into a primarily service organization and has provided leadership and service during the Civil Rights Movement and addresses social issues such as Apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues affecting people of color. The Martian Luther King, Jr National Memorial and World Policy Council are programs of Alpha Phi Alpha, and the fraternity jointly leads philanthropic programming initiatives with March of Dimes, Head Start, Boy Scouts of America and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America.