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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 221 

Congratulating Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on reaching 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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 29, 2011 

Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

LUGAR, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, 

Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mrs. HAGAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Ms. STABENOW, and 

Ms. CANTWELL) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 

and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on reaching 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, at 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; 


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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 in which such opportunities were not broadly 

available to African-Americans; 

Whereas since its founding Kappa Alpha Psi has stressed 

high ideals and the importance of achievement in every 

field of human endeavor by instilling in African-American 

youth the noble aspiration of serving others and by training its members to positively influence their communities 

and society; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi membership has grown to include 

more than 150,000 college-educated men, with undergraduate chapters located on more than 360 college and 

university campuses and with alumni chapters located in 

more than 340 cities in the United States and in 5 foreign countries; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi hosts a biennial Undergraduate 

Leadership Institute, a comprehensive training- and 

skills-enhancement program for the top student leaders of 

Kappa Alpha Psi, to inspire them to become positive role 

models and to serve the good of society; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi partners with Habitat for Humanity and assists in building homes for local families in conjunction with each of its biennial national conventions; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi partners with St. Jude Children’s 

Research Hospital, based in Memphis, Tennessee, and, 

with the help of local communities and churches, has 


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raised more than $1,000,000 for the continuation of the 

mission of that hospital; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi designated St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as the primary benefactor of its national 

fundraising efforts; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors Kappas on Capitol Hill, 

a 4-day conference in Washington, District of Columbia, 

that seeks to increase member awareness of the political 

process through workshops, seminars, and lectures, and 

that seeks to inform its members of the importance of 

the political process in bettering society; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi emphasizes financial literacy in its 

community-based outreach by partnering with the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the National 

Foundation for Credit Counseling, and the National PanHellenic Council to implement 2 major programs, Credit 

Abuse Resistance Education and Greeks Learning to 

Avoid Debt; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi, through its Kappa League and 

National Guide Right programs, matches thousands of 

at-risk youths throughout the United States with role 

models and mentors that encourage the youths to positively contribute to and become leaders in their communities; 

Whereas, since 1990, the Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Scholarship Fund has provided scholarship grants to more than 

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; 


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Whereas the oldest formal program of Kappa Alpha Psi, the 

Holiday Food Drive, provides food, clothing, and toys to 

thousands of low income individuals in many metropolitan and rural communities throughout the United States; 

Whereas the national theme of Kappa Alpha Psi, ‘‘One 

Kappa, Creating Inspiration: A Call to Service’’, has mobilized Kappa Alpha Psi members across the United 

States who are leaders in business, education, government, the humanities, arts and entertainment, science, 

and medicine to become better servant leaders for their 

families and communities, the United States, and the fraternity at large; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi partners with the United Negro 

College Fund, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the National Urban League; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi supports the National Education 

Association, the National Association of State Boards of 

Education, the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, the North-American Interfraternity Conference, and 

the National Pan-Hellenic Council; and 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 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 

1 Resolved, That the Senate congratulates Kappa Alpha 

2 Psi Fraternity, Inc., on 100 years of serving local commu3 nities and enriching the lives of collegiate men throughout 

4 the United States. 

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