IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1778 

Congratulating Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2010 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CLAY, Mr. HASTINGS

of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, and Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 

and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

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


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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 where such opportunities were not broadly available for African-Americans; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has since its founding stressed 

high ideals and the importance of achievement in every 

field of human endeavor by instilling into African-American youth the noble accomplishment of providing greater 

service to others and training its members to become a 

positive influence on their communities and the society at 

large; 

Whereas, since its founding, Kappa Alpha Psi has matured 

to an organization of over 150,000 college-trained men, 

with undergraduate chapters located on more than 360 

college and university campuses and alumni chapters in 

more than 340 cities in the United States and 5 foreign 

countries; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi hosts a biennial Undergraduate 

Leadership Institute, a comprehensive training and skills 

enhancement program for the fraternity’s top student 

leaders to aspire them to become positive role models and 

aspire to serve for the good of society; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has maintained a partnership with 

Habitat for Humanity and assists in building a home for 

a local family in conjunction with each of its biennial national conventions; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has a partnership with Memphisbased St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has 


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with the help of the local community and churches been 

able to raise more than $1,000,000 for the continuation 

of St. Jude’s mission 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 Washington, 

DC, designed to increase member awareness of the political process through workshops, seminars, and lectures, 

as well as inform its members on the importance of the 

political process in bettering society; 

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 United 

States 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 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 Kappa Alpha Psi’s oldest formal program, its Holiday Food Drive, provides food, clothing, and toys to 

thousands of low-income citizens in many metropolitan 

and rural communities throughout the United States; 

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 United States, and the fraternity at large; 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has ongoing partnerships with the 

United Negro College Fund (UNCF), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 

and the National Urban League (NUL); 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi provides support to the National 

Education Association (NEA), National Association of 

State Boards of Education (NASBE), Association of 

Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA), North-American 

Interfraternity Conference (NIC), and the National PanHellenic Council (NPHC); and 

Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 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 House of Representatives con2 gratulates Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on 100 years 

3 of serving local communities and enriching the lives of col4 legiate men throughout the United States. 

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