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 inter-
national communities, maintaining a commitment to the 
betterment of mankind, and enriching the lives of colle-
giate 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. Ed-
monds; 
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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 avail-
able 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-Amer-
ican 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 na-
tional conventions; 
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has a partnership with Memphis- 
based 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 polit-
ical 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 edu-
cation 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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