H. Res. 659 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
October 13, 2009. 
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; 
Whereas the founders of Kappa Alpha Psi were young men 
who possessed the imagination, ambition, courage, and 
determination to defy custom in pursuit of college edu-
cations and careers during an oppressive time in Amer-
ican history for African-Americans; 
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi stressed the importance of 
achievement in seeking to set the sights of African-Amer-
ican youth on accomplishments greater than those they 
otherwise would have imagined or realized; 
Whereas, since its founding, Kappa Alpha Psi has matured 
to an organization of over 150,000 college-trained men; 
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi’s undergraduate chapters are lo-
cated on more than 360 college and university campuses 
and its alumni chapters are located in 347 cities in the 
United States and 5 foreign countries;
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Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has a partnership with Habitat for 
Humanity and builds a home for a local family in con-
junction with each of its biennial conventions; 
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has a partnership with Memphis- 
based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 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 Nation’s 
capitol designed to increase its members’ awareness of 
the political process through workshops, seminars, and 
lectures; 
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 Nation 
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; 
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi’s chapters nationwide regularly 
participate in its Holiday Food Drive, provides food,
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clothing, and toys to low income citizens in many metro-
politan and rural communities throughout the Nation; 
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 busi-
ness, education, government, the humanities, arts and en-
tertainment, science, and medicine to become better serv-
ant leaders for their respective families and communities, 
the Nation, and the fraternity at large; and 
Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., will hold its 79th 
Grand Chapter Meeting in Washington, DC, August 4 
through August 9, 2009: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratu-
lates Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on 98 years of serv-
ing local communities and enriching the lives of collegiate 
men throughout the Nation. 
Attest: 
Clerk.