Men of Sigma March On
King Day 2006: “Realizing the Dream: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond” Kappa Delta Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc and the City of Inglewood celebrate the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. Kappa Delta Sigma Chapter, Southern California’s Alumnus Chapter, of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and the City of Inglewood will recount the numerous contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at its annual march and ecumenical service on Saturday, January 14, 2006. This year the Southern California brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and City will kick-off its King Day celebration with a rousing ecumenical service at 9:00 a.m. in the sanctuary at The Tabernacle at Faithful Central Bible Church located at 321 N. Eucalyptus Avenue in Inglewood, California. Immediately following the special service, over a thousand marchers will take to the streets to reenact, in a tribute to Dr. King, the symbolic marches of the 1960’s. (continued…)
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Founder’s Day 2006
i received the following email yesterday from Brother Todd le Bon. it had a distribution list which included former and current regional/national officers, including Bro. Greville French (Eastern Regional Director), Bro. Brandon Wallace (International 2nd Vice President), and Bro. Paul Griffin (32nd International President). it’s an eye-opening, honest look at the current state of our organization.
My Brothers,
Today should be a day of celebration for 92 years of “Culture for Service and Service for Humanity”. A day to champion the wonderful work the international organization of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has done over the past year. To reflect on the strides made over close to 100 years of hard work and monumental contributions to those communities we promised to serve back in 1914. Don’t believe the hype.
When it gets down to it, we have nothing to rejoice about this year, or for the past few decades. The Fraternity is crippled by those wanting titles to feel important and feed their egos. They are willing to sacrifice the principles of this Fraternity to reach their personal goals. The cancer existing within Sigma has continued to grow and tear down that which our beloved Founders, and a host of others, have built. The Sigma once standing on a solid foundation and making a difference against astronomical odds is dead. In its place is a mess of an organization on shaky ground and not far from total destruction.
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Happy Founders’ Day
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students. The founders, Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Honorable Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would truly exemplify the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service.
The founders deeply wished to create an organization that viewed itself as “a part of” the general community rather than “apart from” the general community. They believed that each potential member should be judged by his own merits rather than his family background or affluence…without regard of race, nationality, skin tone or texture of hair. They wished and wanted their fraternity to exist as part of even a greater brotherhood which would be devoted to the “inclusive we” rather than the “exclusive we”.
From its inception, the Founders also conceived Phi Beta Sigma as a mechanism to deliver services to the general community. Rather than gaining skills to be utilized exclusively for themselves and their immediate families, the founders of Phi Beta Sigma held a deep conviction that they should return their newly acquired skills to the communities from which they had come. This deep conviction was mirrored in the Fraternity’s motto, “Culture For Service and Service For Humanity“
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Kentucky Celebrating Founders’ Month
Please mark your calendar for Saturday, January 14, 2006
Founders Celebration
Open to Sigmas and Zetas Only
Saint Augustine Church
5pm
All Brothers are requested to wear Dark Suits, White Shirts and White Neck Ties
Followed By Family and Community Reception
Open to the Public
Saint Augustine Community Center and Parish Hall
6:30 PM
We are expecting over 100 Sigmas from across the State to Join us to Celebrate Our Founders!
Please make sure you personally invite and follow up with at least 3 other Sigmas to participate.
Please personally invite 3 Sisters of Zeta
Please feel free to invite Family and Friends and Other Greeks to Reception
Founders’ Celebration Sponsored By
Louisville Alumni and Louisville Metro Collegiate Chapters
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