HQ Basement Historical Repository
I am sure many have seen this document and photos. It is sad what our elected officers try to hide from the Bros. This has been going on since the late 80′s. Tri-Sigma has offered to come down and clean up several times. The Board has always refused their offer.
However, they still wonder why we went to Kansas State University and why Bros. will not leave their collections with the Fraternity. They could care less about the history, but will throw the boxes of hitorical items on top of those in the photo.
“And our once beloved SIGMA has been reduced to a hustling whore selling little shiny pieces of recognition glass to niggas so desperate and so depraved that buying recognition is their only way of getting some. And it ain’t even about recognition, it’s a straight up money hustle, like a whore on a john…”
Pass this on to all Bros. on your e-mail list and discuss at next chapter meeting.
Brothers, I have been preaching it for years now, “TIME TO TAKE BACK THE FRATERNITY. WE OWE IT TO TAYLOR, MORSE AND BROWN.” Are you with me now???
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Preserving our history
this email came across my inbox today
Salam Aleykum and Hotep Brothers:
I was totally moved and inspired by the experience at Kansas State University. Words can not describe the way it uplifted and rejuvenated my spirit. They truly rolled out the carpet and treated us like Nubian Kings. More great things will be uncovered from the KSU experience, which I hope will become the new Mecca of Sigma.
It’s unfortunate that the Kansas State Director, the other General Board Members, and our self-serving National President Paul Griffin tried to sabotage the Charles I. Brown Symposium. These individuals will never understand the importance of history, because they have never been taught and have missed the critical period of their development to learn history. Growing up as a child in Somalia, my family made sure I understood the importance of preserving my own family history.
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Adam Where Art Thou?
bro. dwayne thomas has shared with us another lost Crescent submission about the Sigma Beta Club. thank you for sharing, Frat.
Genesis 3:9 records God asking the question – Adam Where Art Thou? God knew where Adam was but wanted to know where was his heart. Where was his commitment? Where was he in relationship with Him? Today thousands of years later God is asking the same question to the men of this nation, state, city and certainly the men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; Adam where art thou? Many of us have asked a similar question of ourselves. If not this question many of us have silently asked these questions: What is manhood? Chronologically I am what society says is a man but –What is a man? No man ever took time to teach me anything about manhood therefore I find myself a boy trapped in an oversized body. The little boy in me wants to grow up but doesn’t know how. Now I am married but – What is marriage? What I saw in my family was certainly dysfunctional and as a result most of the marriages ended in divorce. I now have children but ask myself – What is a father? Dad was never home. He was always in the street and/or working long hours to “ameliorate” my life. I am told now I have to provide for my children, but What is a provider? Through all of these questions and the chaos of life I find God. I join the local church and as a member of the church I am told it is perfectly okay to show emotion but isn’t that a sign of weakness? Moreover I am now called a Man of God but I am still struggling with the original question of What is a Man. My brother, I feel your pain. Certainly, these and many other questions I have had. What about our boys and young men? Do we allow them to have these same questions?
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Who’s to Blame?
today’s post comes to you via bro. dwayne thomas. last week, he posted a comment in which he included the following Crescent submission, which didn’t make the cut. i thought i’d pull it out of the comments and bring it up front and center to share with all. enjoy.
I have witnessed African boys who at the age of 16 were at the top of their class maintaining A averages and excelling outside the classroom in sports, music and other extra curricula activities. While I have seen this up close, many within the African American community have never witnessed boys in their community excel to great heights. Achievement is replaced by despair.
In five years of teaching and mentoring young men in the Sigma Beta Club, the youth affiliate group of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. I have seen young men literally change their lives from one of crime, drug abuse, and an overall menace to society to becoming law abiding young men in college studying education, social work, physics, english and physics.
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Western Region Newsletter
from bro. rafael matos, western regional secretary:
Thank you for your patience. I had to take for myself the past couple of months to complete my degree, take vacation, move to my new place and transition into my new job. So, to those of you who were patient and supportive, I would like say thank you!
Attached you will find the Western Region Newsletter for July 2006. Please note that there will be another newsletter printed for August, and from there we will go into a bi-monthly schedule (that’s every two months). The August edition will be out on the 15th.
After the August version, the deadline to make submissions will be the 21st of the previous month; so for the October edition, the deadline is September 21st. If for some reason you cannot make this deadline, please contact me and we will see what can be done.
In order to keep printing cost and postage cost down, we are asking borthers to please forward the newsletter electronically to everyone in your Chapter. In the event a Brother wants a hardcopy, please help the Region out by printing it out for that Brother.
Everything concerning the Regional Newsletter should be sent to SigmaWestNews@aol.com.
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