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hosting provider finally hooked me up with a word press upgrade. i’d been too chicken to upgrade it myself because i nuked the last blog i tried to do that with. but now that i’m upgraded, i can try out the latest themes and widgets. how’s this one?

Sigma History Conference Update

Special Guest: Adrienne Walker-Hoard
Be in attendance as Adrienne, the grand-daughter of our 1st initiate, Brother A.M. Walker, tells what life was like living with her grand-father. Hear her personal accounts of Brother Walker as a family member, educator, and Fraternity man.  Adrienne has agreed to share her personal family photographs of Brother Walker…and she is even bringing his Fraternity Pin!

Featuring: The Sigma Museum
Crescent magazines, Conclave Journals, Conclave Group photographs, Rare pictures, documents and letters, very rare autographs of Sigma Giants, and so much more! Come see the rarest and most valuable Sigma artifact to date – An original membership certificate dated May 4th, 1914 !!!!

Presentations:

The Origin of Phi Beta Sigma: Founders, Charter members, and 1st initiates
Where was A.L. Taylor from, and what was so interesting about his family? Who were the men named W.E. Tibbs, J.A. Franklin, T.L. Alston, T. Steward Langston, E.T. Alexander, Walter E. Ricks, A.M. Walker, Thomas H. McCormick, etc. What did they do after college that was so significant?

Charles I. Brown
“Why haven’t we found him?” Witness a presentation that details the mystery behind our Co-Founder. See the personal and government documents that have motivated our Brothers and Historians who are continuously searching for Founder Brown.

Honoring Sigma Giants: William E.  Doar and Lucius Young
This presentation details first-hand accounts of these two vital and influential Sigma giants. See how their life dedication to the Fraternity has inspired the Brotherhood to continue working hard for “the Cause”.

There will also be a raffle that benefits our Alumni chapter’s annual 12 for 12 Thanksgiving Dinner giveaway. Items to be raffled off will consist of rare Sigma Historical items and autographed sports memorabilia items from famous Sigma athletes…past, present, and future!

Attendance space is limited. Registration has been capped at 600 Brothers. This is an event you will NOT want to miss!!!

Registration, hotel, and updated conference information is available at FloridaSigmas.com.

For any questions, please contact: Mallet
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RIP Hon. R.O. Sutton

earlier today, bro “jdreeves” posted the following on thecause1914:

It is with great sadness that I must report that our former oldest living National President, The Honorable Brother R.O. Sutton passed away at approximately 5:00 p.m. this evening. Please join me in prayer for his family and those of us who loved him in Sigma. Of course no arrangements have been made at this time.

i had the pleasure of meeting the honorable bro. sutton at his banquet in atlanta in 2005. during the roll call of past presidents, he single handedly energized the entire room. while every other past president responded with a business-like “here” when called, bro. sutton let out an exuberant “HERE” when his name was called. after the banquet, i stood nearby waiting my turn to shake his hand and spend a few moments one on one honoring bro. sutton amazed at the individual attention he gave to each brother, old and young, coming to congratulate him. i’m glad i had those precious moments to share with this Sigma giant.

bro. mallet provided this article from the spring 1960 crescent magazine

free chapter site hosting on bluephi.net

i threw this out a while ago on thecause1914, but didn’t get much response. i really feel this is a service the folks running pbs1914.org should offer and with Yahoo!’s recent announcement to close their free Geocities hosting service by October, i know quite a few of you may be looking to relocate your chapter sites elsewhere. so here’s the deal, i’ll host your chapter site free of charge. all i ask of you is a link back to bluephi.net. i’ll give you your own subdomain: chapter.bluephi.net. we’ll have to talk specifics about who’s got access and how much you’ll be able to update on your own. if you’re interested, hit me up.