first off, i must apologize for not posting this earlier. bro. tracy morris is doing a fantastic job in the western region communicating various chapter activities. if not for his hard work, i wouldn’t be able to share stories like this.
The Brothers of the Lambda Iota Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. aided in sponsoring the Urban League by participating in its 2008 Urban League Golf Classic which was held on Friday, May 2nd, 2008 at the beautiful Sycuan Resort and Golf Course. The Urban League of San Diego County is a non-profit, non-partisan, civil rights, and community based that serves San Diego County. Primarily working with Black and other and other ethnic communities. The Urban League works to close the equality gap for all people at all economic levels and various stages of life giving people an opportunity to give back as volunteers.
Two programs benefiting from 2008 Urban League Golf Classic are the “21st Century Youth Leadership Academy??? and the “Urban Scholarship Fund???.
The 21st Century Youth Leadership Academy
The 21st Century Youth Leadership Academy, through innovative skill building exercises, tries to improve the education outcomes for urban youth. The Academy’s goals are to empower students to organize board meetings, social action projects, develop public speaking skills, prepare for college and careers by listening to guest speakers from various colleges and professions and receive interactive lesson plans in financial education, entrepreneurship, and social justice.
Urban Scholarship Fund
Scholarships are awarded to deserving students pursuing college. Scholarship applicants are encouraged to achieve a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale, attend an accredited two or four year college as a full time student beginning in the Fall of 2008, exhibit a financial need , and demonstrate a strong commitment to civic participation through involvement in school, work, and community activities. Additional application points will be given to students enrolled in the Urban League’s Youth Leadership Academy. Scholarship recipients are partnered with a carefully selected mentor until the completion of their college degree. In addition, students, funders, and mentors are encouraged to participate in periodic evaluations examining the scope of effective services.
The Brother of LIS are proud to have had this wonderful opportunity to take part in this most charitable event and are looking forward to a continuing to develop a fruitful relationship with The San Diego urban League. Phi Beta Sigma is a historically black fraternity founded in 1914. The fraternity strives toward its founders’ ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service to the community. From its inception, the original Founders, A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown, conceived Phi Beta Sigma as a mechanism to deliver services to the general community. Rather than gaining skills to be utilized exclusively for themselves or their families, the founders held a deep conviction they should return their newly acquired skills to the communities from which they had come. This deep conviction is mirrored in the Fraternity’s motto, “Culture for Service and Service for Humanity”. For more information on Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity please visit our National website or San Diego Chapters’ website.