N. Calif. Fall Cluster Meeting

bro. reginald paul, northern california state director, sent out this notification a while ago regarding next saturday’s cluster meeting. it’s mandatory for all chapter officers and recommended for all financial members. The 2006 Northern California Cluster Spring Meeting California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA North Science Building room 125 Saturday, October 7th, 9:30am sharp. … Read moreN. Calif. Fall Cluster Meeting

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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