more 2005 Conclave pics

i just uploaded about 500 pics from the 2005 Conclave in universal city, courtesy of bro. willard hutt, eastern regional director of publicity. you can hit the Flickr badge or click here. he sent me a bunch more from other events that i’ll be posting later this week. enjoy.

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. … Read moreHappy Founders’ Day