Sigma Pi Phi donates $20,000 to the NAACP to help in fight for equality and justice

During its April executive committee meeting in Baltimore, the Grand Boule of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, announced a new strategic alliance to increase its support of NAACP’s work in protecting civil rights. 

The agreement encourages members of the Grand Boule, the nation’s oldest African American Greek lettered fraternity to promote lifetime NAACP memberships among its group, increase organizational participation in civic engagement and “get out the vote” efforts, as well as expanded engagement in activities in support of the NAACP’s strategic plan. 

Additionally, the Northern, Virginia based Beta Nu and Epsilon Zeta-member Boules, presented the Legacy Award, a monetary donation of $20,000, to NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks in support of the organization’s continued fight for equality and justice.

“The NAACP applauds the Grand Boule and the Beta Nu and Epsilon Zeta-member Boules for its gracious donation and continued support of our work as the nation’s leading defender of civil rights for all people. Their commitment to serve as an influential and engaged ally, sets a powerful example for all organizations within our community,” said NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks, also a member of the Boule.

“The nation’s oldest civil right organization and oldest fraternity are developing a strategic alliance to more effectively address issues of people of color. The NAACP stands on the vanguard of issues ranging from discrimination, criminal justice, education, and economic parity, just to mention a few,” said Royce West Chair of the Grand Boule’s Public Policy Committee.“Sigma Pi Phi has men with considerable expertise, experience and influence in many of these areas. The alliance of these organizations will facilitate cooperation on the national, state and local level,” he added.

The Grand Boule, also known as the Boule, is the nation’s first Greek-letter fraternity founded by African American men. The Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity is best known as the Boule, a Greek term meaning “council of noblemen.” Founded in 1904, Sigma Pi Phi is the oldest Greek-letter organization comprised primarily of African-American men. 

The Boule has more than 5,000 members and 119 chapters throughout the United States and the Caribbean. Its membership consists of some of the most accomplished, affluent, and influential men-leaders who are making lasting contributions to their communities, our society, and the world.

Kappa Alpha Psi backs its brother Gonzalo P. Curiel against Trump

I'm sure by now that you have read or heard about Donald Trump's racist attacks against Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel. Whay you may not have heard and may not know is that Curiel is a member of the black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi. Thomas L. Battles, Jr. the Grand Polemarch has released the following statement backing their brother.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is proud to acknowledge that The Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel is a member of the Fraternity having been initiated at the Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, at Indiana University Bloomington, where in 1911, undergraduate student Elder Watson Diggs,and 9 other bold men founded the organization.

Judge Curiel is a highly regarded jurist whose distinguished academic and professional career personifies Kappa Alpha Psi's founding motto: "Achievement in Every Field of Human Endeavor." Judge Curiel, like Johnny Cochran, Earl B Dickerson and many others before him, continues to serve this nation as judges, lawyers, and supporters of the constitution.

Headquartered in Philadelphia PA, Kappa Alpha Psi is an international historically Black Greek-lettered Organization. Having been founded in an era of Jim Crow and racial segregation, Kappa Alpha Psi's 10 Founders took great pains to make sure no man would ever be excluded from membership into the fraternity due to his religion, color, creed or national origin. In fact, today Kappa Alpha Psi enjoys a diverse membership of high achieving men from all backgrounds with chapters in Germany, The Republic of Korea, Japan, and throughout Africa.

Kappa Alpha Psi stands firmly against the practice of judging a man solely by his race, creed, or national origin. We believe all Americans are entitled to the freedoms afforded by the Constitution without regards to race. Our fraternity will continue to oppose all forms of racism and rebuke those who promote this evil.

Yours in the Bond,

Thomas L. Battles, Jr.
Grand Polemarch

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