Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha
ΑΦΑ
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Org Founded:	1906 at Cornell
CU Chapter:	Eta
Chapter Established:	June 5, 1909
Motto:	"First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All"
Symbol(s):	Great Sphinx of Giza
House:	None
Recognition:	MGC
Contact:	sonsofeta.aphia@gmail.com

Alpha Phi Alpha is an African-American-interest fraternity recognized under the Multicultural Greek Council. Columbia is home to the organization's Eta Chapter.

Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders, known as the “Jewels” of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy.

Alpha Phi Alpha Service & Philanthropy

Alpha Phi Alpha works to addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues of interest to people of color. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial and World Policy Council are programs of Alpha Phi Alpha. The brotherhood also conducts philanthropic programming initiatives with March of Dimes, Head Start, Boy Scouts of America, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.