![]() Guy Levis Grant, Edward Giles Irvin, and Sgt. Marcus Peter Blakemore, Paul Waymond Caine, George Wesley Edmonds, Dr. are: Elder Watson Diggs, more affectionately known as 'The Dreamer', Dr. The founders of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Kappa Alpha Psi celebrated its 100th anniversary on Januone of four African American intercollegiate fraternities to do so. The fraternity is the oldest predominantly African American Greek-letter organization founded west of the Appalachian Mountains still in existence, and is known for its "cane stepping" in NPHC organized step shows. Kappa Alpha Psi is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors programs providing community service, social welfare and academic scholarship through the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation and is a supporter of the United Negro College Fund and Habitat for Humanity. The current editor of the magazine is Earl T. The former editor of the magazine was Jonathan Hicks. Summers was the magazine's first editor and later became the Fourteenth Grand Polemarch. The Journal is published four times a year in February, April, October and December. The Kappa Alpha Psi Journal has been the official magazine of the fraternity since 1914. The fraternity has many notable members recognized as leaders in the arts, athletics, business, Civil Rights, education, government, and science sectors at the local, national and international level. The president of the national fraternity is known as the Grand Polemarch, who assigns a Province Polemarch for each of the twelve provinces (regions) of the nation. The fraternity has over 160,000 members with 721 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the United States, and international chapters in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, United States Virgin Islands, Nigeria, South Africa, the Dominican Republic, and The Bahamas. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911, at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never restricted membership on the basis of color, creed or national origin though membership traditionally is dominated by those of African heritage. ( ΚΑΨ) is a historically African American fraternity. To provide an inter-fraternal family of caring brothers and sisters who accept and respect all, who strive for life-long unity.International hstorically African American collegiate fraternity Kappa Alpha PsiĪchievement in Every Field of Human Endeavor.To facilitate cultural awareness and diversity amongst all social Greek-letter organizations.To demonstrate involvement through community engagement, civic relations, service and philanthropic endeavors locally, nationally, and internationally.To empower our organizations and members to reach their full potential by providing them with opportunities for academic achievement, personal growth, and co-curricular involvement.To challenge our organizations and members to live by the rituals and values of each organization.Through the values and standards that bind us to our respective organizations, Greek community, and university, we are committed to strengthening our membership through personal growth, scholarship, and service. Greek Life is committed to the fulfillment of the following core values: personal growth, community engagement, brotherhood/sisterhood, scholarship and lifelong involvement. Greek Life cultivates a community based upon academic and personal success, culture, friendship, history, and tradition. The mission of Greek Life at the University of New Haven is to enhance the personal development of its members through involvement in social Greek-letter fraternities and sororities, in accordance with the mission of the university. Mission of the University of New Haven's Greek Life Program
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