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Greek council celebrates 86th Founders Day SPECIAL TO THg CHRONICLE More than 100 mem bers of the Winston Salem/Forsyth County Greek-Letter Organizations were decked out their respective organization colors for the National Pan Hellenic Council 86th Anniversary on Sunday, May 15. The observance began with worship service at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 1317 North Cherry St., where Rev. Dr. Lester Boyd is the Pastor. An Awards Program for Outstanding Community Service fol lowed in the church's Fellowship Hall. During the program, the audience participated in a Litany of Remembrance and Rededication reading during which members pledged devotion to the community and swore an oath of allegiance to the principles of service, edu cation, community and uplift. Reginald D. McCaskill is the Council president. During his address, he stat ed, "We are all sisters and brothers but with different colors." The different organiza tions of the council select ed members to be honored for their community serv ice contributions. The 2016 awardees were Alvin Howard, Carolyn Parker, Dr. Mesia Steed, Moses Lucas, Carlisa Galloway, Sonja Samuels, Cornelius Flood, Telena Weeks, Willie Conner and the Nu Tau Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. An upcoming event of the local National Pan Hellenic Council chapter includes the awarding of academic scholarships on Friday, May 27, at the Winston Salem Prep Academy Awards Day Program. The chapter also awarded aca demic scholarships during the West Forsyth High School Awards Day Program on Wednesday, May 25 and helped with a Habitat for Humanity Build ? on Saturday, May 21. The National Pan Hellenic Council is a col laborative organization of nine historically African American, international Greek-lettered fraternities and sororities. The NPHC was formed as a permanent organization on May 10, 1930, on the campus of Howard University, in Washington, D.C. The NPHC was incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois in 1937. The theme for the coun cil is. "One NPHC: Ensuring Excellence of Our Members and Community through Education, Collaboration and Advocacy." The NPHC Founders Day Committee consisted of members Magalie Yacinthe, Shamale Wiggins, Norman Sanders, R^y Robinson, Iman Moore, Neisha Daniels, Clevell Roseboro, Emory Jones and Reginald McCaskill. suominea pnoro Members of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Greek-Letter Organizations wore their respective organiza tion colors for the National Pan-Hellenic Council 86th Anniversary on Sunday, May 15 held at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. k . . The Divine Nine gathers for first joint Legislative Day SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE RALEIGH ?Members of the nation's nine black Greek lettered sororities and fraternities gathered to discuss issues and legisla tive priorities and policy with members of the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory. The focus of the day, "A Call to A.C.T.I.O.N. (Advocate, Communicate, Train, Influence, Organize and Network)," included discussions focused on voter education, voter sup pression and support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Topics related to HBCUs in North Carolina include the N.C. Guaranteed Admissions Program, or NCGAP, and the newly introduced the Access to Affordable College Education Act, Senate Bill 873. ' National and regional leaders of the nine organi zations - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. - participated in the day-long event on Wednesday, May 18, that calls attention to the group's advocacy, public policy and service mis sions. More than 500 mem bers participated in an opening .session at the Governor's Mansion in Raleigh, followed by a panel dialogue featuring N.C. House of Representative Minority Leader Larry Hall and Andrea Harris, executive director of North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, among other panelists. The Sixth District is comprised of all graduate and undergraduate chapters in North and South Carolina. Worldwide, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. has over 700 chapters throughout the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Korea, Japan, Liberia, Germany, Kuwait and the United Kingdom. There are many notable Omega Men recog nized as leaders in a myriad of fields including arts and sciences, academia, profes sional sports, business, civil rights, education, mil itary, and government at the local, national and international levels. Omega Psi. Phi Fraternity Inc. was founded in 1911 at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and is the oldest black Greek letter fraterni ty founded at a historically black college or university. WW WH JULY 11 -14,201b 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM $100
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