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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 9, 2014 03:38 PM |
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| From: | Representative Jordan A. Harris |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Resolution Honoring the 100th Anniversary of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity |
| On January 9, 1914, three African-American students at Howard University founded Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. In honor of that event 100 years ago today, I will be introducing a resolution honoring this historic anniversary for Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded by Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Honorable Charles I. Brown. These men had the intention to create an organization to exemplify and uphold the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service. To this end, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was created to be “a part of” rather than “apart from” the general community, and devoted to the “inclusive we” instead of the “exclusive we.” The fraternity’s motto, Culture for Service and Service for Humanity, is further evidence of this purpose. Today, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity has a membership of over 150,000 college-educated men and operates in 675 chapters around the globe, including Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa. The organization has a number of important initiatives, including voter registration (Project Vote), economic empowerment (Project Seed), and mentoring of young men (Sigma Beta Club). In addition, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity has partnered with the American Cancer Society, March of Dimes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Boy Scouts of America, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to address health disparities and educational and developmental challenges facing young males. Please join me in recognizing 100 years of this important fraternal and community institution. |
Introduced as HR1025