THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, ROEBUCK, BROWN, BEYER, BUXTON, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DiGIROLAMO, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, KOTIK, MILLARD, PASHINSKI, PAYTON, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 23, 2010

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 23, 2010  

A RESOLUTION

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the charter of the Omicron

Delta Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,

Incorporated.

WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, the first

African-American Greek-lettered organization, was founded by

seven young men in 1906 on the campus of Cornell University

during a historical period when racial intolerance and

discrimination permeated the country; and

WHEREAS, The stated mission of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,

Incorporated is to develop leaders and promote brotherhood and

academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for

our communities; and

WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated has a

membership that exceeds 175,000 initiates and has counted among

its members such distinguished individuals as: the Rev. Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B)

DuBois, the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Mr. Duke Ellington and

Dr. Cornel West; and

WHEREAS, The Omicron Delta Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha

Fraternity, Incorporated was chartered on April 26, 1985, in

Philadelphia by Mr. Selvin L. Gordon, Mr. James B. Harris and

Mr. Howard Burch; and

WHEREAS, The members of the Omicron Delta Lambda chapter of

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated continue to hold the

concepts of brotherhood and fraternity foremost in their minds

and hearts while maintaining the fraternity's role as a positive

force in the Philadelphia community; and

WHEREAS, The Omicron Delta Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha

Fraternity, Incorporated participates in many worthwhile causes

such as Project Alpha; Go To High School, Go To College Program;

Big Brothers/Big Sisters; Boy Scouts of America; Selvin Gordon

Scholarship Fund; March of Dimes Walk; Martin Luther King Day of

Service; Back to School Supply Drive; Adopt-A-Family and A

Voteless People is a Hopeless People; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the

Omicron Delta Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,

Incorporated on the 25th anniversary of its charter.