JUNIOR GRAND VICE POLEMARCH'S MESSAGE
Christopher Cross, Junior Grand Vice Polemarch, left with members of the Kappas on Capitol Hill delegation after a successful policy discussion.
Brothers All:
B elow are the major initiatives of Province Vice Polemarchs (JVPs), as we seek to Leave a Legacy and Build a Fu- ture for those who come behind us. the Undergraduate Grand Chapter Officers and the Council of Junior • All undergraduate chapters should raise $300.00 dollars to donate to the Kappa Foundation for disaster relief OR donate items totaling to $300.00 worth or more to area affected chapters • Provinces should commit at least one weekend of community service throughout the 2017-2018 school year to affected areas St. Jude’s Research Hospita l • Undergraduates in each province col- lectively should raise $1,000.00 for St. Jude • Chapters should increase Sunday of Hope donations by 10% of the previous year Hurricane Harvey/Irma Relief
• Each chapter should include a fund- raiser for St. Jude Greeks Learning to Avoid Debt • Each chapter should include finan- cial literary event in their Kappa Week • Implementation of financial literacy training should occur in every Province’s C Rodger Wilson Leadership Confer- ences • Partner with Regions Bank and NPHC to host events on student loans, debt reduction, credit cards, etc. • Undergraduate chapters should col- laborate with advising alumni chapters and respective alumni associations to establish a rainy day funds for the undergraduate chapters Mental Health Awareness • Undergraduate chapters imple- ment at least one mental health forum throughout the school year where some- one from the mental health field speak on the importance of mental health awareness, specifically targeted for the
Black community • Include mental health awareness in the Healthy Kappas Healthy Communi- ties Initiative • Educate MTA candidates on the ef- fects hazing has on mental health Kappa Kamp • Each undergraduate chapter should collaborate with advising alumni chap- ter to send one kid to Kappa Kamp • Each Province should sponsor at least three (3) undergraduate brothers to volunteer/intern at Kappa Kamp If we focus our collective effort in these areas, we will see a measurable, scale- able impact in our respective communi- ties, in our Provinces and across Kappa Land.
Yours in the Bond,
Christopher Cross Junior Grand Vice Polemarch
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