JOURNAL NOTES
Celebrating Achievement
A chievement is the cornerstone of celebrating our founding on January 5, 1911, otherwise known as J5. Achievement is also the basis for the members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., to celebrate every day of the year. As we consider Kappa Alpha Psi’s five objectives—uniting men of honor, culture, and patriotism; encouraging honorable achievement; promoting the welfare of members; supporting colleges and universities; and inspir- ing public service—it gives us great satisfaction in this issue to showcase the 2024 Leadership Summit that occurred during the National Founders’ Day observance and some of the entrepre- neurs who represent these objectives. The 2024 Leadership Summit Retired Fortune 500 executives and generals in the U.S. Armed Forces, C-Suite leaders and members of boards of directors, academics, motivational speakers, clergy, authors and physicians of various disciplines gathered for four days to share their wisdom during the 2024 Leadership Summit hosted by Grand Polemarch Jimmy McMikle. The summit grounded the hundreds of leaders in Kappa Alpha Psi with visionary and pragmatic approaches to interper- sonal and organizational leadership. This regular, intensive training has become a hallmark of the 35th Administration and resonates well
beyond National Founders’ Day Weekend. The Spirits Industry As we look to achievement in the industries… we turn our attention during this celebratory issue to the
front of this issue. The Yo A symbol
spirits industry. Diggs Boys, General Orders No. 3, Henderson Spir- its, LumiereVodka, and the brothers behind these iconic brands are all members of Kappa Alpha Psi. Some begin on college campuses. Others are inspired by culture. While each story is unique, each shares the tenets studied during the 2024 Leadership Summit chronicled in this issue and is evident in each of us as Kappamen. Featured also are Darryl Hill Jr. (Kappa Beta 2018) and Havier Hill Roller (Chi 2017), who are the epit- ome of meeting the moment on some of the world’s biggest stages: Super Bowl LVIII and Keshaun J. Harris (Sigma 2022) and Jerome B. Nichols (Sigma 2022) 2023 NCAAF National Champions. A word about the cover, Journal photographer Gregory Williams took this photo during National Founders’ Day. Brothers from across Kappaland were traveling together. Months later, Creative Director Ali Burke had the vision to enshrine this moment on the
of achievement, rec- ognized everywhere, reflective of our common bond of fraternity is
immortalized on the cover of this issue of The Kappa Alpha Psi Journal , a la December 1985, LXXI No. 4, when 6th Editor Jonathan P. Hicks presided. There was much discussion about that cover. In that cover story, it ends with Keith T. Clinkscales (Alpha Xi 1983), then-Polemarch of the Florida A&M University Chapter, the Alpha Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi, remarking, “A lot of guys come out to practice, and others come to watch. You wind up talking, maybe singing a couple of songs. You’re spending time with each other. That’s the wonderful part. We hope you see his sentiment evident in this issue as well.
Yours in the Bond,
Cleveland Ferguson III, Esq. Editor, The Kappa Alpha Psi Journal
6 THE JOURNAL ♦ WINTER 2023-2024
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