84 TH GRAND CHAPTER MEETING: NATIONAL GUIDE RIGHT STUDENT LEADERSHIP FORUM
Led by National Guide Right Chairman Kevin L. Burnett, brothers from around the country gave selflessly of their time to inspire the minds of Kappa Leaders during the National Guide Right Student Leadership Forum.
Kappa Alpha Psi ® Foundation President Brother Michael DuBose declared that “town halls such as this must be a prior- ity of Kappa Alpha Psi and a priority to fund by the Kappa Alpha Psi Founda- tion. The challenges that our young boys and men face in education, health and mental health are many and we must continue to do all that we can to support these initiatives in our chapters and communities.” Executive Director for the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation, Brother L’Mani S. Viney, indicated “it is important, when we hold town halls such as this, that we give our youth the platform to speak and tell their truths. Far too often the adults dominate and the youth become the third person. When our young men speak, as they did today, it places the challenges that they deal with at the center of gravity and we must con- front those challenges in a first person narrative. A narrative that is real and unflinching.”
the invocation. Brother Doug Scarbor provided an overview of Guide Right & Student of the Year by followed by the Collegiate and High School Competi- tion. The event concluded with the National Guide Right Student Leadership Forum award presentations by Brother Terry Ward. Additionally, the presentation of the Student of the Year Awards featured Brother Draon Glenn who presented the Collegiate Student of the Year presen- tations followed by Brother Jermaine Murry who presented the High School Student of the Year Awards presenta- tions. Lastly, the program concluded with acknowledgment & remarks by our National Guide Right Chairman Brother Kevin Burnett and the final closing remarks by Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Battles, Jr.
Guide Right Town Hall included Brother Darian D. Hall, a fall 2001 initiate of the Arizona State Universi- ty Chapter, the Gamma Iota of Kappa Alpha Psi and he serves as the owner and founder of HealHaus in New York City; Brother LaShante A. Keys, a fall 2000 initiate of the St. Peters- burg (FL) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi and he serves as the South- ern Province Guide Right Chairman and Brother Dr. Samuel Odom, a fall 1993 initiate of the Dillard University Chapter, the Beta Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi and he serves as the Health & Wellness Chairman- Southwestern Province & a Member-at-Large of the Military and Veterans Affairs Com- mission (MVAC). Penultimately, the National Guide Right Student of the Year Competi- tion presented several awards to Kappa Leaguers during the program. Brother John Marshall Jones wel- comed those gathered to the competi- tion. Brother Oscar Neely provided
Written by: Dr. Samuel Odom, Ph.D. and Kevin L. Burnett, National Guide Right Chairman
Mental health panelist for the National
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