JOURNAL NOTES
84 th Grand Chapter Meeting Features Recognition of Servant-Leadership, Mentorship, Scholarship and Transition in the “City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection”
African American History and Culture was among the Humanitarian Awardees (see page 38). The highlight of the eve- ning belonged to the 75 th Laurel Wreath Laureate and 30 th Grand Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi, Samuel C. Hamilton (see page 42). The Kappa Alpha Psi ® Foundation held a scholarship luncheon and supported a job fair (see page 48). The National Silhouettes have aided the mission of Kappa Alpha Psi and their contributions were on full display (see page 92). We were blessed with an incredible array of Byron Kenneth Armstrong Awardees, Guy Levis Grant Awardees and Elder Watson Diggs Awardees to round out this year's awards ceremony (see page 60). We were also blessed with generous sponsors for the Grand Chapter Meet- ing (see page 95). Among those was the United States Army Cadet Command who provided nearly $100,000 in scholarships, a check that was personally delivered by The Honorable Ryan McCarthy the Acting Secretary of the United States Army (see page 82). The National Guide Right Committee fully engaged this Grand Chapter Meet- ing with a national forum in addition to the Student of the Year Competition for high school and collegiate participants (see page 96). Rounding out the 84 th Grand Chapter Meeting was the awesome photography of The Journal staff so that you can ap- preciate each of these events. You will see galleries attached to many of these stories as a result. We are grateful for their talents!
the 33 rd Administration to the 34 th Ad- ministration (see page 118). You can see the bond of brotherhood evident in the ceremony. The theme of the 34 th Administration, Brother to Brother: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges is special to the 34 th Grand Polemarch Reuben A. Shelton III, Esq., and he explains his perspective both in his inaugural message (see page 4) in this issue as well as through the conversation we shared (see page 134). He is focused on “Operation Restora- tion” and invites us to be a part of the solution. His embrace of social media as a means of communicating directly with the brothers has already yielded results in terms of transparency and under- standing. He has hit the ground running, having already assembled a group of leaders to develop a strategic plan and move the fraternity forward with a leadership retreat held in early September. The fra- ternity sponsored several sessions during the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, in which our undergraduate Grand Chapter Officers were fully involved. We also take the time to get to know more about Junior Grand Vice Polemarch Evan R. Jackson and the other leaders from our collegiate ranks in this issue. They are dedicated and motivated to improve Kappa Alpha Psi on a variety of fronts (see page 148). So, this is a comprehensive issue dedi- cated to a comprehensive transition. As the 34 th Administration begins “Opera- tion Restoration,” The Journal will be there to chronicle this living history. Here's to 34 th Administration! Here's to Kappa Alpha Psi!
Cleveland Ferguson III, Esq.
I n this rich issue of The Kappa administration to another. It is easy for members of organizations to take it for granted, but one need only to survey the headlines across the world. There are power struggles in publicly-traded corporations to messy and even violent transitions in nation-state governments all around us. This was not the case at the 84 th Grand Chapter Meeting. Instead, the week began with $75,000 in donations to the School District of Philadelphia (see page 27). More than 300 of our best and brightest applied for this year's installment of LEAD Kappa, but only 60 could be chosen (see page 10). The 33 rd Administration under the leadership of Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Battles, Jr. led with the Sunday of Hope Service at Vine Memorial Baptist Church, where Rev. Dr. Donald D. Moore was the guest preacher (see page 28). Then, there was the Public Meeting, where "Rocky" entered the house and the Smithsonian Museum of Alpha Psi ® Journal, we witness one of the hallmarks of democracy— the peaceful transition from one
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