SENIOR KAPPA AFFAIRS
My Brothers in the Bond:
Senior Kappa Affairs Committee Province Chairmen
I bring you greetings as the Chairman of the National Senior Kap- pa Affairs Committee and from the Southeastern Province Senior Kappa Affairs Committee, where our seniors are “Continu- ing the Journey.” In 1993, the Grand Board of Directors mandated that all alumni chapters have a standing Senior Kappa Affairs Com- mittee. The 33 rd Grand Polemarch has asked that an emphasis be placed on increasing the number of alumni chapters with a standing committee. We in the Southeastern Province have made steady progress over the last five years, starting in 2013 with only 16 percent of alumni chapters reporting a standing committee. We are elated to report that as of January 2018 that each and every active alumni chapter in the Southeast- ern Province is reporting having a standing commit- tee, reaching our goal of
100 percent. Senior Kappa Week was an initiative that was the brain child of Stockbridge- Jonesboro (GA) Alumni Chapter in 2013 and approved as a province initiative in 2014. In 2015 the National Senior Kappa Affairs Committee peti- tioned the Grand Board of Directors to consider each chapter sponsoring a Senior Kappa Week as a national initiative. With the support of Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Battles, Jr., the Grand Board of Directors voted at the Grand Board Meet- ing in January 2016 that Senior Kappa Week be deemed a national initia- tive to be celebrated the third week of May going forward. In 2017, the Southeastern Province had 62 percent of its alumni chapters participating in activities during the week. We have celebrated Senior Kappa Week 2018, May 14-20, 2018 in fine fashion. Your posts on
social media such as your chapter websites, Face- book ® and Reddit ® , your feeds, such as LinkedIn ® , Instagram ® and Twitter ® , all bespeak of a success- ful week on behalf of our Senior Kappas. Brothers of the South- eastern Province con- tinue to support the Senior Kappa Affairs Endowment Fund (SKAEF). The National Senior Kappa Affairs Committee continues to promote and support the SKAEF. We look forward to reaching our goal of $1,000,000 in support this year and to begin providing grants to local Senior Kappa Affairs Committees to support their initiatives in the fall of 2018.
Dr. Lee Esprit East Central Province
Samuel L. Greene Middle Eastern Province
Col. Vandy L. Miller Eastern Province
Odell Barry Middle Western Province Co-Chairman
Thomas J. Brown, Jr. Middle Western Province Co-Chairman
Terrance R. Holliday Northeastern Province
Roderick L. Kilgore Northern Province
Tommie L. Pruitt South Central Province
Yours in the Bond,
John L. Stewart, Jr. Senior Kappa Affairs Committee Chairman
Southeastern Province Chairman
Raymond E. Marbury North Central Province Senior Kappa Affairs Vice Chairman
Herman Thomas Southwestern Province
George C. Sims Western Province
Dr. Richard Showers, Sr. Southern Province
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