COVER STORY Guide Right Centennial
Students participated in enrichment sessions on Financial Literacy, Mental Health Wellness, STEM, College Read- iness, Leadership, Law Enforcement, Entrepreneurship, Teen Choices, the Political Process and the Achievement Academy. The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement partnered with us for a Learn2Live seminar de- signed to get our young people home safely each day. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., was recognized by the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employ- ees with the Ron E. McNair Award for community service and the Boy Scouts of America with the National Whitney M. Young Jr Award for out- standing service toward youth. In the evenings, students enjoyed e-gaming, 3 on 3 basketball, math competition, SWAG competition and poetry slam competition. The Debate Finals and Awards program were livestreamed on Kappa League TV and featured not only a great debate between the Bellevue O’Fallon (IL) Chapter Kappa League and Alex- andria Fairfax (VA) Chapter Kappa
League, but Guide Right Awards and a poetry slam performance!
ence organizer – Terry Ward;
The presenters Brothers Martin Rax- ton, Augustin Jackson, Christopher Johnson, Derek Greenfield, Nick Thomas, Samuel Odom, Thomas McCaleb and Ron Johnson.
The thank yous are many: Brothers Mark Havener, Tom Garnett and Dra- on Glenn for making things happen. Special thanks to the National Guide Right Executive Team – Oscar Neely, Doug Scarbor, Ben Jackson, Daud Haseeb, Samuel Boyd III (critical onsite coordination), Damon Peebles and John Marshall Jones (for the e-gaming event and social media activities). You are the hardest working Team in Kappa. Special thanks to Ryan Wilson, who coordinated our stay on St. Louis Uni- versity, along with Silhouette Manisha Ford-Thomas and Kel Ward, who coordinated our community service project. Special thanks to the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation for providing the crucial funding to make this event happen. The Centennial Planners – Brothers Scott Johnson, Jermaine Murry and the National Kappa League Confer-
Guest presenters Ejide Fashima and Tracey Hermanstyne.
The St. Louis (MO) Alumni Chapter, St. Louis University and Harris Stowe State University for their hospitality and support. The Grand Polemarch, the Grand Chapter leadership, Committee Chairman, the Grand Historian and Province Polemarchs that partici- pated. Guide Right is the Oldest and Most Successful Mentoring Organization for Young People of Color. We have impacted over 500,000 young lives, 98% of our young people graduate high school and 74% graduate col- lege within six years.
To the Brothers involved in Guide
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