JUNIOR GRAND VICE POLEMARCH'S MESSAGE
Brothers All: I hope this issue of the Journal finds you all well! We are halfway through the year of 2018 and brothers everywhere are achieving like never before. Since the last correspondence, brothers have had a chance to assemble together at Province Council taking care of the business of our great and Noble Clan. Along with that, brothers, includ- ing myself, have graduated from college, graduate school and doctorate programs, truly achieving in the manner in which our beloved Founders envisioned. Brothers, I hope that while you all are in school and/or on the job achieving in every field of human endeavor, that you take time for personal and spiritual relax- ation, family vacation, and last but not least, give back to the Bond which have given so much to you. For many of us, the change of season brings new things for our lives and new changes in Kappa Alpha Psi ® . For instance, in the last edition of the Journal I wrote that after college I would
be teaching in a Teach for America program, but on the eve of my gradu- ation, God changed the course for me life to pursue seminary at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. For Kappa, we have had the chance to see a new program come to life, the inaugural National Kappa League Conference which was held in Charlotte, NC July 13-14, 2018. I was humbled to be able to speak to the hundreds of young Kappa Leagu- ers about the importance of being bold, loyalty and truth. Brother Kevin Burnett and the other good brothers on the National Guide Right Committee did an exceptional job with putting this con- ference together. To be able to give back and be a part of this conference has undoubtedly been one of the highlights of my journey so far in Kappa. Another new initiative that has oc- curred this summer is the approval for the inaugural National Founders’ Day Undergraduate Summit where under-
graduates from all over will have the chance to come together and discuss issues facing our fraternity. I along with the other undergraduate Grand Chapter Officers, the Council of Junior Province Vice Polemarchs, and the Director of Undergraduate and University Af- fairs, Brother Ryan Tucker, are hard at work to construct a curriculum for this summit that will benefit undergraduate brothers everywhere. The issues we will address will cover ev- erything from rights and power given to undergraduate brothers in the Constitu- tion and Statutes to how to effectively combat hazing. We will even have an opportunity for undergraduates to have a closed-door panel discussion with the leadership of the fraternity. Though this will be the inaugural National Founders Day Undergraduate Summit, it is my hope and desire that in future years this will grow to be a major investment into the future of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. just like the
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