NATIONAL GUIDE RIGHT CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
My Brothers in the Bond:
our Second National Kappa League Conference virtually with 204 partici- pants. An event every bit as difficult to coordinate, manager and administer as an in-person conference. Out of crisis comes opportunity and with the pan- demic we launched the National Kappa League Institute Series, virtual classes on leadership, college preparation and podcasts. An endeavor we will continue even after the pandemic is over. The National Guide Right Executive Committee is the heart and soul of our national initiatives and programs. These brothers dedicate an amazing amount of time to create, implement and provide oversight to a national program. We have open and transpar- ent discussions with the end goal of doing what is best for our students and the brothers that support them. It is a group that works with synergy and fo- cus, with no concern for personal egos or recognition. We laugh, joke, and kid one another. I have a Bond with them that is only surpassed by the Bond with
Right share a special Bond with other brothers involved in Guide Right and with the young men they mentor. Being a Kappa League mentor is not always easy. We listen, offer guidance, instruct, encourage, console, celebrate and sometimes shed tears with the Kap- pa Leaguers. Their success becomes our success, their struggles our strug- gles. There is no better satisfaction than to see a Kappa Leaguer go onto success in life. I still talk with my first Richardson-Plano (TX) Alumni's (RPA) Kappa League class. They are in their thirties and successful. I commend those men, Jerald Bonham, Brother Ryan Burnett (my son), Bryan Clark, Brother Stephen Harrison, and Brother Nick Robinson for their achievements. We celebrate that 70.74% of Guide Right students graduate college within six years, well over the national average. I congratulate our local chapters and national team for rapidly responding to the pandemic and moving to virtual programs. We recently completed
I n August of 1970 at the 56 th Grand League was adopted “as the format for local chapters’ social relevance programs.” Under the leadership of Mel Davis and 33 rd Elder Watson Diggs Awardee Edgar H. Bishop, the Los Angeles (CA) Alumni Chapter’s Social Action Program created Kappa League on February 12, 1969. Kappa League has become the premiere program of Guide Right. Chapter Meeting in Charlotte, NC Kappa In 2020, we celebrate 50 Years of Kappa League. I celebrate those brothers past, present and future that commit to mentor our young men, that give their time, knowledge, and resources to launch them to the stars of success and achievement. These brothers are helping to create the next generation of leaders and guiding our young men through an increasingly complex and difficult world.
The Burnnett family: Brother Burnett with his two sons and former RPA Kappa Leaguers, Ryan L. Burnett (Beta Psi 2008), Kevin C. Burnett (Beta Psi 2010) at the Richardson Plano (TX) Alumni Chapter Thanksgiving Food Drive. The chapter provided food for 200 needy families.
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