NATIONAL GUIDE RIGHT CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
6. Create leaders. 7. Make Guide Right a chapter priority.
I see this type of leadership throughout Kappa League particularly in the San Fernando-Santa Clarita (CA), Lawrenceville-Duluth (GA), and Jersey City (NJ) Kappa Leagues, just to name a few. As Kappa League mentors we sacrifice for Kappa League students, a great example is Brother Thurman Bartie, he is not only the mayor of Port Arthur, TX but also leads their Kappa League program. Today with the pandemic, social justice movement and just the confusion of growing up, our youth need us more than ever. They are smart and energetic, but un- certain and unsure of what to do to excel. The need for Kappa League has never been more evident! We can not and will not fail them! It may be more difficult work- ing virtually, but I am confident that the Kappa League Brothers will step up to the challenge! We celebrate the Grand Chapter Guide Right awards. It is an opportunity to celebrate the best of the best. The awards criteria are based on measurable metrics and the judging is impartial. It is also an opportunity to emphasize the priorities we want Chapters to focus on. I do not believe in awards for personal aggrandizement, but to encourage competition between men and chap- ters of achievement. That competition improves Guide Right/Kappa League. I am grateful to the brothers of the Richardson Plano (TX) Alumni Chapter. They allowed me to implement my vision of Guide Right/Kappa League. Guide Right is so ingrained in my chapter that we publish Guide Right service hours each meeting and it is difficult to win an election for office without being in involved in Guide Right. I proudly present the Guide Right service hours on election night and ask, “if we are the Guide Right Chapter, why would you vote for someone for office not involved in Guide Right.” Fifty years of Kappa League is an extraordinary feat. It is my honor and privilege to serve as your National Guide Right Chairman. I thank our Grand Polemarch for the opportunity. I have tried to build on the work done
by previous National Guide Right Chairmen. Guide Right has enhanced my experience as a Kappa and my commitment to Kappa. I want to acknowledge Brother Karl Townsend, who started me working in Guide Right when as I was Scroller in 1975, Elder Watson Diggs Awardee Ivory Johnson and the St. Louis (MO) Alumni, who mentored me and gave me the opportunity to run my first Kappa League program in 1979, the brothers from Beta Psi Chapter who supported Guide Right as undergrads and Brother Ron Julun, who first appointed me as Southwestern Province Guide Right Chairman. Lastly, I want to acknowledge the men of the Topeka (KS) Alumni Chapter that mentored and guided me as a youth, Brothers Onan Burnett, Charles S. Scott Sr., George Thompson, and Richard Ridley, all now in the Chapter Invisible. Guide Right is the oldest and most successful mentor- ing program for young People of Color. I look forward to 2022, when we will celebrate 100 years of Guide Right. After 50 years of Kappa League, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
Yours in the Bond, Kevin Burnett National Guide Right Committee Chairman
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