National Programs
Alpha Phi Alpha asserts that through its community outreach initiatives, the fraternity supplies voice and vision to the struggle of African Americans, the African diaspora, and the countless special problems that affect Black men.
| Mentoring | World and National Affairs |
| Education | Continuing the Legacy |
| Project Alpha | Leadership Training Institute |
| Alpha Academy | Go To High School, Go To College |
| Commission on Business | A Voteless People is a Hopeless People |
| Alpha and the NAACP | Alpha Head Start Academy |
| Cooperative Programs and | Economic Development |
The fraternity provides for charitable endeavors through its Education and Building Foundations, providing academic scholarships and shelter to underprivileged families. The fraternity combines its efforts in conjunction with other philanthropic organizations such as Head Start, Boy Scouts of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Project Alpha with the March of Dimes, NAACP, Habitat for Humanity, and Fortune 500 companies.
We must not shoot in the air, but accomplish results. Each chapter must put its part of the program over with interest and drive.
Lucius L. McGee,10th General President ΑΦΑ
Alpha's "Designated Charity" benefits from the approximately $10,000, one-time contribution fund-raising efforts at the fraternity's annual general convention. The Fraternity also has made commitments to train leaders with national mentoring programs.
The Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation is a project of Alpha Phi Alpha to construct the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C.
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