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Detroit Alphas co-host small business start-up, financing conference on March 31st

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Current and aspiring African-American entrepreneurs can learn how to start a business — and find their own road to economic recovery — at the 2010 Black Business Conference on Wednesday, March 31. It is from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Greater Grace Temple, 23500 W. Seven Mile Road, Detroit.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing will deliver [...]

Alpha Frater John Keyes, dies at 78

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John Rodney Keyes, 78, of Richmond entered into eternal rest Wednesday, March 4, 2010, at McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center.
He was one of 10 children born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Keyes of Oriental, N.C. Following high school graduation from Pamlico County High School, he joined the U.S. Army and completed his basic [...]

Spike Lee to give free talk at Univ. of Memphis co-hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha

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Producer, director, writer, actor and provocateur Spike Lee will give a free public talk on the image of black America and the politics of film and media at 7:30 p.m. March 17 in the Michael D. Rose Theatre at the University of Memphis.
Lee’s Oscar-aftermath talk is perfectly timed for a movie season that has seen [...]

AKA and Alpha conventions to bring $1.3M boost to Jackson’s economy by

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Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members have converged on Jackson, and their sisters of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority will follow next week.
And while there will be plenty of reunions and charity talk among the members, the two conventions are expected to pump nearly $1.3 million into Jackson’s economy, figures from the Jackson Convention and Visitors [...]

Annual Alpha Phi Alpha step show draws a crowd at George Washington Univ.

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Despite snowstorms and postponements, an electric, energetic crowd filled Lisner Auditorium Sunday night for “Step Your Game Up,” Alpha Phi Alpha’s 13th annual step show that featured step teams from schools along the East Coast and the D.C. area.
The show, which featured a judged competition of various step teams – some from the D.C. area, [...]

Alpha Frater Ernest Palmore, dies at 92

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A gentleman, trailblazer, and “old school” educator are just a few of the ways that friends and family of Ernest Palmore describe him.
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Palmore, born Oct. 2, 1917, died Tuesday morning. He was 92.

“He was part of this great class of champions that lit the way for all of us [...]

Lansing Alphas to host book drive for Shabazz Academy Charter School

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The Lansing Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the nation’s first black fraternity, is sponsoring a community-wide book drive for Shabazz Academy Charter School, beginning Friday.
The book drive will help provide much-needed reading material for underprivileged youth and will last the entire month of March, which is National Reading Month.
The fraternity has adopted [...]

[Photos] Sprite Step Off 2010: Atlanta, GA

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20 Feb 10: Sprite Step Off 2010 in Atlanta, GA @ the Atlanta Civic Center
Photography by Quinne Lowe of Crush Media Group & Progressive Greek

Military D9 Greeks host comedy slam in Iraq

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The lights dimmed and music played as poets and actors performed on stage during the Joint Base Balad Poetry Slam Feb. 11 at Morale, Welfare and Recreation east.
The Poetry Slam was sponsored by the JBB Pan-Hellenic Council, known as the Divine Nine in the United States, which consists of nine historically black Greek fraternal and [...]

Epsilon Chapter Alpha’s new campus campaign promotes HIV/AIDS testing

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Though the concept of knowing one’s status may be most commonly associated with Facebook, a new campaign launched by a University student is aimed at encouraging other students to pay attention to a different kind of status.
LSA senior Brandon Littlejohn launched the P2 Initiative last week in an effort to promote HIV testing among students [...]