Sigma Frater Steven Kniffley selected to render mental health services in Senegal

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Brother Steven Kniffley, Phi Beta Sigma’s immediate past International Second Vice President was recently one of three people in the United States accepted into the Senegal Global Mental Health Practicum. Bro. Kniffley will spend four weeks in the impoverished region of Saraya, Senegal working as a therapist at their community health center.

In addition, the West Louisville Health Coalition, Inc., a non profit organization co-founded by Kniffley, was recently awarded a $15,000 grant to hold their annual Youth Empowerment Leadership Conference. The conference is geared towards inner city African American youth with the mission of training tomorrow’s servant leaders.

Bro. Kniffley has been invited by the Louisville Defender, a major African American owned newspaper in the state of Kentucky, to serve as a columnist writing social commentary on issues affecting the African American community.

Kniffley was recently appointed to serve on the staff of the Sigma International Leadership Academy. He will be one of the first members featured in the SILA’s upcoming Sigma is Leadership – a series that feature Sigma Emerging Community Leaders.

Bro. Kniffley was initiated in Spring 2005 at Beta Beta Xi Chapter of Metropolitan Louisville, KY. He is currently the first vice president of Epsilon Beta Sigma Chapter, also in Louisville.

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