2021 Founders Day Luncheon

On Saturday, December 4, 2021, the Alpha brothers of Eta Tau Lambda, Delta Alpha Lambda, Pi, and Epsilon Delta chapters co-hosted our annual Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Founders Day luncheon at the Alpha Center in Akron, OH. Operating under the strict COVID-19 guidelines and wearing masks, brothers still found...

Continue reading

Emilia Sykes

MLK Lecture Series: Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes

Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 2 pm in Main Library Auditorium Representative Sykes, Minority Leader in the Ohio House of Representatives, will discuss how her work in office reflects Dr. King’s vision and dream. The event is free. Representative Sykes has worked to improve public health, increase access to health...

Continue reading

MLK Lecture: Historian Carl Westmoreland

Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 2 pm in Main Library Auditorium We’re pleased to announce Carl Westmoreland, Senior Historian from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati as the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lecturer. The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture is sponsored by the Akron-Summit County...

Continue reading

Alphas Vote First

WE MADE A STATEMENT! In support of our national #AlphasVoteFirst campaign, brothers of Eta Tau Lambda chapter met at the Akron Board of Elections to participate in early voting…to vote first! We were asked by one of the workers who we were and the reason we were all there. One...

Continue reading

Senator Kennedy at the Alpha Center

Supporters for Senator Obama reported for duty at 10:00 in the morning at the Alpha Center, the headquarters for the Eta Tau Lambda Housing Corporation.  Mary Hodge, an Obama staffer, facilitated the canvassers as they walked throughout the Akron Community to get the people excited about the Barack Movement and...

Continue reading