Message from the chair: Brother N'Namdi Paskins
Training for leadership, providing educational and occupational guidance to youth, all while serving as models for achievement, exemplifies the dream for Kappa Men envisioned by the founders of our great Fraternity. I am blessed to serve and uphold that dream as the South Central Province Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring chair. Winston Churchill once said, ‘We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.' I'm proud and grateful for Guide Right which allows the Brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated to give their time, talents, and treasures to help young men create plans for their future, plans to prosper and achieve, plans that give young men hope and a future.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
We have before us, a rare opportunity to demonstrate the unique power of our organizations to make change happen, for real. We are in fact the most significant gathering of Black male leadership available for service to the nation. We are in a meaningful and growing relationship with the best youthmentoring organization in history, Big Brothers Big Sisters
(BBBS).
As of March 16, 2010 there are 7,453 young Black boys who have
stood up and stated they want a Big Brother. There are tens of thousands of active Kappa Alpha Psi men who are capable
of answering the call of these vulnerable youth. Beyond the confines of our membership, we provide leadership in our churches, places of work and communities. Let us now call the entire community to action and once and for all explode the myth that all Black men are ³missing in action² when it comes to being engaged where we worship, work and live.
Our goal is impactful and doable: A Minimum of 1,000 Fraternity Men Become Big Brothers. With a win for our community in 2012 we will set
ourselves up to do more in 2013 and beyond.
The great news is that no one man has to step up for 1,000 boys. We are calling for one man to stand with one youth. As each man engages across our country, we will together bend the long arc of the moral universe toward justice. Our eventual goal is to find a mentor
for every one of those nearly 7500 kids who are waiting for the right kind of man to emulate. A man like you!
We are moving forward brothers. Men are becoming Big Brothers, now. Men are leading on BBBS boards, now. Men are building careers at BBBS, now. Men are contributing financially to BBBS, now. What are you going to do? You have to do something or we will not realize our collective vision if more men are not stepping up as mentors in
focused one-to-one relationships. Gentlemen, the very future of the
fraternal system as we currently know it is at risk of becoming irrelevant, if we stand by idly and do nothing.
We are the ones to love mankind, achieve and see it through. Brothers let us get this done. Start something big and be a Big Brother! Getting involved with this historic alliance compliments and does not replace our current programs. Go to MentoringBrothers.org to take action today.
(BBBS).
As of March 16, 2010 there are 7,453 young Black boys who have
stood up and stated they want a Big Brother. There are tens of thousands of active Kappa Alpha Psi men who are capable
of answering the call of these vulnerable youth. Beyond the confines of our membership, we provide leadership in our churches, places of work and communities. Let us now call the entire community to action and once and for all explode the myth that all Black men are ³missing in action² when it comes to being engaged where we worship, work and live.
Our goal is impactful and doable: A Minimum of 1,000 Fraternity Men Become Big Brothers. With a win for our community in 2012 we will set
ourselves up to do more in 2013 and beyond.
The great news is that no one man has to step up for 1,000 boys. We are calling for one man to stand with one youth. As each man engages across our country, we will together bend the long arc of the moral universe toward justice. Our eventual goal is to find a mentor
for every one of those nearly 7500 kids who are waiting for the right kind of man to emulate. A man like you!
We are moving forward brothers. Men are becoming Big Brothers, now. Men are leading on BBBS boards, now. Men are building careers at BBBS, now. Men are contributing financially to BBBS, now. What are you going to do? You have to do something or we will not realize our collective vision if more men are not stepping up as mentors in
focused one-to-one relationships. Gentlemen, the very future of the
fraternal system as we currently know it is at risk of becoming irrelevant, if we stand by idly and do nothing.
We are the ones to love mankind, achieve and see it through. Brothers let us get this done. Start something big and be a Big Brother! Getting involved with this historic alliance compliments and does not replace our current programs. Go to MentoringBrothers.org to take action today.