PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
OTHAL HAWTHORNE LAKEY
TO KEYNOTE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC
2009 REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
UNITY BREAKFAST
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Chi Lambda Chapter proudly announce Brother Bishop Dr. Othal Hawthorne Lakey, Presiding Prelate of the 6th District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and Paine College Board of Trustee member, will be the keynote speaker for the Twelfth Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast to be held on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 7:30 am in the grand ballroom of the Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the oldest collegiate Black Greek lettered organization in the nation, celebrating its 102nd Anniversary, has chapters across the United States, Africa, Korea, the Caribbean, and Europe. Alpha Chi Lambda, the local alumni chapter, was founded in 1935. Since its inception the chapter has worked to make our community a better place to live. Some of our most important endeavors are in the areas of education, scholarship, mentoring, teen pregnancy prevention, and head start/fatherhood.
In addition to Bishop Lakey, representatives will bring greetings on behalf of State and City government, military, media, religious, business, community, and social services entities. The chapter will also award its coveted “Unity Award”, to a person or organization in the community that has worked toward improving race relations over the past year and the Brother Lee Beard Humanitarian award. The 2008 Unity Award recipient was Fireside Ministries. Brother Quincy Robertson was the recipient of the Brother Lee Beard Humanitarian Award.
Proceeds from the Unity Breakfast, sponsored in part by, AARP, State Farm, Southern Company/Plant Vogel, CH2MHILL/OMI, Wachovia Bank, SRP Federal Credit Union, Georgia Bank and Trust, First Bank, Coca Cola, Georgia Power, RTW Engineering, Metro Federal Credit Union and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc benefit the chapter’s youth development programs and scholarship fund. Tickets for the breakfast are $30.00, and can be purchased from any active member of the fraternity or by calling Brother Ellis Albright, the program chairman at 706 414 – 1906, or the co – chairman Brother Augustus Thurmond at 706 738 - 6425. The President of Alpha Chi Lambda, Brother Marion Griffin can be reached at 706-863-0625.
