To My Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and Friends:

Welcome to Chesapeake, Virginia’s Nu Delta Lambda Chapter website and I thank you for your interest. For more than 100 years (founded Dec 4, 1906 at Cornell University), the men of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. have served as leaders, in numerous capacities, throughout our nation and around the world. Armed with our fraternity’s aims, “Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind”, Alphas have worked tirelessly to realize the dreams of our founders, the Jewels. A great number of our subsequent members’ are a Who’s Who list of not just great Americans, but renowned humanitarians, professionals and visionaries.

Guided by our motto, First of All, Servants of All, We shall Transcend All, the brotherhood has advanced fraternity national programs of excellence. Some include Project Alpha (A series of workshops and informational sessions conducted to provide young men with current/accurate information about teen pregnancy prevention and sexually transmitted diseases.); Go-To-High School, Go-To-College (Affords Alpha men the opportunity to serve as role models to young participants, concentrates on the importance of completing secondary and collegiate education as a path to advancement, and provides information and strategies to facilitate success.); and A Voteless People is a Hopeless People (Voter education and registration). We are also major contributors to the March of Dimes Foundation, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., the Alpha Phi Alpha (Community) Building Foundation, the Nu Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Endowed Scholarship Fund at Norfolk State University and other local charity/philanthropic efforts.

The brotherhood of Nu Delta Lambda is fully committed to the direction that Alpha is moving, as well as furthering my vision of:

• Building upon last Fraternal Year’s celebrated successes
• Becoming Chapter of the Year
• Bringing in distinguished new members (Membership Intake /Reclamation)
• Developing/continuing constructive collaboration with other organizations

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as the 2008-9 Fraternal Year President of this distinguished Chapter. Leading such a committed and talented group of brothers is truly a blessing. I look forward to a superb year as servants to both the Fraternity and the greater Hampton Roads Community. I encourage visitors to not only explore the rest of the Nu Delta Lambda Chapter website, but our beloved Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity website www.alphaphialpha.net to learn more of our contributions to mankind.