Press Release - NPHC Regional Meetings

GRAND POLEMARCH SOLICITS MEMBERSHIP TO SUPPORT UPCOMING NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL CONFERENCES

(Philadelphia, PA) October 2008 – Grand Polemarch Dwayne M. Murray, Esq. has asked the entire membership of the fraternity to support the upcoming Regional Conferences of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC).  In support of this request, Kappa will be sending members of its National leadership to each of the upcoming conferences.  “It is important that Kappa is visible, from a national leadership perspective, at these conferences. Too often we have not supported NPHC in a manner it deserves.  The Council of Presidents has agreed that our local chapters should be in full support of NPHC initiatives and I expect Kappa to take a proactive part in making this happen,” said Murray.  Participants in the conferences include Dr. Donald Parker, Senior Vice Polemarch- Southwestern Province (Southwest Regional); William H. Fields, Polemarch-East Central Province (North Central Regional); J. Corey Locklear, Grand Lieutenant Strategus (Southern Regional); Samuel Knight, Senior Vice Polemarch-Western Province (Western Regional); Howard L. Tutman, III, Eastern Province Board Member and Richard Lee Snow, Executive Director/COO who will serve as the Keynote Speaker (Eastern Regional).  A complete list of the conferences is below.

October 23-26 • Southwestern Regional • San Antonio Airport Hilton • San Antonio, TX
October 30-November 2 • North Central Regional • Hope Hotel • Fairborne, OH
October 30-November 2 • Southern Regional • Embassy Hotel • Concord, NC
November 7-9 • Eastern Regional • Burkshire Marriott Conference Center • Baltimore, MD
November 14-16 • Western Regional • Sheraton San Diego Hotel • Mission Valley, CA

The NPHC exists to carry out the missions and initiatives of its nine (9) affiliate members, affectionately known as the Divine Nine.  It operates under the counsel and direction of the Council of Presidents (COP), the nine elected leaders of these organizations. Soror Barbara A. McKinzie, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is the current Chairperson of COP.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is an international organization founded on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana on January 5, 1911.  Since its inception, it has trained over 125,000 men, particularly undergraduates, for leadership roles in their communities and the attainment of a high degree of excellence in their academic pursuits.  The International Headquarters is located in Philadelphia,