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Omega Psi Phi
The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was founded on Friday,
November 17, 1911 at Howard
University in Washington, D.C. The founders of the Fraternity were
three students:
Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper, and Frank Coleman and their
first faculty
advisor Ernest Everett Just. The Fraternity's motto is "Friendship
is Essential to the
Soul." Omega Psi Phi was the first Black fraternal organization
founded at a Black
university or college.
From its inception, the Fraternity has worked
to build a strong and
effective force of men dedicated to principles of manhood,
scholarship, perseverance,
uplift, and capable of giving expression to the hopes and
aspirations of an unfree people
in the land of the free.
Since 1945, the Fraternity has undertaken
a National Social
Action Program to meet the needs of African-Americans in the areas
of health,
housing, civil rights, and education. In 1927, the Fraternity made
National Negro
Achievement Week an annual observance and it continues today as
Achievement
Week. In its continuing support of African-American education, the
Fraternity gives a
gift of $50,000 each year to the United Negro College Fund. Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity,
Inc. has supported the UNCF since 1955.
Source: Omega Psi Phi users.vnet.net
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