 Greenville, South Carolina - Gamma Gamma Lambda and Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation are ready to hold the 36th Annual Martin Luther King Scholarship Gala on January 11th at 3 PM. The event will be held at the Melvin and Dottie Younts Conference Center on Furman University's campus. The Gala is the oldest MLK Celebration in Greenville. The Scholarship Gala serves as both a "kickoff event" to the Upstate Community's Martin Luther King Celebrations but also primarily as a Community Celebration of our shared goal to "Build the Beloved Community" in the Upstate. The Gala will celebrate our past foundation youth winners and announce the upcoming events in January and February of 2015. Mr. Cleveland A. Christophe will receive the MLK 2015 Citizenship award at the Gala (see below, for more information about our winner.). Both Gamma Gamma Lambda and Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation have a very successful partnership with Furman University since 2008, and together they are again sponsoring several events on Furman's campus starting with the Scholarship Gala on January 11th and continuing to the Joseph Vaughan Oratorical Competition on February 21st. "We are proud to again host these events in Greenville with Furman", says Keith Barksdale, Chairman of Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization formed in 2012. "The Greenville Community has tremendous needs, and we hope to continue our efforts to reach youth and offer them options to build their skills, character, and careers in the community." "The Beloved Community" is a concept popularized from Dr. King's 1957 Nobel Peace prize speech as the aftermath of the nonviolent struggle. The Foundation solicits funds through the Gala to support several different programs in the Greenville area including the Luke H. Chatman Scholarship, which supports four local students at various universities across the state. The following is a list of events sponsored by the Alpha Greenville Foundation and Furman University.
Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation, established in 2012 as a public 501c3 non-profit, tax-exempted organization, our mission is to aid the poor and disadvantage and help them toward a life of self-sufficiency. Sometimes referred to as the Alpha Greenville Foundation, our programs address teenage pregnancy prevention, college preparation & awareness, educational scholarships, youth leadership development and other similar programs. We serve the Upstate area of South Carolina, and are affiliated with the Gamma Gamma Lambda Chapter of ΑΦΑ in Greenville, South Carolina. Gamma Gamma Lambda Chapter is the Greenville, SC Chapter established in 1941. The Chapter was chartered as the third Alumni chapter in the District of South Carolina under the Fraternal administration of Brother Ray W. Logan, 16th General President and Brother Jos. H.B. Evans, General Secretary. For more than seventy years, and under the Umbrella of the National Organization, Gamma Gamma Lambda Chapter has set as its objective to carry out the mandates of "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind". Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., (ΑΦΑ) the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on December 4, 1906. The Fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice – educationally and socially – at Cornell. The founders and early leaders of the Fraternity succeeded in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha's principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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