For the eighth year in a row, the Bernie L. Bates Foundation (BLB), Inc. and Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter (PsiAA) of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. partnered with the Fairfax County Department of Family Services for their Foster Care Program’s Graduation Celebration for the 2023 High School graduates. This year, the event was held at…
Making a Social Action Impact at the International Leadership Conference, July 13, 2023 The Dr. Moses C. Norman, Sr., International Leadership Conference was held from July 11-16, 2023, at Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. The Social Action project for the conference was a Book Drive for the Island residents. Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter responded by…
Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter culminated its support with the FBES’ Food Market during the fourth and final month of the program this school year. This community social action project supported 183 military families this month with the help of our “Muscle Team.” The project is a massive logistical effort on the front end to remove…
For decades, Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., has graciously provided “Back-to-School Supplies” to the South County Teens Center, County of Fairfax, Virginia, for upcoming School Year. On Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., Brothers W.J. Williams, Jr., Chapter Basileus, Kermit “KC” Jones, and Kenneth M. Younger, Chapter Social…
On May 5, 2021, the Brothers of Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter, Third District, The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and the Bernie L. Bates Foundation, Inc., joined forces to make a positive impact on the caregivers in Fairfax, County, Virginia who are diligently working to ensure they manage the health and care or our residents…
The Brothers of Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc, in collaboration with the Father Engagement Unit of Fairfax County Department of Family Services, completed another successful facilitation of the County’s Dad’s Parenting Program in the Spring of 2021. From February to April of 2021, the brothers of Psi Alpha Alpha provided…
On April 17, 2021, the Bernie L. Bates Foundation, Inc sponsored the Virtual 80s QUE-Rantine Extravaganza. This progressive, virtual social event was hosted by the Brothers of Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. This was a first-of-its-kind Virtual Social Event that featured not only the now common awesome DJ in virtual…
On April 3, 2021, the men of Psi Alpha Alpha (PsiAA) Chapter, Third District, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. met to perform our first Adopt-A-Highway event of the 2021 Omega year. Over the past several years, our chapter has collaborated with the Fairfax County Department of Transportation to help clean up litter along Richmond Highway…
Youth Leadership Summit During the month of March 2021, Psi Alpha Alpha | Fairfax Virginia – The MANUP Program executed on a 4-week virtual Youth Leadership Conference series that covered the topics of military readiness, financial strategies, pre-college initiatives, and teen mental health hygiene. The series titled “Under Construction,” exposed students to a comprehensive course…
On February 20, 2021, the 2021 marquee event for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) was a virtual event that featured “A Conversation with Dr. Henry Louis Gates and Dr. Evelyn Higginbotham.” The 95th Annual Black History theme is The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity. As a capstone…