Completely happy Founders’ Day!
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You already know we needed to present like to the tremendous cool brothers of Phi Beta Sigma celebrating 110 years of tradition for service and repair for humanity.
The storied group was based January 9, 1914 at Howard College by Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Honorable Charles I. Brown who sought out to prepare a Greek letter fraternity that might exemplify the beliefs of brotherhood, scholarship, and repair.
The Founders finally created a company that considered itself as “part of” the overall neighborhood somewhat than “aside from” the overall neighborhood with a devotion to the “inclusive we” somewhat than the “unique we.”
“This yr, we give attention to the ability of our vote, emphasizing our function in civic engagement, and democratic participation,” the group wrote on its publish commemorating Founders’ Day. “Our collective voice is essential in shaping our communities and the long run. In the present day, we honor our previous, commit to the current, and sit up for a future the place our fraternity continues to steer and encourage.”
Notable members embrace Blair Underwood, Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Richard Sherman, Terrence Howard, Al Roker, Dr. Bobby Jones, former President Invoice Clinton, and extra.
“To be a member of Phi Beta Sigma is to symbolize the neighborhood as an entire, as a result of we’re all fashioned from one man,” mentioned Terrence Howard in an interview with Watch The Yard.
Anytime you acknowledge the humanity of one other individual, you acknowledge the creation of God in that individual — and also you acknowledge your individual duty in direction of that individual, as a result of to look out for an additional man is to look out for your self.”
How are you celebrating the Sigmas at the moment? Inform us down under and luxuriate in our gallery of Sigma baes on the flip.
