Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc has a National Mentoring Initiative, which covers four areas: Academic Development, Leadership Development, Personal Development and Social Development. Our chapter sponsors programmming which address the goals of each of these areas. We have collaborative partnerships with; the March of Dimes, Faith based organizations, Community based organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Middle and High schools and area colleges who help us deliver needed programs to the Greater Hartford community.

Beta Sigma Lambda's current programs: Project Alpha and Go To High School, Go To College provides a mentoring platform for middle to high school population. A national program, Leadership Development Insittute is in place for an annual regional summer leadership institute, at which we sponsor a student to attend at a college in the northeast. Work Force Education and Drug and Alcohol Education/Health Education programs are under development. Our civic program, A Voteless People is a Hopeless People encourages voter registration. Community-wide initiatives for voter registration are conducted in September and October of each year.

In addition Beta Sigma Lambda sponsors local community service programs: Thanksgiving Food Drive, Coat Drive, Bone Marrow Drive, Habitat for Humanity, Walk America, and Hopewell Baptist Church Soup Kitchen to name a few. The Brothers of Beta Sigma Lambda are engaged in personal civic programming as well as members of the board of area non-profit institutions dedicated to improve the quality of life of the citizens of our community.

PROJECT ALPHA

A program designed to help develop our youth because they are truly our future. The program has an objective of assisting in the development of youth by coordinating programs that deal with problems they encounter and dates back to the early days of our fraternity. Such programs include teen pregnancy workshops, Big Brother programs and lectures. This program is carried out in collaboration with the March of Dimes (BSL's Nationally Recognized Project Alpha Program)

GO TO HIGH SCHOOL GO TO COLLEGE

A program initiated over fifty years ago that continues to stress the importance of higher education. Such activities include High School recruitment for college students, seminars and providing scholarships for higher education. Click here for more information.

A VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE

This program emphasizes the importance of voting and the objective to assure all qualified voters register and vote. This program was very instrumental in the years when minorities were intimidated from using their voting rights. Click here for more information.

BOY SCOUT PROGRAM

Where chapters actively become involved with Boy Scout chapters because we realize that in many respects there is a common purpose for both organizations. Click here for more information | Boy Scout National Webpage