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Platform Issues
 Organizational
Development
We must run our
business the business of Alpha the business of brotherhood, with
principles of good management, fiscal responsibility, shareholder respect,
brotherly service, and vision
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Corporate Governance
We must implement proven best practices in the day-to- day operations to
ensure our members receive both the desired and required services.
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Board Development
All members of all fraternity Boards must receive the most up-to-date
nonprofit organization industry standard training to enable them to
fulfill our mission requirements.
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Strategic Planning
In phases, 1, 3, 5-year plans must be developed and implemented to chart
our future development and progression.
 Economic
Self-Sufficiency
We can not expect
others to fund our existence. We must be economically self-sufficient. We
must be proactive in finding future revenue sources and growing our
endowments to fund our initiatives.
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Fiscal Management
100% transparency and professionalism, in the planning and execution of
all fraternal matters.
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Revenue
Diversification Membership dues and low level projects will not sustain
and grow the organization. We must develop new revenue streams.
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Endowment Building
We must encourage life long giving to the organization, and planned estate
giving to increase our endowment base.
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Entrepreneurship
Increased opportunities and partnerships to develop individual and
collective business ventures to ensure wealth creation capability.
College Brother
Development
The future is now. The
future of this organization, the future of our people walks among us and
across most college campuses. We must invest in the development of our
college brothers, to prepare them for the challenge they will face in this
world.
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Leadership Training
We must develop and provide yearly regional college Brother Retreats, to
provide specific training opportunities, specifically structured for
college brothers.
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Professional/Personal
Development After preparing our brothers, we must then provide and
assist them with obtaining corporate, public and private sector
internships, then permanent jobs.
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Mentoring
Brother-to-Brother, this is our first and primary mentoring project,
pairing successful alumni brothers with college brothers, primarily based
on career aspirations.
 Social
Activism
As the world becomes
less kind, we must continue to be that beacon for those in the storm of
life. We must continue to enhance our service agenda and promote love for
all mankind.
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Community Service
Possibly our greatest strength lies in the work our chapters do in their
respective communities. We must provide increased resources to help our
chapters in this great work.
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Social and Legal
Justice Some of the greatest minds in these fields are our Brothers. We
must develop and provide the vehicle where we vigilantly demonstrate our
leadership.
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Public
Policy/Advocacy In this arena, second to none, the nation must hear the
voice, the opinion of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc. We will not be
silent on the issues that affect this nation or the world.
Martin Luther
King Memorial Project
A project of this
magnitude requires the ingenuity to create the influence to inspire
partnerships, the temerity to demand action, and the passion of faith and
belief.
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Corporate fundraising
Develop and implement the strategy that brings all of corporate America
and the major philanthropic community to the table, fully invested in
completing this project.
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Partnership and
Coalition Formation Dr. King, was our Brother, yet he belongs to the
world, we must, we will, create partnerships with the world community to
complete this task.
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Operations and
Project Management Ensure that the best and the brightest are selected
and working on the project.
Health/Healthcare
Awareness
The ravages of disease have taken a heavy toll on our people.
Various epidemics and different forms of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and
HIV plague our people here and throughout the world. It is only through
creating access to quality care and fostering awareness that we can combat
these problems.
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Health Maintenance
and Awareness We must assist in the task to provide information within
our communities, then, help to provide the needed resources.
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Health Care Access
Helping to develop and provide systemic assistance to those in need.
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