tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44828286323181896352024-03-10T19:35:11.129-04:00Gamma Pi LIVEBlog of "The Super Chapter"James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-14889833414444316362024-03-10T18:37:00.001-04:002024-03-10T19:34:39.371-04:00Gamma Pi's Bro. Teddy Taylor Named to Prestigious Diplomatic Boardby Bro. Kyle Randolph BaconHONOLULU
(March 1, 2024) Antony J. Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has recently
announced the appointment of five new members to the Board of Governors of the
East-West Center. Among the newly appointed members is Ambassador (Ret.)
Brother Teddy Taylor, a prominent figure in the Gamma Pi Chapter. Brother
Taylor had a distinguished 40-year career in the US Foreign James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-34224377130198048252023-12-28T14:59:00.013-05:002024-01-01T13:04:38.645-05:00The Brothers of Gamma Pi Work to Serve the Community As Part of Omega Psi Phi's "Project 5000" Bros. George DuBose (left) and Basileus Bro. Eric Fields with State Sen. Joanne Benson at food driveDuring the days leading up to the
Christmas Holiday Season, the Brothers of Gamma Pi Chapter did not take a
holiday from community service. As part of a special Social Action initiative
throughout the Fraternity's Second District (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania), Gamma Pi James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-77039711547729667492023-11-19T18:41:00.027-05:002023-11-26T18:59:59.783-05:00Putting the Exclamation Point on 50 Fantastic Years!Fifty years. Half a century. Two generations. However you choose to measure it, Gamma Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc has been around five decades. Brothers who were there at the beginning remember 8-track stereo players, dashikis, Apple caps, vinyl 45- and 33-speed records and wide-leg bellbottom pants. And don't forget the "Deuce-and-a-quarters" and Cadillac Eldorados that cruised James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-65333114227415500242023-01-28T23:34:00.001-05:002023-01-28T23:34:07.309-05:00Gamma Pi Chapter Kicks Off the 50th Year With An Awe-Inspiring Achievement Week For the Brothers of Gamma Pi Chapter, the 2022 Achievement
week program was a special milestone for The Super Chapter. It was the first
time the chapter held its entire Achievement Week program in person since COVID
emerged in early 2020.
Two key highlights of Achievement Week ’22 were the
community awards program held on November 14 at the University of Maryland and
the James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-65134260732302713552023-01-22T15:59:00.007-05:002023-01-22T16:16:37.741-05:00Voices of the Founders Help Gamma Pi Chapter Prepare to Celebrate 50 YearsCharter members in early 1970's photoAs Gamma Pi Chapter moves toward its 50th Anniversary date of March 5, members of the Chapter are starting to hear voices. Voices, that is, of the Charter Members who started it all in 1973 as they look back at the early 1970s and Gamma Pi's bold beginnings in Prince George's County, MD that planted the seed for what today is now called "The Super Chapter."&James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-37448537036791903992022-10-31T00:14:00.024-04:002022-11-03T16:39:48.936-04:00Gamma Pi Brings Mental Health Into Focus at Awareness Event to Combat the Stigma and Share Useful InformationThere are
taboo subjects and then there are taboo subjects. In the African
American community, mental health is a taboo subject, and especially
when it comes to Black men. Members of the Gamma Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc. did their best to bring this subject out into the open during
a mental health seminar on Saturday, October 29, at the Jones-Hill House
fieldhouse on the campus James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-88926511297933637882022-05-08T20:56:00.010-04:002022-05-28T19:12:30.228-04:00Gamma Pi Chapter Earns Honors at the 74th District ConferenceGamma Pi Brothers at the 74th Second District Conference The Brothers of Gamma Pi were in the shadows of Met Life Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands the weekend of April 28, and they scored much better than both the Giants and Jets together. That's because he Super Chapter walked away with three big awards at the 74th Second District Conference of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-36752548087807811572022-02-28T22:24:00.012-05:002022-03-18T10:34:30.443-04:00Gamma Pi "Giant in Omega" Enters Omega Chapter Suddenly; Leaves Behind a Sterling LegacyUPDATE: Livestream link for the service on Friday, March 18 at approximately 12:15 pm: https://www.holyfamilychurch.comBrothers in Gamma Pi Chapter and throughout Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. have spent the past 72 hours or so trying to process the jarring developments of Friday morning, February 25. Mid-morning, urgent emails went out like wildfire. Group chats of Omega men started James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-48708704533691210012021-11-11T11:00:00.006-05:002021-11-11T13:31:54.787-05:00Gamma Pi Prepares to Celebrate Chapter Military Veterans for Achievement WeekBro. James WyattEvery year, the Omega Psi Phi Achievement Week observance is about recognizing leaders in the community and the Fraternity. Each and every chapter in the U.S. and in overseas locations pauses for a week to remind the 110-year-old Fraternity's proud membership of the clarion call of the Founders who overlaid the Four Cardinal Principles of Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-3863154868952635882021-10-03T16:08:00.002-04:002021-10-03T16:09:23.781-04:00 New Year for Project ENRICH: Focus on Careers and CollegesFor the second consecutive year, Gamma Pi Chapter's Project ENRICH opened the academic year by adjusting cameras, opening microphones and pressing buttons on their computers, rather than filing into an auditorium on the campus of Bowe State University. The only thing that resembled pre-pandemic Project ENRICH is that it was a Saturday morning. Second-year director Bro. James Riley, Jr. and other James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-42008711297496751282021-10-02T21:42:00.006-04:002021-10-02T22:19:34.888-04:00Gamma Pi Brother Prepares to Release New Book on the Critical Role of Black Fathers in FamiliesA Gamma Pi Chapter Brother is about to set the world on fire with a brand new book about Black fathers. Bro. Anthony McAllister, his wife Tyreese along with 17 amazing co-authors, are set to release his anthology titled, "Fathers Matter," on Sunday, October 10 with a virtual book launch party on Zoom. The book is intended to change the narrative of Black fathers. One of the dynamic co-authors is James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-26474494429320330462021-06-08T22:20:00.014-04:002021-06-09T12:35:36.078-04:00Gamma Pi Gives Special Graduation Gifts to Epsilon Sigma Brothers at Bowie State UniversityWhen it comes to graduation gifts, it is the thought
that counts. For the young Brothers of Epsilon
Sigma Chapter in the graduating Class of 2021 at Bowie
State University, the graduation gift from the graduate chapter Brothers of
nearby Gamma Pi Chapter was about the thought as well as the uniqueness. In a
gesture of pure Omega love – love for the Fraternity and for each other – James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-89334053035692570632021-06-08T22:03:00.003-04:002021-06-09T12:42:53.842-04:00Gamma Pi Wins Second District Graduate Chapter of the Year: Working Through the PandemicBrothers proudly posing with the hardware After what has been a very difficult year due to the
pandemic and the loss of stalwart members, Gamma Pi Chapter in Prince George's
County, MD got some good Omega news recently when it was named "Graduate
Chapter of the Year" for Large Graduate Chapters (more than 50 members)
during the recent virtual five-state 73rd Second District Conference, held
James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-55062691416075956862021-05-01T21:14:00.015-04:002021-05-02T11:44:59.261-04:00Gamma Pi's Project ENRICH Program Stunned at Sudden Loss of Stalwart Brother Shortly After Giving Powerful Remarks During today's closing program for Gamma Pi Chapter's Project ENRICH college prep program, first-year director Bro. James Riley, Jr. was getting the virtual program started when a few minutes in he threw the virtual mic to Bro. William Bill "364" Reese. Bro. Riley asked Bro. Reese to provide some of his infinite wisdom to departing seniors. It was as routine as it gets during Project ENRICHJames Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-39691672574253210772021-04-27T23:05:00.001-04:002021-06-09T12:48:36.941-04:00The Super Chapter Marks One Year of Leading Food Drives by Holding Another Food GiveawayWhen Brothers gave out the first few boxes of free food to drive-ups last year in April, shortly after the COVID pandemic was declared, they figured the chapter would do one or two more giveaways and in a few weeks the battle with COVID would be over. As members of The Super Chapter stood outside in the vast parking lot at Suitland High School on Saturday, April 17 loading cars with yet James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-44254336497335239812021-02-20T15:07:00.003-05:002022-02-27T16:31:44.861-05:00 Omega Men on the Move in Gamma Pi ChapterIn the past year, Gamma Pi Chapter has solidified its reputation as a five-star community leader in Prince George's County through its tireless efforts organizing and conducting food drives for families hit hard by food insecurity. Whether it is through job loss or some other financial pressures, the devastation of COVID-19 has impacted real lives and inflicted real pain that has translated into James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-18024361712464304842020-10-12T11:22:00.004-04:002020-10-12T11:22:43.291-04:00New Year for Project ENRICH Begins With New Era and Continued Coronavirus ChallengesBro. James Riley, Jr.Two local leaders who are members of the Fraternity
led the way as Gamma Pi Chapter opened Project ENRICH for the 2020-21 academic
year. Just like when the program last
got together for its closing ceremony in June, the opening program for this school
year began online via videoconferencing due to the coronavirus.
Brothers Rushern Baker, who served as the former
PrinceJames Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-44283467428753398442020-08-13T00:33:00.002-04:002020-08-17T22:07:53.732-04:00In Response to Social Justice Movement, Gamma Pi Forms New Black Greek Coalition
In recent months, Gamma Pi chapter's attention has turned to social justice issues, given the direction of the country and the African American community during the flareup of racial tensions as part of the civil unrest that gripped the nation after the George Floyd police killing in Minneapolis in May.
Bro. Jason Crump, Esq.
Over the summer, the chapter's Public Relations Committee James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-64533799529520972412020-06-07T23:30:00.001-04:002020-06-08T23:00:51.739-04:00Project ENRICH Overcomes Numerous Obstacles and Challenges to Finish the Year on a Strong Note
A very familiar sight during 2020 - a Zoom gallery screen
Bro. Willie Hines on video
It could very well have ended up being a bad year for Gamma Pi Chapter's Project ENRICH program. In fact, it could easily have been written off as a lost year, what with the global pandemic, the 40 million Americans on the unemployment rolls and more recently the coast-to-cost protests over police James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-21149579722771373612020-05-17T18:43:00.006-04:002020-05-22T00:10:39.821-04:00Moms's COVID-19 Fight Emphasizes Unity, Support and Brotherhood of Omega Psi Phi on Mother's Day
Bro. Terence Hare with offspring Sarah and Terance II
Two months
ago, Gamma Pi Chapter Bro. Terence Hare was not really sure what his Mother’s
Day 2020 would look like. Truth be told, he faced the fact that it might be a
time of mourning for him and his family. After all, his 81-year-old mother,
Maxine Hare, was laid up in a hospital intensive care unit in Charlotte with
the coronavirus. James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-11643299630449557752020-05-03T16:04:00.004-04:002020-05-07T23:27:20.860-04:00In True Super Chapter Fashion, Gamma Pi Answers the Call on COVID-19 for Prince George's County
Styling the "PPE," America's new health gear in the midst of COVID-19, Brothers prepare as families roll in
“We’ve made a commitment to be of service to this community and we will honor that pledge through thick and thin. When duty calls, our boots are on the ground ready to go.”
&James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-65976013389935559322020-04-12T17:53:00.000-04:002020-04-12T18:34:00.754-04:00Gamma Pi's Project ENRICH Students Use Technology to Deliver Essays During Coronavirus Shutdown
Munyang Tengen gives her stellar presentation
The students and parents of Gamma Pi Chapter’s Project ENRICH program circled April 11 on the calendar months ago. It was, after all,
the date for the students to deliver their essays. Every year, it is the most
anticipated time in the programs’ nine-month agenda. Students get both excited
and nervous about writing and presenting their essays.
James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-27535940111525953882020-03-21T09:18:00.000-04:002020-04-11T09:25:29.236-04:00"100 Ques in Annapolis:" Gamma Pi Leads Second District Meeting with State Legislators
You can best believe that when Omega men get together, something good is
about the happen. When Omega men get together at the Maryland State Capitol,
something important is about to happen. That was the case on Tuesday,
March 10, when Brothers from the Super Chapter, from nearby Epsilon Sigma
(Bowie State University) and other chapters in Corridor I assembled at the
Capitol in Annapolis to James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-21042826181907651712020-03-01T09:09:00.000-05:002020-04-11T09:11:20.888-04:00Gamma Pi Brings Black History to Life with its QUE Kidz Program
Bro. Ken Jones talks with students
With its monthly sessions, Gamma Pi’s Que Kidz program opens
doors on the world for the young preteens who live in the underserved Prince
George’s County community of Kentland. For Black History Month, the Brothers threw
wide open the doors to the history of African Americans with an entertaining
and educational program held at the Kentland Community CenterJames Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482828632318189635.post-7529527967557718922019-12-01T20:54:00.000-05:002019-12-01T21:31:08.715-05:00Gamma Pi's Achievement Week 2019 Shows Why Omega Psi Phi is UniQUE
The proud Gamma Pi Achievement Week 2019 award winners
Gamma Pi's 2019 Achievement Week program had all the right touches and showed why we are The Super Chapter when it comes to Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. In a one week period from Saturday, November 9 through Sunday, November 17, the Achievement Week Committee sponsored two major community service projects, a well-attended James Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268513051667947880noreply@blogger.com0