Our Story
Fort Lauderdale Alumni continues to be a “beacon of light” to the community it serves. The chapters footprint and impact has a positive influence in Broward County.
A Leading Chapter For Over 70 Years …
The Fort Lauderdale Alumni began to form in 1953 at the office of Brother James A. Dallas. Prior to the meeting, five of the ten brothers needed to charter the chapter were members of the Miami Alumni. They were brothers: Samuel Sworn; James A. Dallas; Dr. Calvin Shirley; George Davis; Dr. Leonard Bass. The five additional brothers were Cornelius Rolle, William H. Johnson, Betram Sears, Henry Lamor, Luscious Sanctious. Brothers Beauregard Cummings and Frank Scruggs joined the group when the group was officially chartered, bringing the amount of founders’ to twelve.
Chapter Members
Scholarships Awarded
Years of Service
Our Fraternity …
Kappa Alpha Psi® , a college fraternity, now comprised of functioning Undergraduate and Alumni Chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the country, is the crystallization of a dream.
It is the beautiful realization of a vision shared commonly by the late Revered Founders Elder Watson Diggs; John Milton Lee; Byron K. Armstrong; Guy Levis Grant; Ezra D. Alexander; Henry T. Asher; Marcus P. Blakemore; Paul W. Caine; Edward G. Irvin and George W. Edmonds.
Thru the Years …
Fort Lauderdale Alumni continues to be a “beacon of light” to the community it serves. The chapters footprint and impact have had a positive influence in Broward County.
Mentorship, volunteerism and philanthropy are cornerstones of the chapter.
Fort Lauderdale Alumni has won several “Chapter of the Year” Awards – and continues to build on its legacy and contributions to Broward County.
Achievement Foundation of
Fort Lauderdale
Serving the Greater Fort Lauderdale area, the Achievement Foundation of Fort Lauderdale, Inc. invests in opportunities that engage today’s generation of young people in leading the social, economic and educational transformation of under-served and under-represented communities throughout the nation and global community.
The Achievement Foundation of Fort Lauderdale, Inc. exists as the philanthropic arm of the Fort Lauderdale Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi® Fraternity, Inc.
Chapter Officers
2023 -2024
Wendy Pognon
Polemarch
Derrick Pollock
Reporter
Harry Robinson
Chaplain
Kraig Washington
Executive Board
Rodney Thomas
Vice Polemarch
JT Mallory
Strategus
Steven Williams
Asst. Exchequer
Brandon McMullen
Executive Board
Venton Monplaisir
Keeper of Records
James Geter
MTA Chair
Kevin White
Executive Board
Xavier Richardson
Exchequer
Eric Hoff
Asst. Strategus
Felix Jackson
Executive Board
Albert Gibbs
Junior Vice Polemarch
Bobby DuBose
Historian
Chris Weathers
Executive Board
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Location
770 NW 22nd Road
Fort Lauderdale FL 33411