SENATE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 86

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MAY 11, 2021

     The Senate Higher Education Committee reports favorably Senate Joint Resolution No. 86.

      This joint resolution designates December 4 of each year as “Alpha Phi Alpha Day” to commemorate the founding of the first Black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity and to recognize the contributions and achievements of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and its members.  Founded on December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha instills the values of leadership, scholarship, brotherhood, and community service.  Today, the organization continues to enrich the lives of its members who in turn become agents of change both here in New Jersey and across the world.  Given the extent to which Alpha Phi Alpha has, and will continue to be, a force for positive change, it is fitting and proper to designate a day in its honor.