[Ms Public Service]

The Alpha Chi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. proudly announce that the State of Georgia Commissioner of Labor, the Honorable Michael L. Thurmond, will be the keynote speaker for the Tenth Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast to be held on Monday, January 15, 2007 at 7:30 am in the grand ballroom of the Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the oldest collegiate Black Greek lettered organization in the nation, celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2006, has chapters across the United States, Africa, Korea, the Caribbean, and Europe. Alpha Chi Lambda, the local alumni chapter, was founded in 1935. Since its inception the chapter has worked to make our community a better place to live. Some of our most important endeavors are in the areas of education, scholarship, mentoring, teen pregnancy prevention, and head start/fatherhood. In addition to Commissioner Thurmond, representatives will bring greetings on behalf of State and City government, military, media, religious, business, community, and social services entities. The chapter will also award its coveted "Unity Award", to a person or organization in the community that has worked toward improving race relations over the past year and the Brother Lee Beard Humanitarian award. The 2006 Unity Award recipient was Community Activist Father Paulwyn Lee Boliek, and Dr. Louise A. Rice, National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., received the Brother Lee Beard Humanitarian Award. Proceeds from the Unity Breakfast, which is sponsored in part by CH2MHill/OMI, the Southern Company/Plant Vogel, Capitol City Bank, Bank America, Georgia Bank and Trust, Coca Cola and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. benefit the chapter's youth development programs and scholarship fund.