[TonyB06]

As we celebrate Alpha Phi Alpha's 97th year, here are some suggestions for those who walk amongst the Pyramids...

Thank God Almighty for His gift of A-Phi-A! Call a Bruh! Grip a Bruh! Yell A-Phi-A! Uplift your community! Pay your dues! Re-read your History Book! Step with the bruhs! Inspire a future Alpha Man! Realize that nobody has better brotherhood! Wear your Alpha Pin! Pledge your support to your chapter! Always display Tenacity! Let your words be well thought of! Get risk-management certified! Give a shout-out to Annie Singleton! Call a younger bruh and share wisdom! Listen to that younger bruh's wisdom! Make "We Shall Overcome" a reality! Remember why you pledged! Cover up the Grip! Sing the Alpha Hymn with some bruhs! Sing the Sweetheart Song to your Sweetheart! Give your Sweetheart Yellow Roses! Celebrate the "Sons of Cornell"! Hug an AKA! Celebrate your brotherhood in the world's greatest frat! Restore your relationship with a bruh you have beef with! Go back to school! Remember that we were first and they are always watching! Decide what chapter projects you will lead/support! Pay your dues! Read the "Sphinx"! Register someone to vote! Hug your child! Mentor another child! Have demitasse! Never take a backwards step! Don't talk about it, be about it! Have your brother's back! Increase your chapter's community work by 15 percent! Devise a workable and acceptable plan to restore pledging! Extend yourself and bring a bruh back to the "House"! Plan to attend a national convention! Remind the Greeks that you are their Granddaddy! Pay your dues! Teach the college bruhs how to conduct business! Show the alumni bruhs that you know how to conduct business! Run the yard! Leave excuses to others! Remember the senior bruhs! Be worthy of the letters! Remember Alpha widows! Find out what Peas in Tubs are! Tell someone about the city where the streets are Black and Ole Gold!190000000006! ...Remember that Goodwill is the Monarch of this House!

"O Lord, may the true spirit of fraternity, rule our hearts, guide our thoughts and control our lives so that we may become, through Thee, Servants of All. Amen"