Alpha Phi Alpha

He's inside working.

And Alpha Phi Alpha has had a boldness people as a hopeless people program for over 100 years.

Yes.

That's

What you got going on? Happy AOC.

You know, you know, you know, it's so good to be here.

Shout out to Alpha Phi Alpha since we're talking about it.

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Um, under the same 1906 Venus retrograde in Scorpio, the Atlanta race massacre basically occurred at that time, where, uh, a, a group of thugs basically, who were spurred by sensationalist local newspaper reports, this whole, like, armed white mob went and terrorized this Black community in Atlanta and massacred a bunch of people.

And this tragedy though, one of the positive things that happened subsequent to it is it galvanized some figures which ended up leading to the creation of some things such as the Alpha Phi Alpha, uh, fraternity, which is the first Black inter co- college fraternity in the US, and this then became a cornerstone of Black civil leadership.

So, um, that was a theme I saw come up a few different times.

And this Venus retrograde 1906 is still largely in Sagittarius, so I saw a few different times, like, more, um, educational and travel and other themes coming up during this time.

I went to Ramsey High School here in Birmingham, and then I moved on to Miles College, graduated from Miles College.

And during my time at Miles College, I was able to pledge the greatest fraternity of all, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Shout out to my classmates.

I know from FBI NA, we have a divine nine group that we always, you know, go back and forth with, you know, the little banter between the fraternal organizations, but it's all definitely love.

Mm.

And, uh, I'm a member of, uh, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and I was going to a meeting at that point, and she saw my, um, my shield on my, on my blazer, and she's a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, uh, sorority.

So we are, we're not, we're, we're not, we're, we're, we're brother and sister, basically, organizations.

And, uh, to have that in common, that was really cool.

So for several years, we would go over to Bright Hope Church in North Philly by Temple's campus.

And some years we went over to the Columbia North YMCA, which has their annual Arms of Alpha Thanksgiving Day of Service hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

And we were typically giving out hot meals, distributing clothes and toiletries.

And it was just like a way for us to come together because we knew that everyone had the day off pretty much.

I can roll up my sleeves, uh, put my head down, focus, and get things done.

But you know, you're a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, Julian Serrano Neal.

Yeah.

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All right, the men are on deck.

Up next, we have the men, the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha.

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