Alpha Tau Lambda vs CircleBlaq Community

This official Alpha Tau Lambda App is for members of the chapter to find out about our events, chat with Chapter members, View Chapter Documents, View Chapter Directory, and much more. The ability to effectively communicate with Chapter members will help us continue to develop leaders, promote brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our community. The App also allows guest to view many features of the app in the GuestView. Guest can also receive push notifications of Chapter and Community events. As a Guest you can also contact the Brothers, with any questions, or comments. Since its founding on December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world. Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders, known as the “Jewels” of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. The Fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice, both educationally and socially, at Cornell. The Jewel founders and early leaders of the Fraternity succeeded in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha’s principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity. Alpha Phi Alpha chapters were established at other colleges and universities, many of them historically black institutions, soon after the founding at Cornell. The first Alumni Chapter was established in 1911. While continuing to stress academic excellence among its members, Alpha also recognized the need to help correct the educational, economic, political, and social injustices faced by African-Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha has long stood at the forefront of the African-American community’s fight for civil rights through leaders such as: W.E.B. DuBois, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Edward Brooke, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Andrew Young, William Gray, Paul Robeson, and many others. True to its form as the “first of firsts,” Alpha Phi Alpha has been interracial since 1945.

CircleBlaq is a new social networking app that helps HBCU students and alumni build trusted circles of community where you and our culture thrive. We make it easy for you to find new circles of influence and maintain the circles that you trust: -University Circles: Dedicated circles for every HBCU from across the nation -Class Circles: Peer circles for each graduating class and for alumni -Academic Circles: Academic-based circles dedicated to each major, discipline or career path -Community Circles: Circles dedicated to showcasing the culture happening on HBCU campuses everywhere We help you leverage the entire HBCU network as you navigate college life, the culture and beyond: - Discover: Your tribe lives here. Contact an old acquaintance. Meet a future mentor. Discover new circles and niche communities. - Connect: Who’s in your circle? Search and connect with individuals by school, social organization, interests and causes. - Chat: Private group chats for your different circles, and direct messaging for private conversations. - Engage: Build relationships with like-minded peers across different HBCU campuses, and network virtually or in real life. - Collaborate: Find and collaborate with HBCU alumni and students. Coordinate projects and events with ease. - Exchange: Look for advice on what class to take or how to land that next job, trusted guidance is right at your fingertips. We're on a mission to modernize the power of traditional African healing circles, and connect you to every HBCU student and alumni from across the nation.. So what are you waiting for? Connect with the people who got you here. And, meet the circles that will take you there. Let's build a better circle together- where you and our culture thrive. Welcome to CircleBlaq!