RDL gives to PANAC Endownment at MLK Service on Jan. 18th

Post date: Jan 19, 2014 3:52:44 AM

Anderson, South Carolina - The Rho Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. seated at Anderson, SC held their 12th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Celebration & Breakfast at Westside High School Auditorium on January 18, 2014 at 10 AM. The program featured The Honorable Hervery B. O. Young, Chief Public Defender of the 10th Judicial Circuit, as the keynote speaker who spoke on the Dr. King's Legacy and his possible comments on the 21st Century Judicial System in America. "King would call for a more equable circumstance for those defending themselves in the system", said Young, who was named as Chief Defender in January 2013. In a proposed imaginary letter from Dr. King written to the citizens of today, Young proposed that Dr. King would be proud of the some accomplishments but be concerned the emphasis placed on "building bigger prisons rather than better schools". Bro. Young also served as South Carolina District Director of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity from 2005-2009.

Bro. Ken Robinson presents the gift to Pi Alpha Bro. Bobby Haney and Pi Alpha Chapter Advisors, Bros. Jordon Gilmore and Jerome McClendon.

The Chapter was also named as their 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major Award to Mr. Joseph E. Reynolds of Abbeville, South Carolina. Mr. Reynold is an exceptional educator and civic servant and a 50-Year brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. About 100 people attended the program, which included a complimentary breakfast and several musical selections from Mr. Wesley Hudson, a sophomore at Clemson University.