GUIDE RIGHT - OUR NATIONAL SERVICE INITIATIVE

The Northeastern Province Guide Right Committee will become a leading voice of support for young men of color and their families by addressing the whole student – Academic, Social, Physical, and Mental/Emotional needs.

Guide Right is a program for the educational and occupational guidance of youth, primarily inspirational and informational in character. Its reach extends to high schools and colleges alike, giving due attention to the needs of collegiate Brothers. Conceived in 1921 by Leon W. Steward and adopted at the twelfth Grand Chapter Meeting of Kappa Alpha Psi, Guide Right became the fraternity's national service program. Jesse Jerome Peters, later to become the eighth Grand Polemarch, was chairman of the committee, during the administration of W. Ellis Stewart as Grand Polemarch. That insured adoption of the Program as the Fraternity's national service project.

The purposes of the Guide Right Service Program are to place the training, experience, and friendly interest of successful men, at the disposal of youth needing inspiration and counsel regarding their choice of a life's career, while the community is made aware of the problems that may be encountered as these youth seek to realize lives of usefulness.

OBJECTIVES OF GUIDE RIGHT

The following objectives outline the Guide Right service program:

1. To help youth, especially those of high school age, in their selection of course leading to vocations compatible with their aptitude and personalities.
2. To assist students while they are in training, to get started in employment and to progress successful in their chosen fields.
3. To assist parents in the handling of their children by giving them opportunity to talk over their problems with those who know and are successfully in their chosen vocations.
4. To afford youth a respite from the drudgery of the street, through sponsored entertainment and culture enriched.
5. To inform youth of the values of higher education, of assistance available for continued educational pursuits, scholarship, loan, professional counseling and fellowship; of various occupational and professional opportunities and of current labor market and requirements for obtaining employment.

The New Rochelle-White Plains Alumni Chapter and Guide Right Director Pierre Oscar have garnered national recognition for their Guide Right and Kappa League programming. The Northeastern Province also sponsors the Kappa League Leadership Conference (KLLC) that brings young men from throughout the province together for a day of leadership development and networking. The KLLC is held the third or fourth Saturday in February each year.

 
KAPPA YOUTH LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE (KAPPA LEAGUE)

The Kappa Youth Leadership & Development League is a program designed to aid young men grow and develop their leadership talents in every phase of human endeavor. This national initiative commonly referred to as “Kappa League,” is a program for the educational, occupational and social guidance of male students in grades 6th-12th.

Kappa League was founded on February 12, 1969, by the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., at Alain LeRoy Locke High School. Kappa League was adopted by the Grand Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. at the 56th Grand Chapter which was held August 12-15, 1970. The founders of the Kappa Instructional Leadership League were Mel L. Davis an Elder Watson Diggs Awardee and Edgar H. Bishop.

Under the chairmanship of Mel Davis, the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter’s Social Action Program took the form of training activity for young men of the Alain Leroy Locke High School. Called the Kappa Instructional Leadership League, it was designed to help young men grow, receive, and develop their leadership talents in every phase of human endeavor. It provided both challenging and rewarding experiences, which richly enhanced their lives. Membership was open to male students from the tenth through the twelfth grades. The fraternity sought to help
these young men to achieve worthy goals for themselves and make constructive contributions to their communities when leadership roles become the responsibility. Kappa League provides both challenging and rewarding experiences to enhance the lives of the participants. Since the fundamental purpose of Kappa Alpha Psi is ACHIEVEMENT, it is therefore the Fraternity's primary purpose to help these young men achieve worthy goals for themselves and make constructive contributions to their community when they assume leadership roles.

The goals of the Kappa League program are:

• For each young man to discover his unique skills and abilities in order to find and fulfill his purpose in life
• Prepare young men (particularly those of color) to become leaders of impact and influence
• Promote academic achievement by encouraging enrollment in honors and advanced placement (AP) courses
• To obtain 1 0 0 % high school graduation and collegiate/trade school acceptance rates
• Train Kappa Leaguers to become role models of positive change for other youth within their school and community

7 PHASES OF KAPPA LEAGUE

Through club-oriented activities, the officers and membership of the Kappa League perform projects that will expose them to planning, execution, reporting ideas, and simulating good leadership characteristics designed to raise their aspiration levels. All activities and programs are taken from one or more of the following phases:

Phase I - Self Identity/ Purpose
Phase II -Training
Phase III - Competition
Phase IV - Social
Phase V - Health Education
Phase VI - Economic Empowerment & Education
Phase VII - College & Career

GUIDE RIGHT CERTIFICATION

All Kappa League programs must be declared via the Guide Right Certification website, in order to be nationally recognized as a certified “Best Practice” Guide Right program and to fulfill Chapter Certification requirements in the Northeastern Province. Filing is expected by the C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference of each year. It is important to note that all individuals listed in the volunteer section must have successfully completed the child safety training and 3 level (federal, state and local) background check.

Documents related to the Guide Right Program including the Kappa League Manual can be found in Guide Right Documents

For more information on the types of activities that satisfy the Guide Right initiative or to start a Kappa League program or be a part of a program, contact Kevin Boston-Hill, Northeastern Province Guide Right Chairman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..