Youth Mentoring – The brothers of NorCal continue to do exemplary work in mentoring our youth. Our undergraduate Brothers at Alpha Mu, Chi Nu, and Epsilon Mu have undertaken mentoring activities to include engaging with the Palo Alto Knights Pop Warner football team, hosting a high school essay contest in Fresno, and tutoring the Omega Gents. The graduate chapters are equally engaged, with Project Uplift, Continental of Omega’s Boys and Girls Club, Piedmont High School Youth Mentoring, the African-American Male Youth Conference, Mentoring and Tutoring with Seaside Area Teens, and the Omega Gents Youth Mentoring Program.
Community Service – As an area and in partnership with the Blood Centers of the Pacific, the brothers of NorCal participated in the “Blood History, Our History” Black History Month Blood Drive and Celebration in Oakland, CA. Additional community service activities included the Omega Gents Memorial Park beautification clean up as well as a voter education and registration drive done in partnership with the NAACP and Elmhurst United Methodist Church.
Area-Wide Memorial Service –On Saturday, March 10th, 2012 Epsilon Xi Chapter hosted the area-wide Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Memorial Service. It was a well-attended event and thanks to all the Brothers who came out to memorialize our Omega Chapter Brothers.
Area-Wide Strategic Planning Initiative – As an area we continue to work diligently in the development and execution of NorCal’s strategic plan with a 2 year time horizon. Area-wide initiatives include a NorCal website to facilitate cross-chapter communications and be a repository for best practices, as well as formalization of chapter-to-chapter commitments in support of major fundraisers.
Northern California Area 3 Stepping Stones Association –Funds and an organizations /distribution structure is in place to support area-wide, cross-chapter community service and social action initiatives.
New Chapters / New Membership – We continued to focus on chapter revitalization and membership expansion, working with our undergraduate and graduate chapters in the revitalization process of chapters in the Area. As a result we have reactivated the following chapters:
Alpha Mu, Epsilon Mu, and Pi Chi. In addition, immediately prior to our last District Council Meeting in Seattle, WA we conducted one initiation ceremony:
March 21, 2012: Alpha Mu – 3 Brothers New member interest in our beloved Fraternity remains high with interest expressed throughout our undergraduate and graduate chapters.
The 12th District did complete an investigation at Xi Nu and an investigation at Epsilon Xi.
Individual Chapter PAST Activities:
Alpha Mu
Talk and Tutor with East Bay Palo Alto Boys and Girls Club – April 2012
Community Service Park Clean Up – March 2012
Quiet Time with the Bruhz: Study Sessions – February 2012
Safe Sex Workshop (co-sponsored with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc,) – February 2012
Alpha Rho
Omega Gents Mentoring Program - Ongoing
Memorial Park Beautification Clean-Up – April 2012
50 Year Acknowledgement (chapter activation as undergrad) – March 2012
NorCal Centennial Celebration – Host Chapter – November 2011
Xi Nu
Piedmont Hills HS Youth Mentoring - Ongoing
Infineon Raceway - Ongoing
Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing Independence (EMBODI) with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority – Ongoing
Upcoming Activities and/or Deadlines
BBQue – The NorCal Area BBQue will take place June 30th, 2012, the location to be determined. This event will be hosted by the brothers of Xi Nu Chapter. For more information, contact Brother Ron Martin, Basileus, Xi Nu at 408-439-2621 or ronaldm@gmail.com, or Brother Philip Brooks, 408-910-7243 or pebrooksjr@sbcglobal.net.
Youth Mentoring Camping Trip –Our annual area-wide Youth Mentoring Camping Trip will take place August 10th – August 12th. Alpha Rho Chapter is leading this event for NorCal. For more information contact Brother Damon Powell, Basileus, Alpha Rho, 510-725-0742 or contemplative1@gmail.com or Brother Aaron Hamilton, 925-575-5565 or alh1911@comcast.net
Individual Chapter UPCOMING Activities:
Alpha Mu
Quiet Time with the Bruhz: Study Sessions – May 2012
Omega Field Day Fundraiser – May 2012
Blood Drive – May 2012
Alpha Rho
Omega Gents – Ongoing
Young Men’s Conference – May 2012
Scholarship BBQ –May 2012
Chi Nu
Middle School Mentoring Program – June 2012
District Meeting – May 2012
Delta Iota Iota
Scholarship Golf Tournament – June 2012
NorCal Area-Wide Founders Banquet – HOST CHAPTER – November 2012
