ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.
Eta Tau Lambda Chapter

Since its founding on December 4,1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has stood for the ideals of justice, leadership and the general betterment of all men. The seven men who found Alpha at Cornell University at Ithaca, NY sought to create a community of men, who, in each other, found the strength to persevere and triumph over the racial and cultural oppression of their day.

With more than 500 chapters in the United States and abroad, Alpha Phi Alpha is the largest and oldest Black Greek-letter organization in existence. The Eta Tau Lambda Chapter, founded at Akron, Ohio, August 23, 1960, has continued the long and illustrious tradition. The professional men who constitute its ranks come from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We unite, however, in a common fraternal bond of love and commitment to excellence.

Among the Fraternity’s on-going civic involvement:

•	Each year, through the Education and Scholarship division, Alpha assists educational achievement by providing more than $5,000 annually in academic scholarships to minority or disadvantaged Akron Public High School students who have out standing achievements during their high school years.

•	Project Alpha, a hands-on intervention with at-risk male youth between ages 13-17, discussing the element vital to their successful passage into manhood

•	This year Eta Tau Lambda participated in a successful Project S H A.R E. program, helping the local food bank for the area’s needy. The Chapter raised $2,000 for nearly 150 families to benefit from this endeavor.

•	This year Eta Tau Lambda Chapter initiated the 1st Annual Greekademic Challenge fundraiser for the  benefit of  UNCF and the Kym Sellers Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis. 

•	Since Alpha Phi Alpha Homes, Inc., began in 1966, it has provided quality low cost housing for the residents of Akron, Alliance, Campbell, Cleveland, Ravenna, Stow, Warren and Wooster, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois.

Twice, Eta Tau Lambda Chapter has been recognized as the Fraternity’s National Chapter of the Year for its civic involvement.

Eta Tau Lambda Chapter, like Chapters nationwide, remains true to inspiration of founders, constantly seeking new challenges, blazing a trail for others to follow. Our future is bright, our resolve unbowed. Our motto says it all: First of all servants of all, we shall transcend all.