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TAU DELTA LAMBDA

May 2021 

 

 

After working diligently for months, the Alpha Puerto Rico Committee submitted their application for a Charter to the Southern Region Committee on Fraternal Standards on May 11, 2021, to be voted on and considered at the 90th Southern Regional Convention where the application was approved and allowed to move on to the 96th General Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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May 2021 

 

 

After working diligently for months, the Alpha Puerto Rico Committee submitted their application for a Charter to the Southern Region Committee on Fraternal Standards on May 11, 2021, to be voted on and considered at the 90th Southern Regional Convention where the application was approved and allowed to move on to the 96th General Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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August 2020

In August 2020, Bro. President Everett B. Ward requested Bro. Ramon Peralta to contact Latino members of Alpha Phi Alpha for the development of a public service announcement (PSA) in Spanish of the Fraternity’s Voteless People is a Hopeless People initiative. As Brother Peralta stated in his email, “The goal is an evergreen PSA that can be used every year… and that can emphasize the importance of voting in local and national elections, not just the Presidential election.”

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With the approval of General President Brother Dr. Everett B. Ward, Bro. Peralta and the Brothers embarked on creating the PSA in time to debut at the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. The public service announcement—now trademarked “Un Pueblo Sin Voto, Es Un Pueblo Sin Esperanza” and known colloquially as VOTA—was released on the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15, 2020) on social media. It featured Brothers from various Latin American countries, including Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Nicaragua, to name a few.

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Bro. Dr. John H. Carter, Chairman of the Strategic Planning International Affairs Committee, having seen and been moved by the VOTA video, reached out and contacted the Brothers featured. Bro. Dr. Carter proposed to these Brothers the idea of chartering a Chapter of Alpha in their native country and asked if they would be interested in participating in this historical effort.

July 2021

At the 96th General Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana via a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors and upheld during the General Body Session, it was approved that an Alumni chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated in San Juan, Puerto Rico be granted a provisional Charter with the designation of Tau Delta Lambda Chapter, Key #876.

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October 2020

 

 

The first meeting was held via Zoom video conference, with the following Brothers in attendance:

  • Bro. Juan Calixto, Epsilon Phi, Spr. ‘84 (Life Member)

  • Bro. Norman Hernandez, Nu Epsilon, Spr. ‘84 (Life Member)

  • Bro. Timothy Jackson, Gamma Rho, Spr. ‘90

  • Bro. Moses Matias, Alpha Alpha Lambda, Spr. ‘09 (Life Member)

  • Bro. Norman Parrish, Iota Iota, Spr. ‘89

  • Bro. James Ramos, Iota Delta Lambda, Fall ‘10 (Life Member)

  • Bro. Angel Solis, Alpha Alpha Lambda, Fall ‘19

  • Bro. Anibal Vega, Mu Alpha Lambda, Fall ‘12 (Life Member)

Shortly after, Alpha Puerto Rico, the committee to Charter an Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated in San Juan, Puerto Rico was formed with a membership of 22 Brothers.

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Today

TDL is a chapter of
Dedicated Leaders with
Global Impact

Men of distinction, on the Island of Puerto Rico and abroad

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