Kappa Psi Kappa

Kappa Psi Kappa is a non-profit, non-collegiate, service/social fraternity for "progressive" men of all ethnic backgrounds and cultures. The fraternity was established in Tallahassee, Florida in 2001. The fraternity has initiated more than 200 members in the United States.

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History

Kappa Psi Kappa was founded by five men on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida on August 17, 2001. They were known as the Illustrious Elite. In the summer of 2001, these men set out and started to organize the foundation of the fraternity based upon promoting brotherhood, scholarship, service and leadership. The fraternity was incorporated in the State of Florida on October 3, 2001.

Symbols and traditions

The heraldic crest of Kappa Psi Kappa contains ten symbolic elements, each of which carries a special meaning to the fraternity. The motto of the fraternity is "One Brotherhood, One Bond." The fraternity's mascot is the White Bengal tiger, representing the rarity, beauty, and strength of a man of Kappa Psi Kappa.
The fraternity's colors are baby blue, gold, and black. Its symbol is the cane. Its flower is the white thorn rose. Its jewel is the platinum white diamond. Its publication is Apollo's Dream.
The highest honor bestowed by Kappa Psi Kappais the status of Constellation member. A Constellation is a member who is recognized by the fraternity as being a leading figure, mentor, who has demonstrated exemplary service to both brotherhood and community.

Activities

Though chapters organize their own community events throughout the year, there are three fraternity-sponsored service initiatives that Kappa Psi Kappa chapters participate in alongside other chapters across the nation: Project B.O.O.K., Project 2001 Hours Served, and Midas Touch.

Membership

Membership into the Kappa Psi Kappa Brotherhood is open to any man over the age of 18 who has obtained his high school diploma or GED. Current enrollment in an institute of higher learning is not a requirement for membership.
Because Kappa Psi Kappa is a service-social organization, community service is not only a requirement to maintain active status membership within the fraternity, it is also a requirement to apply for membership.
Kappa Psi Kappa has intake classes twice per year, in the spring, and fall. Once a pledge has successfully completed the membership intake class or line and meets all required prerequisites for membership, full membership into the brotherhood is conferred.
Kappa Psi Kappa has implemented a strict ban on hazing activities.

Chapters

Kappa Psi Kappa chapters are assigned a sequential Greek letter designation according to the order in which they were chartered. The oldest is the Alpha chapter, located in Tallahassee, FL. Subsequent chapters were assigned successive letters of the Greek alphabet. After all single-letter designations were used, chapters were assigned double-letter combinations in the fashion "Alpha Alpha," "Alpha Beta," "Alpha Gamma," etc. The designation "Alpha Omega Kappa" is reserved as a symbolic "Chapter Eternal" for all Eternal Diamonds, members who have died.
Kappa Psi Kappa chapters and colonies are metropolitan based, serving the cities in which the charter member lives and then extending for a two-hour radius.
Below is a list of Kappa Psi Kappa. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Location	Status
Alpha		Tallahassee, Florida	Active
Beta			Inactive
Gamma			Inactive
Delta		Chicago, Illinois	Active
Epsilon			Inactive
Zeta		Atlanta, Georgia	Active
Eta		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Theta			Inactive
Iota			Inactive
Kappa			Inactive
Lambda		Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Mu		Raleigh, North Carolina	Active
Nu		New York City, New York	Active
Alpha Zeta		Detroit, Michigan	Active
Alpha Omega Kappa			Memorial

Governance

Governing structure

Kappa Psi Kappa Fraternity, Inc is governed by its national executive board which is made up of seven voting positions known as the executive board and four non-voting positions known as the administrative staff
Executive Board

Supreme President – elected leader of the fraternity who is responsible for national plan of actions and vision
First Supreme Anti-President – responsible for membership intake, international membership, and honorary memberships
Second Supreme Anti-President – responsible for membership expansion, colonization, and reactivation
Third Supreme Anti-President – responsible for community service, fraternal philanthropy, and scholarship
Supreme Keeper of Record – responsible for fraternal meetings, minutes, and agendas
Supreme Keeper of Exchequer – responsible for fraternal finances.
National Executive Director – responsible for day-to-day business, national committees, and administrative positions.

Administrative staff

Supreme Epistoleus – fraternal historian
Supreme Editor-In-Chief – responsible for Apollo's Dream
Supreme Guard – responsible for ensuring that all fraternal policies adhere to the national constitution
Supreme Chaplain
Webmaster

Convention

Kappa Psi Kappa is governed by its Convention called Conclave, which is officially the highest authority in the fraternity. Conclave is held biannually in conjunction with the other organizations of Tau Kappa Phi. As a body, comprises delegates from every active chapter, as well as member-at-large representatives and the fraternity's National Executive Board. The first Conclave was held in 2006 in Orlando, Florida. Previously the location of Conclave changed with every convening, but in 2014 it was decided that Conclave would be permanently hosted in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tau Kappa Phi

The history of the Kappa Family is unique because the family was not formed all at one time. Kappa Psi Kappa's founding on August 17, 2001, in Tallahassee, Florida marked the beginning of it. On February 20, 2002, the sorority and fraternity pair of Phi Nu Kappa and Alpha Psi Kappa were formed on the Florida State University campus. They joined the Kappa Family on March 28, 2002. The last organization to join was the Kappa Sapphires founded on April 8, 2002. The Kappa Family gave itself Greek letters on August 13, 2002. Tau Kappa Phi became the Grand Chapter for all members.