Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Northern California District
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Serving The Western Region
The Northern California District of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. serves San Francisco to Monterey, and from to Sacramento to Fresno, ensuring the college and graduate chapter alike thrive through leadership and service within their localities. Here in the NorCal District, we hold to heart a few core values
Community Development
We are and will always be dedicated to serving our communities first. Alpha hosts both collegiate and graduate programs focused on giving around the Fraternity’s core programs, in addition to other programs that help lay the foundation for community service in low-income areas.
Brotherhood
We are and will always be dedicated to serving our communities first. Alpha hosts both collegiate and graduate programs focused on giving around the Fraternity’s core programs, in addition to other programs that help lay the foundation for community service in low-income areas.
Professional Development
We are and will always be dedicated to serving our communities first. Alpha hosts both collegiate and graduate programs focused on giving around the Fraternity’s core programs, in addition to other programs that help lay the foundation for community service in low-income areas.
NorCal District Directors
"Current and Past"
Brother Ryan McCreary
Current District Director
Chapter: Gamma Phi Lambda, Berkeley
Brother Dr. Garvis R. Givens
Year: 2014, 2015, 2016
Chapter: Gamma Phi Lambda, Oakland
Brother Dr. Richard G. Johnson, III
Year: 2016, 2017
Chapter: Gamma Chi Lambda, San Francisco
Brother Kenneth Tyeskey
Year: 2012, & 2013
Chapter: Zeta Beta Lambda, Sacramento
Brother Dr. Daren A. Miller
Year: 2010, 2011, 2012
Chapter: Iota Nu Lambda, Fresno
Brother Virgil A. Torrence
Year: 2018, 2019, 2020, & 2021
Chapter: Zeta Beta Lambda, Sacramento
ABOUT
History
Alpha Phi Alpha™, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African American Men, was founded on December 4, 1906™ at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of brotherhood among African descendants in this country.
Founders
The seven visionary founders, known as the “Jewels” of the fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy.
Activism
The bond and brotherhood of Alpha Phi Alpha includes scholar and political activist W.E.B. Dubois, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) attorney Thurgood Marshall, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent 20th Century civil rights activist of our time.
Legacy
The legacy of Dr. King motivated his fraternity brothers to create the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation, Inc. This memorial is in honor of Dr. King’s life, legacy, and international achievements on the Mall in Washington, D.C
CHAPTERS
The Northern California District (NorCal) is made of some of the foremost chapters of the Fraternity in the World. Each house different methodologies to impact change under the same banner of community service and leadership.
Undergraduate Chapters:
Northern California is home to some of the most prestigious college chapters in the nation. Here are the college chapters our district represents:
Stanford University
(Nu Sigma)
University of California, Berkeley (Alpha Epsilon)
University of California, East Bay (Xi Pi)
San Jose State University (Epsilon Mu)
University of San Francisco (Upsilon Rho)
San Francisco State
(Xi Rho)
Sacramento State
(Pi Gamma)
Fresno State
(Epsilon Beta)
Alumni Chapters:
The NorCal Graduate Chapters have some of the most distinguished professional brothers in the Western region. Many of our Graduate Brothers have matriculated from college chapters and matured their careers in the Bay Area, while others have started anew and earned the Brotherhood of Alpha after their undergraduate experiences, Whichever the genesis of their Black and Old Gold origins, we are happy to call them Brothers. Here are the graduate chapters in our district:
Eta Sigma Lambda
(San Jose)
Gamma Chi Lambda
(San Francisco)
Gamma Phi Lambda (Oakland•Berkeley)
Zeta Beta Lambda
(Sacramento)
Omicron Theta Lambda (Hayward)
Kappa Omicron Lambda
(Solano County)
Nu Beta Lambda
(Stockton)
Iota Nu Lambda
(Fresno)
Kappa Alpha Lambda