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Since being founded on December 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African Americans and other minorities around the world. Through Alpha men such as Martin Luther King, Jr., John Hope Franklin, Adam Clayton Powell, Thurgood Marshall, Andrew Young, Cornel West and many others, the fraternity has long stood at the forefront of the fight for civil and human rights and social change—for all Americans.
The Zeta Epsilon Lambda (ZEL) Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, located in Red Bank, NJ, has addressed the need for leadership and service in the immediate community. Over the last 57 years, our chapter, primarily a service organization, has provided leadership and service to both Monmouth & Ocean County, New Jersey. ZEL supports all of the Fraternity’s State, Regional and National programs. We have received the National Alumni Chapter of the Year award and numerous awards for Chapter of the Year for the District of New Jersey.
Over the last five years, ZEL has been responsible for securing and awarding over $70,000 in scholarships for minority students through our non-profit charitable arm, The Charity Fund, Inc. Our members are active with various community organizations to include the American Cancer Society, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Big Brother Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, March of Dimes, Monmouth County Cotillion, NAACP, National Urban League, Neptune Township Board of Education, National Pan-Hellenic Council and many more.
To Be An Alpha Man
To be an Alpha man means more than just to wear a pin, It requires intrinsic qualities that are developed deep within, It calls for lasting Brotherhood, a word sometimes used in vain, It means an honest devotion, not anticipation of personal gain. Fraternity speaks of brotherly love, that's something to achieve, It's more than a grip of hands, it's and ideal to conceive. You're proud to be an Alpha, and share her praises won, before you inflate yourself with pride, ask yourself honestly, how much work have done?
Fraternity Statements
Mission Statement
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities.
Vision Statement
The objectives of this Fraternity shall be: to stimulate the ambition of its members; to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual; to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood; and to aid down-trodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic and intellectual status.