One constant of the Constitution, for individual chapters and the General Organization alike, is the stated purpose of Alpha Phi Alpha, which appears in the preamble. AMP is designed to address the academic, social, and cultural needs of young minority high school males.

Another such change, regarding undergraduate representation on the Executive Council, led to a revision of the Constitution in 1954. In the 1940s, the Fraternity deleted all references to race. Guided by our ideals and Alpha Phi’s strategic plan, we’ve developed empowering programs to actively support the growth, education, health, and well-being of our members. Subsequent revisions have been made to the fraternity’s Constitution and By-Laws to address the evolution of the fraternity and its membership. Alpha Phis embody the Fraternity’s High Ideals of Membership, which are character, generosity, sisterhood and innovation. In the First General Convention of the General Organization, a constitution for the General Organization was created and adopted. As each new chapter was founded, its members created their own constitution, modeled after that of Alpha Chapter. Once they established a constitution and by-laws, elected officers, and created rules of rituals and initiation, they moved to expand the fraternity beyond Cornell. Although none had ever experienced fraternity life first-hand, they strove to establish a structured and permanent organization. No more than a month after Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was born, Alpha Chapter members appointed a committee to create a constitution and by-laws. You can only find out by study of its various rules and laws. You cannot be a real Alpha Phi Alpha man unless you know how “Alpha” works.

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