Students from the Achievement Academy of the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, with their Kappa League mentors, attend The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust and Museum of the American Revolution’s Fifth Annual Lonaé A. Moore Forum, “It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding,” at the Museum of the American Revolution, February 12, 2022. The two first prize recipients of the Forum’s video contest are Devin Davison (first row, second from the left) and Ibrahim Soukouna (first row, second from right).
The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust and the Museum of the American Revolution welcomed students and mentors from the Achievement Academy of the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. to the Fifth Annual Lonaé A. Moore Forum: “It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding.” The theme of the forum was “Connecting the Dots Between 1776 and the Present.”
Two Achievement Academy students tied for first place in the Forum Video Contest, based on 2-3 minute videos they created to express what they learned from the Forum. The winners, Devin Davison and Ibrahim Soukouna are pictured with DFCLT VP of Marketing, Lonnie Moore, III, who was master of ceremonies for the event.
The Achievement Academy provides multi-faceted mentoring, counseling and training programs that assist African-American male youth from 9 to 18 years of age. The academy’s primary focus is on the development of life skills and educational accomplishment.
The Kappa Alpha Psi® Fraternity Inc. Philadelphia Alumni Chapter established the Achievement Academy in 1992. The fraternity’s nationally mandated Guide Right program provides for the development and training of young African-American male students. The Achievement Academy seeks to combat the negative influences in the lives of impressionable youth with positive values, direction and enhanced self-esteem. The college-educated men of Kappa Alpha Psi have accepted the challenge to motivate the students to assume responsibility for their future success.
The curriculum is designed to begin in October of each year and conclude in May. This is to allow for synchronization with the students’ academic year. The sessions are the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month and are an hour and a half in duration. Weekend trips are incorporated into the program with the objective of helping the students to associate topics covered during the trips, like the Forum, with real world experiences.
We look forward to welcoming Achievement Academy students for a tour of the Dennis Farm and to future Forums.
