HISTORY
Conceived in 1922 by Leon W. Stewart, and suggested at the twelfth Grand Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Guide Right became the fraternity’s national service program. Leon Steward is the founder of the National Guide Right movement of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and Past Western Province Polemarch. Soon after the St. Louis Alumni Chapter’s beginning in 1921, Leon W. Steward and J. Jerome Peters were assigned to research possible programs that would assist in developing the youth of the Black community and to devise a “meaningful and practical approach” to the problem of Black youth underachievement.
Ultimately, Brother Steward, proposed a program of guidance to be designated as Guide Right, with the purpose of assisting high school seniors to choose and pursue useful careers. The focus of Guide Right, from its inception, was to provide scholarships to needy and talented students, and to inform young people of the professions and other career options.
Province Guide Right Chairman
The founding objectives of Guide Right may be summarized as follows:
- To help youth in selection of courses leading to vocations compatible with their aptitudes and personalities.
- To assist students while they are in training, to get started in employment, and to progress successfully in their chosen fields.
- To assist parents in the handling of their children by giving them opportunities to talk over their problems with those who know and are successful in their chosen vocations.
- To afford the less fortunate youths a respite from the drudgery of the streets, through sponsored entertainment and cultural enrichment.
- To inform youth of the values of higher education, of assistance available for continued educational pursuits.
Guide Right encompasses many of our youth oriented programs such as mentoring, college preparatory programs, and tutoring. However, the Flagship Initiative of the Guide Right Service Program is the Kappa Leadership Development League (Kappa League). Guide Right is a program of the educational and occupational guidance of youth, primarily inspirational and informative in character. The purposes of the Guide Right Service Program is to place the training experience and friendly interest of successful men at the disposal of youth needing inspiration and counsel regarding their choice of a life’s career, and to arouse the interest of the entire community in the problems of youth as they seek to realize lives of usefulness.
Current Guide Right Objectives
- To Create the Next Generation of Leaders via Leadership Development
- Prepare students for college
- Mentor students to college graduation
- To positively impact youth through mentoring and training
- To prepare youth for academic success in middle school, high school and college
- To learn by interaction, doing and group dynamics
Core Initiatives:
- STEM: Activities include getting involved with NSBE Jr, STE Career Fair, Utilize code.org for free programming training. Microsoft Retail stores offer free STEM training.
- College Success: Mentoring for college. 90% Graduation Rate. Facilitate Undergrad/Alumni partnership for the mentoring
- College Prep Series: Naviance an online tool to assist students in preparing for college; Diamonds in the Rough webinars (DITR); FAFSA Awareness; College Signing Day, recognizing graduating high school seniors going to college.
- Positive Video Reporting – KLTV: Creating positive video recordings of Guide Right achievements
Achievement Academy
The Achievement Academy is designed to enhance the social, professional, and leadership experiences of the collegiate members in the Fraternity. The vehicle by which this is to be accomplished is through the development of vibrant mentoring and coaching opportunities that empower and enhance their agency.
Our central foci are to ensure retention and graduation of our members while fostering an understanding of the steps necessary that lead to advanced degree opportunities and successful transition toward their career paths. We have developed a cohort approach to assure members are matched with the mentoring experiences relevant to their goals.
Province Achievement Academy Chairman
S.E.L.T.F
The Southwestern Education and Leadership Training Foundation Scholarship was created to promote and encourage the completion of higher educational pursuits by rewarding the most outstanding student-scholars through their participation in academic and scholarly programs at their respective institutions. Academic achievements, as well as school involvement, community service, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership are evaluated to identify those individuals whose character and academic performance exemplify these qualifications. An equitable approach is employed in reviewing each application to provide maximum opportunity to all students who apply to receive the award, regardless of race or national origin. In maintaining the highest standards in the selection process, the Foundation aims to reward rising brothers whose dedication and academic achievements are reflective of those qualities necessary to succeed and complete the matriculation through a degree program at an accredited college or university.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
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Scholarship recipients:
S.E.L.T.F. Donations
KAPPA KAMP
Kappa Kamp is conceived as a summer enrichment camp providing students, ages 12-16, with the opportunity to acquire productive life-skills through intensive workshops and learning through structured play activities. Students may choose from a number of enrichment camps and classes, as well as attend a variety of cultural and recreational activities, field trips, and educational lectures. Work, fun, and more, all take place within a safe, professionally designed and supervised setting.From June 2-14, 2019 Kappa Kamp will be held on the campus of Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas. Paul Quinn College holds the distinction of being the oldest historically black college west of the Mississippi River. The college was founded in 1872 in Austin, Texas by a small group of African Methodist Episcopal preachers at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church and later moved to Dallas, TX. Originally, the college was called the Connectional High School and Institute. The school’s original purpose was to educate freed slaves and their children.
The primary objectives of the enrichment camps are to:
Provide enrichment activities for ages 12-16.
Motivate students to seek higher levels of achievement.
Expose students to activities rich in cultural information and experience.
Develop students’ reading, writing and speaking skills while involved in each workshop.
Provide experiences that focus on science, technology and survival.
Provide a spiritual faith-based atmosphere for human growth and development
Provide character education and citizenship in an ethical environment.
Allow campers to make friends from around the world in a structured and safe environment.
Please continue to support one of your National Guide Right initiatives. We will continue to inform you of Kappa Kamp news and developments as soon as they become available. Please revisit this page for periodic updates and announcements.