BIG BROTHER BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE:
Chairman Isaiah Venning –
bbbsoapi@omega6d.org

To ensure that the Partnership between Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc and the Big Brother Big Sister of America is implemented in the Sixth District. Key Program Goals are:

• Build Chapter relationships with BBBS Agencies in the Sixth District (North and South Carolina)
• Encourage Brothers to become mentors to kids in the BBBS Agencies in the Sixth District
• Visit Chapters in NC and SC to explain the mentoring process and recruit Brothers
• Coordinate program efforts with the District Representative and Social Action Committee Chair

FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE:
Chairman Melvin L. Williams –
fatherhood.initiative@omega6d.org

To enter into a “Call to Action” formal partnership with President Obama’s Father and Mentoring Initiative to address the critical challenge of Father Absence in the lives of children, families and the nation’s communities. To also focus on the importance of mentoring our next generation of young men and fathers. The key Mission is to:

“Partner with the President’s administration in closing the gap on father absence; promoting fatherhood, highlighting the necessity of mentoring and the importance of father’s playing an active, responsible role in the lives of their children.”

Objectives include encourage chapter engagement in Fatherhood/Mentoring activities, develop and deploy reporting mechanisms to acknowledge effectiveness, participate in White House Fatherhood and Mentoring Roundtables, participate in Congressional Black Caucus Fatherhood discussions and create a Fatherhood committee.

VIOLENCE PREVENTION:
Chairman Kenneth “Tito” Koonce –
violence.prevention@omega6d.org

The key mission of the committee:

• Identify, address, reduce and eliminate all forms of violent interactions associated with any aspect of the fraternity’s culture through education on and enforcement of the fraternity’s policies.
• Form collaborative efforts with government, non-government, civic, social and other organizations dedicated to the reduction and elimination of violence within the African-American community.

VOTER REGISTRATION:
Chairman Randall Eaton –
voter.registration@omega6d.org

Voter Registration, Education and Mobilization Committee (VREM) will tackle a range of methods and mechanisms for galvanizing and mobilizing members of our communities to go to the polls. All chapters, graduates and undergraduates, must be involved in this process. Volunteers working in neighborhood teams to organize their communities are the foundation of our organization.