HR290 Summary

• Recognizes April 18, 2017, as Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, Day in Alabama.

• Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and now has more than 700 chapters in the United States and worldwide.

• Sigma Phi Graduate Chapter and Omega Iota Iota Graduate Chapter of Montgomery, Alabama, serve as host chapters for the 2017 Omega Day at the State House.

• The organization has played a progressive, cooperative, and constructive role in civic and political life for more than 100 years.

• Directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to Brother Jerome Sanders, State Representative of the organization.