Omega Psi Phi
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The Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) Fraternity was founded on Friday, November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The founders of the fraternity were three students: Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper, and Frank Coleman and their first faculty advisor was Ernest Everett Just. Omega Psi Phi is the first black fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college or university.
From its inception, the fraternity has worked to build a strong and effective force of men dedicated to principles of manhood, scholarship, perseverance, uplift, and capable of giving expression to the hopes and aspirations of an unfree people in the land of the free.
In 1927, at the urging of Carter G. Woodson, a member, the fraternity made National Negro Achievement Week an annual observance, and it continues today as Achievement Week.
Since 1945, the fraternity has undertaken a National Social Action Program to meet the needs of African Americans in the areas of health, housing, civil rights, and education.
In its continuing support of African-American education, Omega Psi Phi gives an annual gift of $50,000 to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), an organization it has supported since 1955.
The fraternity is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), an umbrella organization for nine international Greek letter sororities and fraternities.
There are many notable Omega Men recognized as leaders in the arts, athletics, business, civil rights, education, government, and science sectors at the local, national and international level.