MSNBC AND WE WILL BRING YOU ANY NEWS AS IT HAPPENS. AT THIS POINT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON BECAUSE I WANT TO BRING IN A KEY SERIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ABOUT THE DIVINE NINE. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, I’VE SAID IT BEFORE I WAS HIT AGAIN, THEY
ARE 38 DAYS AWAY AND SIX ARE HIGH. THE LIST OF ISSUES TOP OF MIND FOR VOTERS RIGHT NOW RANGE FROM EVERYTHING FROM ABORTION TO INFLATION. TO IMMIGRATION AND GUN SAFETY AND QUITE LITERALLY THAT DEMOCRACY OF OUR COUNTRY. THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH. SO IN THIS AREA THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENTS OF THE DIVINE NINE AND TODAY WE’RE TALKING TO THE GENERAL PRESIDENT OF ALPHA FILE FOR FRATERNITY INCORPORATED. ALPHA FILE FOR IS THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE GREEK LETTERS ORGANIZATION AND THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE FOUNDED BY — AN AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY BY SEVEN AND AND KNOWN AS THE
SEVEN JEWELS. THEY RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR SUPPORT OF BLACK MAN IN COURT NELSON — AND SOCIAL RACISM. WITH 745 ACTIVE CHAPTERS WORLDWIDE, OVER 27,000 MEMBERS. ALPHA IF I ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED IS THE LARGEST PREDOMINANTLY BLACK — SOCIAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISM IS AT THE CORE OF THE ORGANIZATION’S FOCUS.
ONE OF THE NATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EFFORTLESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE. IT WAS INITIATED BY THE OFFICE IN THE 1930S. WHEN BLACK FOLKS HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE BUT WHERE PREVENTED FROM VOTING DUE TO POLLS HATS. THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THAT WERE PREVENTED FROM VOTING TO PULL TAXES, DUE
TO THREATS OF RETALIATION AND A LACK OF EDUCATION ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS IN GENERAL. PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO BLOCK THE VOTE BUT THE ALPHAS STEPPED IN AND STEPPED UP WITH A PROGRAM. I WANT TO BRING IN DR. WILLIS ELON’S ARE. HE IS THE THIRD GENERAL PRESIDENT OF ALPHA FILE FOR FRATERNITY INCORPORATED.
GENERAL PRESIDENT ALONSO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I AM VERY EXCITED TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY, YOU HAVE MEMBERS ALL OF THE COUNTRY AND HAVE ALMOST 40 CHAPTERS IN FLORIDA. WE HEARD FROM GOVERNOR DESANTIS, ARE THE ALPHAS MORALIZING AND RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IAN? >> YES WE, OUR TALK WITH THE
DISTRICT DIRECTOR DOCTOR AND IT WENT OUT OF MY HEAD. I TALKED A DISTRICT ERECTOR THIS MORNING AND HE AND SHOWED ME THAT THE BROTHERS ARE NOT ONLY SOLID AND THEY ARE NOW ABLE TO ASSESS WHAT THE RESOURCE ACCESS MAYBE AND SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO MOBILIZE AND ASSIST OUR COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW THAT BEING IN THAT OPPORTUNITY, WE ARE LOOKING TO AS WELL IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. I SPOKE TO THOSE AS WELL. OUR DIRECTORS FOR THE STATES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE DOING WELL IN FACT NORTH CAROLINA, SOME POWER OUTAGES, SOME FLOODING BUT OUR EFFORTS WILL BE TO
ENSURE THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO EXTEND OUR RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD TYPICALLY SUPPORT. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FORTUNATELY COME OUT FAVORABLE DESPITE THE HEAVY DAMAGE AND I KNOW WE HAVE A CHAPTER IN FORT MYERS FLORIDA. AND THEY AS YOU KNOW THE EXPERIENCE OF ESSENTIAL DAMAGE.
>> WE SPOKE WITH THE STATE REP FOR FORT MYERS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MOBILIZE OUR POINTS TO GO THERE. AND THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT WHO IS ETERNAL CECIL HOWARD, I SPOKEN HE IS ASSURED ME THAT OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES CALL DISTRICT DIRECTORS WILL KEEP ME
INFORMED AS WELL AS HE AND HIS ROLE AS THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LINKED WITH OUR MEN AND OUR FAMILIES. BUT HELPING THAT COMMUNITIES THAT WE MOBILIZE AND WE TAKE CARE OF THEM TO. THAT IS WHAT WE DO WE ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> WE ARE PAYING FOR EVERYBODY AFFECTED NOT JUST IN CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA AS WELL. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT VOTING RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK NATIONWIDE AND DOZENS OF STATES HAVE AN ACT OF RESTRICTIVE VOTING LAWS. I KNOW I DON’T NEED TO TELL YOU, WE MENTIONED OUR NATIONAL
PROGRAM OF VOTE LESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE. HOW ARE YOU, WHAT IS THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROGRAM AND THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION WHERE IT IS CHALLENGING TO SAY THE LEAST ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> WE, REALIZE IT WAS — AND HOPELESS PEOPLE CAMPAIGN. THE INTENT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE
ARE EMPOWERING OUR MEMBERS. SPECIFIC CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY, WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION. THE THINGS WE SEE ON TELEVISION, THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON D.C.. AND HOW THEY IMPACT THEM DIRECTLY. WE ARE CONCERNED NOW THAT THIS DEVASTATING HURRICANE AS LEVERAGE FLORIDA SO I WOULD BE
ASSURED THAT THEY WILL BE APPROPRIATE ELECTIONS CONDUCTED THERE. DESPITE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE HAVING LOGISTICALLY THERE IN FLORIDA. WE ARE GOING TO PUT OUR BULLET TO WORK. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH INDIVIDUALS TO OUR DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGNS THAT WE DO WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING TOWN HALLS.
WE HAVE BEEN USING WEBINARS. AND USING THE SOCIAL MEDIA TO MOBILIZE OUR VOICE AND TO REMIND PEOPLE OF WHAT IS AT STAKE. AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE A FRATERNITY OF MAN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE ON THE TABLE. >> I KNOW ABOUT 20 SECONDS LEFT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MOBILIZE
VERY QUICKLY ON THE ISSUE OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS? >> WE ARE MAKING SURE AS MEN, WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT THOSE STAKES ARE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT’S INVESTED INTEREST, NOT ONLY FOR BLACK PEOPLE BUT BROWN PEOPLE. BUT FOR ALL PEOPLE, WE ARE MOBILIZING ALSO WITH THE DIVINE NINE.
MY FELLOW COUNTERPARTS AND THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT ABOUT THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THAT. OUR CHAIR IS RASHIDA LIBERTY OF SIGNAL CAMERAS SORORITY. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN HAVE A FUEL AND OVERLAPPING APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT THE VOCAL COMPONENT OF OUR VOICES AS FRATERNITIES AND
SORORITIES IS LEVERAGED TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY ARE REALLY THE WORLD IS AWARE THAT WE HAVE WALKED STAND FOR THIS ISSUE. THEY JUST BE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. >> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. DR. WALLACE ALONSO THE 30 OR NOT THE THIRD GENERAL ELECTION BUT YOU ARE THE THIRD.
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