Kappa Alpha Psi (KAΨ) Fraternity, is the second oldest active African American collegiate Greek-letter fraternity and since 1911 has been open to men of all races, religion and creed. The fraternity has over 85,000 members with 600 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the United States,疏通地漏 with international chapters in the United Kingdom, Germany, Korea, Japan and the West Indies. 疏通地漏 The president of the national fraternity title is Grand Polemarch, who assigns a Province Polemarch for each of the twelve provinces (districts/regions) of the nation. The Kappa Alpha Psi Journal is the official magazine of the fraternity since 1914. Frank M. Summers was the magazine's first editor and later on became the 14th Grand Polemarch. 疏通地漏 Kappa Alpha Psi is a major contributor in the field of politcal, social,cultural and scholastic achievement through programs providing community service, social welfare and academ疏通地漏ic scholarship with the Kappa Alpha Foundation and great supporter of the United Negro College Fund and Habitat for Humanity. The fraternity has many notable members recognized as leaders in the arts, athletics, business, civil rights, education, government, and science sectors at the local, national and international level. 疏通地漏 Kappa Alpha Psi is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), an umbrella organization of nine international African-American Greek-letter sororities and fraternities. The fraternity is know for it's "cane stepping" in NPHC organized step shows. Kappa Alpha Psi was the first NPHC member to be inc疏通地漏rporated as a national fraternity and the first African-American Greek letter society founded west of the Appalachian Mountains still in existence. 疏通地漏 Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 The Founders 1.2 Founding 2 National programs 3 The history of the Kappa Kane 4 External links 4.1 Kappa Alpha Psi 4.2 Outside websites