; Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has maintained a partnership with Habitat for Humanity and assists in building a home for a local family in conjunction with each of its biennial national conventions; Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has a partnership with Memphis-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and has with the help of the local community and churches been able to raise more than $1,000,000 for the continuation of St. Jude’s mission and has designated the hospital as the primary benefactor of its national fundraising efforts; Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors Kappas on Capitol Hill, a conference for its members designed to increase member’s political awareness and involvement through workshops, seminars, and lectures, as well as inform its members on the importance of the political process in bettering society; Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi has emphasized financial literacy in its community-based outreach, implementing two major programs, Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) and Greeks Learning to Avoid Debt (GLAD), in partnership with the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, and the National Pan-Hellenic Council; Whereas Kappa Alpha Psi, through its Kappa League and National Guide Right programs, has provided thousands of at-risk youth in communities throughout the United States with role models and mentors that encourage them to make positive contributions and take on leadership roles within their communities; Whereas since 1990, Kappa Alpha Psi's Kappa Scholarship Fund has provided scholarship grants to over 10,000 high school graduates to assist in furthering their education and has encouraged its undergraduate and alumni chapters to support similar endeavors to broaden the ability of economically disadvantaged youth to aspire to obtain a college education