T.G.F.: January 2015

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Annual 1st aid-CPR-AED training for the Mentors and Young Leaders

#ques #omegapsiphi #thegoldenfold #cpr
Scene from our annual 1st aid-CPR-AED training for the mentors and Young Leader (mentees) of The Golden Fold Mentoring Movement. Dedicated young and older men of the community comprised of 6th -12th grade young men, Omega men, others Greek-lettered men, and non-affiliated men. Good, Better, Best - Never Let It Rest ! We stay GOLDEN ! (Greek lettered, not Greek cultured).

The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

UPwards ! Fixing What's Broken and proper planing to lead to success for our boys.

UPwards ! Fixing What's Broken and proper planing to lead to success for our boys.
These are the powerpoint slides for a presentation made by The Golden Fold's Director, Seko Varner, for the annual African-American Male Leadership Summit hosted by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

Let's hear from Dr. King:

Ashee, ashee, Amen !

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The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.

The Golden Fold

G.M.A.C., The Golden Fold Mentor Movement is a mentorship program serving young males and fathers. We serve 6th - 12th grade youth by providing Leadership and S.T.E.M. activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia's Green Run High School as an eveniung activity of Green Run's GMAC mentor program. We serve the concept of improved/involved fatherhood by providing fatherhood mentorship activities. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com . The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.

Our Lamplight Concepts

Our Lamplight concepts are Sound Adulthood (Responsibility, leadership, and being morally based), Scholarship (Financial savvy, Political awareness, and being coachable), Endurance (being unwavering, becoming and remaining self motivated), and Uplift (increasing one’s physical, mental, and spiritual strength while improving one’s self, family, and community).

Our Lamplight icons are Dr. Ernest Everett Just – Omega Psi Phi (Sound Adulthood), Arturo Schomberg – Kappa Alpha Psi (Scholarship), Thurgood Marshall (Endurance), and Dr. Martin Luther King – Alpha Phi Alpha (Uplift). Our former icon, Dr. Cosby, has been respectfully replaced due to recent controversy.