Oldest Black fraternity moves 2025 convention out of Florida over 'racist' policies

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: UPI

July 26, 2023 / 9:04 PM


July 26 (UPI) -- The oldest Black intercollegiate fraternity in the country is moving its 2025 convention out of Florida, citing what it said was Gov. Ron DeSantis' "harmful, racist, and insensitive policies against the Black Community."

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, which was founded in 1906 at Cornell University and whose membership includes civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, announced the convention's relocation from Orlando on Wednesday.

"Although we are moving our convention from Florida, Alpha Phi Alpha will continue to support the strong advocacy of Alpha brothers and other advocates fighting against the continued assault on our communities in Florida by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the fraternity's General President Dr. Willis L. Lonzer III, said in a statement.

Alpha Phi Alpha's 99th General Convention and 119th Anniversary Convention in Orlando was expected to generate several million dollars for the state, according to the fraternity.

Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/07/26/florida-alpha-phi-alpha-moves-convention/8461690416956/

[Lovie777]

1. K&R......

[LoCo Cat Lady]

2. It's a Good Start

Hit FL where it hurts...the wallet. That's all the state government will understand.
I am sorry for the residents who will potentially be impacted but DeSantis needs to learn a hard, painful lesson.

[AZLD4Candidate]

3. They overwhelming re-elected that sack of crap. I'm failing to generate any sympathy for the people

of Florida.

Vote Republican, get Republican policies, then receive logical blowback from them.

There's a reason Republican and Racist start with "R."

[radical noodle]

8. Orlando is primarily a Democratic city

and voted against DeSantis. That said, I think they did the right thing to change the location of their convention. The only thing that Republicans understand is $$. There must be consequences for what he's doing.

Other groups have also canceled this year, so I hope businesses will put pressure on DeSantis to stop this "war on woke."

[Old Crank]

18. I doubt that members of the fraternity

were voters for DeSantis or other GOP.

[Aristus]

22. I think he was talking about the people of Florida in general.

n/t

[Old Crank]

23. Even so

he is lumping in a lot of undesering people into the group he thinks deserves to be treated badly by the Guvnor

[electric_blue68]

29. I have liberal friends living just outside of Orlando. They are looking to move out of State. Should

they be "puninished"?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. There were groups that did the same 30 years ago when Arizona refused to recognize MLK's birthday

and it came to a head when the big organizations (e.g., the NFL) started pulling large events like the Super Bowl.

https://www.phoenixmag.com/2023/01/04/history-lesson-how-arizona-fumbled-recovered-the-super-bowl-in-the-90s/

[Lovie777]

5. DeSatan like the other GQPs..........................

proclaim that GAWD approves of their hatred, racism, and plain evil positions.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. In 1991, when DeSatan was 13 years old, this song came out

And here we are 30 years later.



https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-officer-released-police-dog-black-man-hands-raised-fired-authorit-rcna96509

[The Grand Illuminist]

12. And 30 years later.....

The right has ways of counterattacking for hurting their wallet. To the point where ordinary citizens would lose jobs from the boycotting company.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Yet...

AZ is celebrating MLK Day. The last one in. After the NFL pulled the Super Bowl.

Hitting them in that pocketbook DOES work. It may take some time - it took a year of black residents refusing to use ANY public transit in Montgomery, AL, for a change to start to happen.

(this is the type of history that DeSatan doesn't want people to know about)

[The Grand Illuminist]

19. But then there is Georgia

When MLB moved the All Star Game from Atlanta to Colorado due to election "reform" laws that passes, Georgia did not budge. This is how far it came.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Yet

GA now has 2 DEMOCRATIC Senators and voted for a Democrat for President for the first time since 1992.





(ETA - and Biden wasn't a "native son southerner" ).

[The Grand Illuminist]

25. On the federal level

On the state level, they still dominate.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. The "state (wide) level" brought about the 2 Democratic Senators

in 2 state-wide races, which were the result of run-offs.

Point being that the "fire is lit" and it's a matter of getting people to vote in EVERY election, not just every 2 years or every 4 years so they can ungerrymander the state.

The thing about GA is that there are a pile of "northern transplants" down there (including some of my close relatives for some reason, and some former coworkers). So there has been some shift there like NC saw (although NC seems to need to kick it back in gear again), and the end result over time could eventually be similar to what has happened in Virginia.

[SouthernDem4ever]

24. Another good reason that all these corporate monopoly consolidations should not be allowed

When you have 4 corporations owning everything, a boycott is useless.

[The Grand Illuminist]

13. Won't work

With tech and communication today, they are capable of counterattacking.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Any "counter-attack" can be Disney'd

(i.e., someone with a "bigger pocketbook" can step in and often does)

[mopinko]

6. good news.

we’re here in chi to take care of all the fascist refugee conferences.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. LOL

It's probably why the travel/tourist media has ratcheted up the negative talk about places like Chicago and San Francisco, literally out of nowhere. They have initiated their RW slimeing-the-blue agenda.

[wendyb-NC]

9. Good for them

DeSantis has made Florida, a hostile place to live or visit.

[happy feet]

11. Good

I haven't followed through on booking vacation for the same reason...and won't.

[NewDayOranges]

14. My big brother Frank would proudly support this move by A PHI A! 😊

[aggiesal]

15. I'm splt on this decision ...

On one hand, they're playing into DiSantis & his racist buddies.

On the other hand, I understand why Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is doing it.

[Enoki33]

21. " The only thing necessary for the triumph

of evil is for good men to do nothing" is still relevant today.

[Oopsie Daisy]

26. Will this hurt Florida? Or are some in Tallahassee cheering this decision?

[republianmushroom]

28. Good