Khepera Center Senior Fellow Featured In Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's National Magazine, The Sphinx

Mitchellville, MD (PRWEB) December 13, 2006

Khepera Center Senior Fellow Eric Christopher Webb was featured recently in the Centennial edition of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.'s national magazine, the Sphinx.

Webb, who was a 1989 initiate of the fraternity's Nu Chapter at Lincoln University, a former 1991 Pennsylvania College Brother of the Year and current member of the fraternity's Pi Upsilon Lambda alumni chapter, was highlighted in its "Alphas On The Move" section for being unanimously elected as president of the board of directors for the Literacy Council of Prince George's County, MD, Inc., the county's primary non-profit organization for adult literacy services and programs, serving more than 1,500 adult learners each year. The "Alphas On The Move" section profiles its members who have recently achieved major accomplishments or received various honors.

The Sphinx's Centennial edition also commemorated Alpha's 100th Anniversary as the oldest intercollegiate fraternity founded for black men. Its members have included such notables as the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Paul Robeson, Olympian Jesse Owens, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., W.E.B. Dubois and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

"It's truly an honor when the premier brotherhood of accomplished African American scholars and professionals recognizes your accomplishments and endeavors," said Webb, who is also the National Black Authors Tour bestselling author of four books, a former magazine publisher and a Washington News Correspondent for Thomson Newspapers. "Aside from my position with the Khepera Center for Expression & Social Change, the Literacy Council board presidency provides me with yet another opportunity to uphold the fraternity's motto of Servants of All."

The Khepera Center, which is a paradigm-shifting for-profit institution whose mission is to establish a community of creative problem-solvers and social change agents that capitalize on the transformative and healing powers of expression and the Arts, helps schools, community-based and non-profit organizations, government agencies and companies build capacity by addressing prevention and intervention issues among their staffs as well as the audiences and customers they serve.

"People must understand that illiteracy is a disease that spreads through generations, giving birth to a host of other social ills, including under- and unemployment, poverty, crime, violence, HIV/AIDS and other health disparities, ultimately destroying individuals, families, communities and economies," said Webb, who was also recognized for his new office in Lincoln University's recent alumni newsletter, The Lion. "It's one of the most important social issues of our time."

Currently, more than 42 million American adults can't read or write, with illiterate adults accounting for 75 percent of the unemployed, one third of the mothers receiving AFDC and more than 60 percent of all prison inmates, according to national statistics.

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