Achievement Week
www.MuNuQues.org/AchievementWeek
Bro. Walter Neighbors, Chairman
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WEEK PROGRAM
National Achievement Week is a mandated program of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., that was originally designed to promote the study of African American life and history. It's beginnings date back to the 1920 Grand Conclave in Nashville. It was at this Conclave that Bro. Carter G. Woodson inspired the overall idea. In 1927, at his urging, the Fraternity made National Negro Achievement Week an annual observance. In 1976, this commemoration evolved into Black History Month. Presently, the Achievement Week Program is used to recognize those individuals at the local and national levels who have made significant contributions toward improving the quality of life for African Americans.
Objectives of the Observance
- To focus attention on outstanding achievement, not only by giving appropriate recognition to those who have achieved, but also by stimulating others to gain even higher eminence.
- To implement our democratic way of life by emphasizing that all people must be judged by their accomplishments and their service to mankind, regardless of nationality, religion, or race.
- To raise the prestige of Omega by providing a worthwhile project to which our chapter may direct its energies; this united effort should stimulate and enrich the communities where Omega Psi Phi Chapters are located.
2016 ACHIEVEMENT WEEK OBSERVANCE
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Theme: "Omega Men: Living the Founder's Vision"
Keynote Speaker: Bro. D. Michael Lyles, Esquire
Grand Counselor, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Place - Silver Spring, Maryland 
Honoring the academic achievements of Montgomery County's African-American Male, Public High School Seniors, Mu Nu Chapter's Citizen and Business Persons of the Year
Omega Man of the Year
Bro. Robert Jamison
Founders Award
Bro. Samuel Spann
Business Person of the Year
Citizen of the Year
Bro. Delano Jordan
Superior Service
Colonel Charles Young
Bro. Capt. (Ret.) Clarence Thomas
2014 Founder's Scholarship Recipients
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Student
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High School
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Student
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High School
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Timothy Johnson
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Gaithersburg |
Kevin Wendeu-Foyet
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Gaithersburg |
Anthony D. Jones
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Sherwood |
Justin B. Turner
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Sherwood |
Essay Contest Winner:
Evan Peace, Macgruder High School
Bro. Walter Neighbors - Chairman