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The Omega Initiative: A New Path Forward

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Statement of Purpose

The Omega Initiative recognizes the critical moment facing African American communities across the nation, confronting escalating threats from organizations such as the Heritage Foundation and its aggressive Project 2025. Rooted in Omega Psi Phi’s Cardinal Principles of Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, and Uplift, this initiative mobilizes over 100,000 Omega Men nationwide to counteract these threats and promote equity and justice. Our mission is to strategically align fraternity resources, leveraging mandated programs to address systemic injustices through sustained activism and impactful advocacy.

Immediate Threats

The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 poses severe threats to the African American community:

  • Voter Suppression: Implementation of restrictive voting laws.
  • Social Safety Net Reductions: Cuts to essential programs like Medicaid and SNAP.
  • Educational Inequities: Reduction of public education funds and elimination of diversity initiatives.
  • Criminal Justice Regression: Expansion of aggressive policing and harsh sentencing.
  • Economic Instability: Policies promoting deregulation and minimum wage reduction.
  • Healthcare Accessibility: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
  • Housing Instability: Significant cuts to affordable housing programs.
  • Cultural Marginalization: Restrictions on teaching comprehensive African American history.

These policies collectively exacerbate racial disparities and further entrench systemic inequities affecting economic security, education, health, and civil rights.

Strategic Framework

The Omega Initiative deploys the Strategic Social Action and Response Committee (SSARC) to coordinate protests, marches, rallies, and educational engagements. The SSARC approach involves four strategic pillars:

  • Registration: Mobilizing Omega Men, individuals, and civic organizations to form a united front.
  • Education: Utilizing Freedom Schools and comprehensive curricula developed in partnership with ASALH to educate youth and communities about African American (Black) history, culture, systemic injustices, and policy impacts.
  • Mobilization: Organizing community impact events, local rallies, and protests in major cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia to galvanize public action.
  • Transformation: Establishing Social Action Advocacy Hubs to drive policy campaigns addressing specific injustices and promoting economic and social empowerment.

Three-Year Strategic Timeline

2025 - Year 1: Foundation Building

  • Launch the Strategic Social Action and Response Committee (SSARC) with Omega Men, key community partners, and coalition of advocates.
  • Initiate national registration campaigns, aiming to onboard 50 civic organizations.
  • Conduct the first virtual national town hall in September to establish collective vision and mission.
  • Open Freedom Schools focusing on educating communities on African American history, civil rights, and responsibilities of family.
  • Initiate monthly protests, rallies, marches, and community engagements targeting immediate policy threats.

2026 - Year 2: Escalation and Expansion

  • Expand registration efforts to reach 100 civic organizations.
  • Increase Freedom School presence, focusing on youth engagement, African American history, financial literacy, and political literacy.
  • Intensify community mobilization activities in identified (at least 20) high-priority cities.
  • Connect with the Omega Network for Action to execute sustained policy advocacy campaigns through established Social Action Advocacy Hubs centered in chapter locations.

2027 - Year 3: National Mobilization

  • Achieve full-scale mobilization with at least 50,000 Omega Men and advocates actively participating nationwide.
  • Implement coordinated, monthly local and regional rallies to build momentum.
  • Coordinate with the Omega Network for Action and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. to execute a large-scale march in Washington D.C., positioning the Omega Initiative at the forefront of national advocacy and justice reform.

The Omega Initiative leverages the historical legacy, extensive network, and (collective power) of Omega Men, strategic partners, allies, and Omega Network for Action to highlight issues, confront negatively impactful policy, dismantle oppressive systems while empowering African American communities through education, advocacy, and unified action. Through strategic implementation of the Registration, Education, Mobilization, and Transformation framework, the initiative positions the African American community to deliver measurable social change and enduring (revolutionary uplift) across underserved communities nationwide.