Black Fraternity Moves Convention from Florida, Cites DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to 'Stop Woke' but his antics are holding up his state's convention business instead.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to 'Stop Woke' but his antics are holding up his state's convention business instead.
The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity announced on Wednesday that they would be moving their 2025 convention out of Florida.
The oldest Black fraternity in the country is moving its 2025 conference from Orlando due to DeSantis' racist policies.
The organization — which once counted civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall among its members — has decided to relocate its convention, citing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s “harmful, racist, and insensitive policies against the Black community.”
The oldest Black intercollegiate fraternity in the nation, Alpha Phi Alpha, is moving its 2025 convention out of Florida, citing Gov. Ron DeSantis' "harmful, racist and insensitive policies against the Black community."