Programs

ACHIEVEMENT WEEK

Observed each November and is designed to recognize those individuals at the local and international levels who have contributed to community uplift. A High School Essay Contest is to be held in conjunction with Achievement Week.

SCHOLARSHIP

Promotes academic excellence among the undergraduate members. Graduate chapters provide financial assistance to student members and non-members.

SOCIAL ACTION

Chapters participate in activities that will uplift their communities. Some of the activities include: voter registration, Assault on Illiteracy; Habitat for Humanity; mentoring; and participation in fundraisers for charitable organizations.

TALENT HUNT PROGRAM

Provides exposure, encouragement and financial assistance to talented young people participating in the performing arts. Winners are awarded recognition and may be given college scholarships. Click here to visit website.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

March 12th of each year chapters conduct an appropriate service to recall the memory of those members who have entered into Omega Chapter.

RECLAMATION AND RETENTION

A concerted effort at the international, district and local levels to retain active brothers and return inactive brothers to full participatory status.

COLLEGE ENDOWMENT FUND

Each year the fraternity gives at least $50,000 to historically black college and universities in furtherance of Omega’s commitment to provide philanthropic support.

HEALTH INITIATIVES

Chapters facilitate, participate and coordinate activities that promote good health practices. Some of the programs are the Charles Drew Blood Drive and partnership with the American Diabetes Association.

VOTER REGISTRATION, EDUCATION & MOBILIZATION

Chapters facilitate and participate in activities that uplift their communities through the power of the vote.

NAACP

Every district and chapter of the fraternity is required to maintain a Life Membership at Large in the NAACP. All members of the fraternity are encouraged to join the NAACP.

OMEGA STEM

(SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH)–Engage in STEM initiatives that are designed to get students excited about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

FATHERHOOD AND MENTORING

Actively developing programs aimed at helping men to "help their children grow into healthy young adults" - resulting in stronger families in our community. 

BROTHER, YOU’RE ON MY MIND

This initiative will use a variety of activities to raise awareness of the mental health challenges associated with depression and stress that affect African American men and their families. 

ASSAULT ON ILLITERACY

Establish and promote activities that quickly attacked and ultimately reduce and eradicate illiteracy through reading and tutorial programs, like partnering with schools to conduct the Omega Men Reading Day and donating books to students in schools. 

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY CONTEST

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. holds an annual International High School Essay Contest that is open to all college-bound, high school seniors who submit an essay application through a Chapter of the Fraternity.

CHARLES R. DREW BLOOD DRIVE

In memory of Dr. Charles R. Drew, the first African American Red Cross medical director, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. encourages each chapter to host a blood drive to help maintain a safe, stable blood supply, for patients in our community who rely on our donations. 

STOP THE VIOLENCE INITIATIVE

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. is committed to prevent all forms of violence affecting the African-American community by taking the important first step of saying that all forms of violence are wrong, and focusing on strengthening families to eliminate violence and abuse through education, intervention, advocacy, and community collaboration.