America’s oldest intercollegiate black fraternity will not be returning to Florida for its biennial convention.

Orlando, Florida, was picked to host Alpha Phi Alpha’s national convention in 2025 for its 97th gathering. Instead, it will be hosted in Dallas because of the, as the fraternity alleges, “harmful, racist, and insensitive policies against the Black community” from the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

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“Our intent is to ensure that, where we spend our dollars, we are going to be respected,” Alpha Phi Alpha General President Willis L. Lonzer III said, according to a report. “And people that look like us, who are Black people, Brown people, people of different cultures and ethnicities, need to be respected.”

“Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has an unmatched legacy of social justice, advocacy, and leadership for the Black community,” Lonzer went on to say in a statement on the website. “In this environment of manufactured division and attacks on the Black community, Alpha Phi Alpha refuses to direct a projected $4.6 million convention economic impact to a place hostile to the communities we serve.”

This comes after the Florida Board of Education approved a new K-12 curriculum for African American history that critics say incorrectly frames the history of slavery. DeSantis rejected the College Board’s Advanced Placement course on the same topic.

The fraternity has 720 college and alumni chapters, those of which in Florida it will continue to support.

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Similarly, the NAACP decided to issue a travel warning despite the fact that the chairman of its board of directors, Leon W. Russell, lives in Tampa, Florida.

Florida remains the state with the highest number of black-owned businesses, according to the Pew Research Center.

Original Location: Black fraternity moves convention slated for Florida over its education policies

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