Fraternity leadership said they didn’t want to give the $4.6 million in economic benefit the conference was expected to bring in “to a place hostile to the communities we serve.”
The largest historically Black fraternity in the U.S. announced Wednesday it would be moving its planned 2025 annual conference out of Orlando after the Florida Department of Education approved controversial new guidelines on African-American history, joining a number of other organizations protesting what the fraternityVisitors take their time looking at all the items on display at"The House of Alpha", the Alpha PhiAlpha Fraternity's centennial historical exhibit.
The fraternity’s press release specifically mentioned the new K-12 curriculum, saying it “erases Florida’s role in slavery and oppression, blames the victims, and declares that African Americans who endured slavery benefited from the horrific and torturous institution.” Last week, Florida approved new standards to align with legislation approved earlier this year by DeSantis barring lesson plans from suggesting people are privileged or oppressed based on their race or skin color.
The new standards say middle school students should learn “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit” and when students learn about massacres, the lesson must include “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans,” according to a$4.6 million. That’s about how much Alpha Phi Alpha conventions generate in economic impact—and how much Florida will lose because of the group’s decision—according to the fraternity.
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