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PHILANTHROPY · FOLLOW-UP, NOT BREAKING NEWS
Alpha Xi Gives passes $1.1 million—and its current student-support total has changed
Alpha Xi Gives, the FAMU alumni-led campaign established in 2018, currently reports $1.1 million raised through nearly 4,000 cash and legacy gifts. Its live website now lists $376,000 in scholarships and gifts to students, the Marching 100 and FAMU athletics since the 2019–20 academic year.
That is an important distinction from Watch The Yard’s November 2 story, which cited $317,000 in distributed support. We are using the campaign’s current figure, without assigning an unreported date to the increase. Its media materials date the broader fundraising milestone to October 6; the October 23–24 homecoming recognition also predates this edition’s coverage week.
The useful next chapter is the campaign’s stated ambition: a $1 million scholarship endowment and more than $500,000 in scholarships and gifts. Those are goals, not completed totals. Cumulative fundraising, distributed support and an endowment target measure different things and should not be added together.
THIS WEEKEND · NOVEMBER 6–7
Western Province leadership conference comes to Occidental
The Western Province’s C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference is scheduled for November 6–7 at Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles. Its focus combines leadership training, life transitions and legacy-building for undergraduate and alumni brothers.
The province advertises registration from $108.45 to $215.52, depending on category or package, with all sales final. The linked Functn page still indicated tickets available when checked. Its readable schedule starts Friday at 1 p.m. and ends Saturday at 5 p.m., but the encoded time-zone data is inconsistent with treating those times as Los Angeles local time. Confirm the local check-in and session schedule directly.
The province names the Westin Pasadena as host hotel; a current room allocation or rate was not verified. Ticket availability is not a hotel reservation. Original announcement date: not displayed.
LOOKING AHEAD · NOVEMBER 13–14
Northeastern Province heads to The College of New Jersey
The Northeastern Province lists its C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference for November 13–14, 2026, at The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing. Its calendar gives an overall span of November 13 at 8 a.m. to November 14 at 6 p.m.; the time zone and individual sessions are not specified in the accessible listing.
Brothers planning to attend should confirm registration status, eligibility and the final agenda through the province. We did not verify an open ticket allocation or a registration deadline. This is a separate provincial conference from the Los Angeles gathering—not a second venue for the same event.
- Source: Northeastern Province calendar
- Source: Northeastern Province CRWLC listing
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Quick answers
Was the FAMU fundraising milestone first announced this week?
No. The campaign’s media materials date the milestone to October 6. Watch The Yard covered it on November 2; this edition adds the campaign website’s current figures.
Are the two leadership conferences interchangeable?
No. They are separate Western and Northeastern Province events with different dates, locations and registration arrangements.
Keep the dates—and the sources—together
Share the organizer’s link when making plans. A published calendar entry is not proof of attendance or results, and a ticket listing can change after this edition is checked. Follow the Kappa Alpha Psi blog for the next dated edition.
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