05/25/2026
University of Missouri (Mizzou), where state and federal DEI restrictions recently forced the university to strip away crucial, long-standing designated funding from the Legion of Black Collegians (LBC)—the historic Black student government that has protected and voiced student needs on that campus since 1968.
Enter Kappa Alpha Psi’s own Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley and the legendary congregation of Alfred Street Baptist Church! During a powerful sermon, Dr. Wesley announced that the historic 220-year-old Virginia church is stepping directly into the gap to fully fund Mizzou’s Black student government!
They didn’t just write a check; they helped the students establish an independent 501(c)(3) to keep their legacy completely protected from outside political pressure.
Dr. Wesley put it: “When you won’t support us, we will support our own. We take care of our own people.” This is the exact blueprint of self-reliance, community care, and leadership
