Besides our 3 National Programs, Phi Beta Sigma is involved with many other initiatives, organizations, and affiliations. These are some of the more popular programs Sigmas across the world are involved in. For more information please visit the Phi Beta Sigma National Website.
Sigma Beta Club
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. is concerned about our changing needs in our communities and recognized the important role that Sigma men could play in the lives of our youth. The Sigma Beta Clubs' four major principals focus on Culture, Athletics, Social and Educational needs. The Sigma Beta Club offers our membership a unique opportunity to develop values, leadership skills and social/cultural awareness in our youth during their developmental years. Sigma Beta Club programs are geared to meet the needs of its members, but at the same time provide them with a well-rounded outlook that is needed to cope with today's society. Phi Beta Sigma is confident that investing in our youth today will produce effective leader of tomorrow
Project S.E.E.D. (Sigma Economic Empowerment Development)
Project Seed was developed to focus on two important areas: Financial Management and Home ownership. The objectives of Project S.E.E.D are:
1. Provide useful information in the area of financial management and home ownership that will benefit that membership, their families, and the communities in which Sigma Brothers live.
2. Provide a program that can be implemented at the national, regional and state levels by both alumni and collegiate chapters.
3. Provide a program that is identifiable to the membership and the community at large; and links Phi Beta Sigma's programmatic thrust with an economically viable and relevant current concern.
Phi Beta Sigma National Federal Credit Union located in Washington, D.C., and owned and operated by Sigma Men.
Project S.A.T.A.P. (Sigma's Against Teenage Pregnancy)
A collaborative venture with the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation to address the alarming rise in teenage pregnancy. The Sigma's Against Teen-Age Pregnancy project is geared towards reducing the incidence of teen-age pregnancies in predominantly African-American communities. The project is an educational outreach program for adolescent males, designed to increase awareness s of the consequences of early childbearing and to provide information about healthy lifestyle behaviors, sexuality and parenthood.
Phi Beta Sigma - "A Fraternity that Reads"
An annual project that all collegiate and alumni chapters are encouraged to participate in. Each year chapters are to communicate with their local public libraries. In cooperation with library, members will read previously approved stories and books to the children. Local day-care centers, elementary schools, churches, Head Start agencies and, of course, Sigma Beta Clubs are considered as places where children may be obtained from. Phi Beta Sigma - A Fraternity that Reads attempts
to convey to children the impotence of reading while at the same time create some additional positive black role models for our children.
Phi Beta Sigma's National Marrow Donor Program is intended for both members of Sigma along with all African Americans. Each member is encouraged to be listed as volunteer marrow donor on the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Registry so that they can be contacted if ever matched with a patient in need. Additionally, every chapter within Sigma is encouraged to annually participate with the American Red Cross in their drives to increase the number of African-American volunteer marrow donor registrants. In January of each year, chapters are asked to call the NMDP at 1-800-MARROW-2 to obtain the telephone number and mailing address for their specific donor center. Sigma's attempts to address the need for more African American volunteers by setting a positive example themselves.
"Sigma I.D. Day"
April 15th every year is Sigma I.D. Day. All brothers, officers and chapters are expected to exert special efforts at wearing and displaying Phi beta Sigma paraphernalia. Special programs and projects are encouraged to be facilitated on this day. It is hoped that on this day, every year, inactive brothers may be stimulated to get reactivated and non-Greek lettered men may be energized to ascertain information from brothers being "Proud To Wear & Display The Blue & White."
Phi Beta Sigma - "Buying Black and Giving Back"
All brothers and chapters are strongly encouraged to physically assist and financially support minority business both in and surrounding their various neighborhoods. In an effort to significantly enhance this effort all Sigma's in business are expected to have their business listed in the Phi Beta Sigma "Blue Pages" Business Directory. Furthermore, brothers are asked to exert special energies at supporting minority business, and publicize such, on their chapter meeting day.
