Dayton Kappa Blog

At their most recent bimonthly meeting, the African American Community Fund of Dayton, a component fund of The Dayton Foundation, elected Calvin D. Heard as its newest President. Heard was appointed to the Fund in 2009. Before starting his term as President, he served as Vice President for two years.

The African American Community Fund was established in 1992 by John Moore, Sr. and Lloyd D. Lewis, Jr., a Kappa and charter member of the Dayton Alumni Chapter. Today, the fund has approximately $4.7 million in assets and more than 160 funds. For more information on the fund, checkout their website, www.aacfdayton.org

The Dayton Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. collected coat donations at the Kappa House (2725 W. Third St.) this weekend to donate to local churches and charities to provide to Dayton youth in need.  We were accepting donations between the hours of 10am and 2pm but extend the invitation to anyone in the community to reach out to us and donate at any time.  We need everyon’e help to make this a warm, safe, and happy winter for the children in our community.

The total number of coats collected on Saturday, November 9 was 38!  That will be a tremendous help to a number of families and we hope to collect many more throughout the season.

In Dayton’s City Commission race, Joey D. Williams and Jeffrey Mims won election. David K. Greer and David Esrati came in third and fourth respectively.

Williams led with 36.7 percent of the vote, followed by Mims with 30 percent, Greer with 16.6 percent. Esrati had 15.6 percent.

Williams is the only incumbent in the race. The other open seat is the result of Whaley leaving commission to run for mayor.

Congratulations Brother Mims and Brother Williams!

On Wednesday October the men of Kappa Alpha Psi presented a toast to the Dayton (OH)  Alumane and Montgomery County (OH) Chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.  Approximately 90 members of Delta Sigma Theta attended.  We all enjoyed food, music, champagne, cake, and fun.  In addition, we presented Kappa Alpha Psi Community Achievement Awards to the following members of Delta Sigma Theta:

Margaret Charles
Marva Cosby
Marva Hughes
Reba Cosby
Judge Adele Riley
Jo Helen Williams
Joyce Willis

Thanks to all that attended and made it a night to remember.

The Dayton Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is proud and excited to welcome our newest Brothers; Stevie Byrd and Gregory Nance.   We are eager to have them as a part of our efforts to better the Dayton Community.

Stevie Byrd was born in Dayton, Ohio and spent most of his childhood in the city of Dayton prior to transferring and graduating from Centerville High School in 2006. During his high school years, Stevie was involved in various community service programs as well as youth scholar activities. Stevie was selected, one of two young men from his class of over 600 to travel to Bowling Green State University representing Centerville High School by participating in Buckeye Boys State Program during his senior year. Later that year, Stevie was selected one of four Centerville High School students to be honored by the mayor of Centerville with the Camp Fire USA “Absolutely Incredible Kids”. Upon completion of high school, Stevie furthered his education at Wright State University, where he was rewarded a Bachelors of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a minor in Supply Chain Management. Stevie is currently working as a full time Industrial Engineer and will pursue his Master’s degree in the near future.

As it continues maximizing the expertise and talents of its industry-leading media professionals across its portfolio of radio, television, publishing and digital businesses, Cox Media Group Ohio (CMG Ohio) has named two of its senior managers to lead newly created organizations.

James Cosby has been named to the new position of vice president of media sales, Dayton region. Cosby, who has been serving as the vice president of broadcast sales for television and radio, has assumed the additional responsibility for publishing and digital sales. Cosby will be responsible for Dayton and Springfield sales teams representing all Cox Media Group Ohio media platforms. This new sales organization will be responsible for accelerating multi-platform media opportunities to position CMG Ohio and its advertisers and consumers for future growth.

Cosby has nearly 30 years of experience in the media industry, beginning as a sales manager in the television industry. Cosby, who has held a succession of management positions of increasing responsibility, will report to Rob Rohr, senior vice president of sales.

“James has a passion for our clients and our business that is unmatched and now he will be able to lead our market development efforts with the help of our talented Dayton and Springfield multimedia sales teams,” said Julia Wallace, market vice president, CMG Ohio.