Alpha Phi Alpha’s house in Austin, serving the city, its students, and its families since 1945.
Our history
The Gamma Eta Lambda Chapter serves the Greater Austin area and surrounding communities with the support of local undergraduate chapters (Delta Chapter, Huston-Tillotson University; Epsilon Iota Chapter, University of Texas at Austin; and the Mu Nu Chapter, Texas State University-San Marcos) and partners with community stakeholders to advance the citizens in these communities.
The Gamma Eta Lambda Chapter, in conjunction with the Austin Alpha Foundation, formed in 1983 as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, has also recognized the need to help correct the educational, economic, political, and social injustices faced by African-Americans throughout the Austin communities. Locally, the Austin Alphas have provided scholarships to high school seniors, facilitated the Back to School Parade and provided classroom supplies for all students in attendance, hosted Black Family Technology Day, partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters, and participated in Relay for Life and March of Dimes.
Alpha Phi Alpha is founded at Cornell University, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African American men.
Gamma Eta Lambda is chartered in Austin on September 14, 1945, the 173rd house of Alpha Phi Alpha, during the “Education and War” years.
The chapter upholds the objectives established by the Fraternity: to stimulate the ambition of its members; to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual; to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood; and to aid down-trodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status.
The chapter was founded by fourteen distinguished men.
Charter members
The Austin Alpha Foundation is formed as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit for scholarship and community programs.
Three undergraduate chapters advised, alongside Alpha Phi Alpha’s national programs in schools and neighborhoods across Greater Austin.
Undergraduate chapters
The alumni brothers of Gamma Eta Lambda advise the three undergraduate chapters of the Austin area, where young men carry Alpha Phi Alpha on their campuses.
Huston-Tillotson University
The University of Texas at Austin
Texas State University
Whether you were initiated at Gamma Eta Lambda or came to Austin from another chapter, there is a seat for you here. Reclamation starts with a conversation. Tell us where and when you were initiated, and we will help you find your way back into chapter life.
