The Gamma Gamma Gamma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., was chartered on January 6, 1984 in Madison, Wisconsin. After six years and several attempts, Bro. John S. Epps, the 10th District Representative, confirmed the chapter charter. Bro. Charles H. Brown drove the chapter application to the 1984 Kansas City Grand Conclave and served as the first Basileus for three years. He was followed by Brothers Charles Peevy, Milton Donald, Anthony Wade, Langston Evans, Percy Brown, Demetrius Williams, Charles Brown, Carlos Weeden, Willie Larkin, Andre Small, Richard Jones, Sr., Sedric Morris, Sr., Rafeeq Asad, and Alex Thompson, our current Basileus as of November 1, 2023.

 

There were nine charter members: Brothers Orlando Bell, Charles Brown, Alphonso Cooper, William T. Lewis, Daryl Madison, Charles Peevy, Lewis Ritcherson, Jerry E. Smith, Jr., and Rev. James C. Wright.  Brothers Bell, Peevy, Ritcherson, Madison
and Wright are now in OMEGA Chapter.

 

In 1994, the chapter undertook a revolutionary idea and implemented it. In that year the 501(c)(3) Carter G. Woodson Scholarship & Community Service Foundation, Inc. was founded. Today the Woodson Foundation handles virtually all the service efforts of the chapter. Bro. Anthony Wade served as the first president of the foundation and Bro. Langston Evans is our current president as of 2024. The foundation has an aggressive fundraising campaign and has remained financially sound.

 

Since its inception over 40 years ago, the chapter has maintained a strong commitment to scholarship. We have had minority scholarship and/or book award recipients for all the years we’ve existed. Gamma Gamma Gamma also recognizes community service as an essential function of Omega Psi Phi and therefore, the chapter has been actively involved in uplifting the Madison community. The chapter had continued the Thanksgiving Food Drive to feed families and individuals in need for 12 years before the Woodson Foundation took it over for the last 19 years. In its early years, the chapter sponsored a workshop at the South Madison Neighborhood Center on “Teenage Human Sexuality” for African-American males. We’ve connected and fostered a number of mentorship initiatives between the Dane County Boys and Girls Club as well as the Vera Court Community Center on Madison’s north side. 

 

Gamma Gamma Gamma has received many accolades and commendations over the years, including being awarded the 10th District Graduate Chapter of the Year for six consecutive years to date, as of April 27th, 2024. The chapter received certificates from the 10th District Reclamation Committee and the Assault on Illiteracy Committee. Gamma Gamma Gamma has also received commendations from the District on outstanding reporting practices.

 

The chapter has had an extraordinary level of participation at the District level. We’ve had several District chairmen including Budget & Finance, Regional Intake, Undergraduate Housing and Time and Place. Bro. Charles Brown served as State Representative for seven consecutive years and Bro. Langston Evans served for over 12 consecutive years. Bro. Rafeeq Asad has assumed the role of State Representative as of 2024. Gamma Gamma Gamma has proved itself to be a chapter of leaders. The chapter had its first elected district officer, Bro. Demetrius Williams, to the post of District Director of Public Relations for 5 years. Bro. Richard Jones, Sr, is currently on his fourth term serving as District Counselor.

The Gamma Gamma Gamma chapter has taken the lead in the District on graduate-undergraduate relations, vehemently working with both the Epsilon Theta and Sigma Zeta chapters, located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, respectively. Gamma Gamma Gamma is a small but dynamic chapter whose role is to improve the quality of life of the disadvantaged and downtrodden.

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In closing, we leave with Bro. George Mears’ reference to OMEGA as a FAMILY.  He said, “No family worthy of the name ever counts one of its members out until many, many attempts have been made to reclaim him.  Omega is a family by the Greek definition, and each member has a responsibility to any other member whose zeal for brotherhood has cooled.”  His words are still relevant if not more relevant today.

 

Long live Gamma Gamma Gamma and Omega Psi Phi!