Southfield Alumni Chapter Silhouettes
The Southfield Silhouettes play an important support role for the Southfield Alumni Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi,Inc. Composed of the wives, daughters and sweethearts of members, the Silhouettes support all programs of the Chapter. Of particular note is their active participation in our Thanksgiving Food Program.
The Silhouettes sponsor a scholarship in the name of the late Wilberta Brown, one of their most-active and beloved members. The scholarship is awarded at the Annual Touch of KLASS Affair sponsored by the Southfield Kappa Foundation every year.
Membership is open to any wife, daughter or sweetheart of a member of the Southfield Alumni Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. Meetings are held once monthly and usually involve a fun activity. Dues are $10 per year.
The Southfield Silhouette Officers are as follows:
| President Susan Powell |
| Vice President Lelia France |
| Secretary Eleanor Miller |
| Treasurer Virginia Howard |
| Parliamentarian Kristina Hendrix |
National History
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., led by Grand Polemarch, Dr. Oliver S. Gumbs, officially recognized the Silhouettes as an auxiliary to the Fraternity in 1980. Also, the Board of Directors of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., granted a seat on the Board of the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation to the National Silhouette President. This was an accomplishment for all Silhouettes. On September 11, 1987, Policy Statement No. 87-12 was entered into the records of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., recognizing the Silhouettes as an affiliate whose purpose is to provide support and assistance for the activities of the Fraternity at Grand Chapter, Province, and Local levels.
The purpose of the National Silhouette organization of wives, widows and sweethearts of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., has been to promote the organization of local Silhouette chapters, provide activities for visting Silhouettes during Kappa Conclaves, develop national service projects of interest to all Silhouette chapters, establish uniform policies and procedures for all local chapters and most importantly to serve as the official auxiliary to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
Within the framework of the Kappa Silhouettes philosophy of self-realization through service, chapters work to implement national program goals in varied ways depending upon their local communities and the special resources of the particular chapter. Through these activities, chapters have made numerous significant contributions.