Guide Right History

Guide Right is a program for the educational and occupational guidance of youth – primarily inspirational and informational in character. Its reach extends to high schools and colleges alike, giving due attention to the needs of collegiate Brothers.

Conceived in 1921 by Leon W. Stewart, and suggested at the twelfth Grand Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Guide Right became the fraternity’s national service program.

Jesse Jerome Peters, later to become the eighth Grand Polemarch, was chairman of the committee, during the administration of W. Ellis Stewart as Grand Polemarch. That ensured adoption of the Program as the Fraternity’s National Service Project.

Guide Right Mission

The purpose of the Guide Right Service Program is to share the training, experience, and friendly interest of successful men to youth needing inspiration and counsel regarding their career plan – while also communicating to the community the problems that the youth may encounter as they seek to understand lives of usefulness.

Guide Right encompasses many of our youth-oriented programs such as mentoring, college preparatory programs, and tutoring. However, the flagship initiative of the Guide Right Service Program is the Kappa Youth Leadership & Achievement League.

Guide Right Objectives

The following objectives outline the Guide Right service program:

• • To help youth, especially those of high school age, in their selection of courses leading to vocations compatible with their aptitude and personalities.

• • To assist students while they are in training, to get started in employment, and to progress successfully in their chosen fields.

• • To assist parents in handling their children by giving them the opportunity to talk over their problems with those who know and are successful in their chosen vocations.

• • To afford youth a respite from the drudgery of the street, through sponsored entertainment and cultural enrichment.

• • To inform youth of the values of higher education, assistance available for continued educational pursuits ( scholarships and loans), and professional counseling and fellowship. As well as various occupational and professional opportunities and the current labor market and requirements for obtaining employment.