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MESSAGE FROM THE GRAND BASILEUS Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority faces its fifth decade challenged by the national and international concerns of the uncertain eighties. We enter this new decade aware that the backlash of the sixties will gain momentum as the problems of the economy and unemployment continue to run their course. The court cases challenging various affirmative action plans are true indicators of the struggle which we must expect in order to maintain the gains made in the area of equal rights. Perhaps we have been lulled into complacency, into thinking we had "reached the mountain top". Now, then, is the time for each of us to realize that as black consumers, black voters, and black leaders we must exercise our options to speak out, to become involved, and to lead. This leadership can not be a passive thing based on past deeds and accomplishments, but rather, must be an active dynamic force geared to the meeting of the pressing problems of today. The impact of our concentrated efforts and the support of programs to aid battered women, to educate young people to the dangers of drug addiction, teen age pregnancies and alcoholism can truly affect the life styles of a deserving segment of our society. To assume the leadership role in addressing these and other social problems is to live up to the ideals and purpose of our sorority. We have a long history of being intensely involved on the local and national level in programs designed to raise the living standards of our fellowmen. As we expand our boundaries, we must extend our outreach into our various communities, thus making our collective leadership abilities work for our brothers and sisters. To do so is to continue the proud tradition of Lambda Mu Sorority. [[image]] [[caption]] Whiteman "Grady" Mayo and two Charter members of Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority were equally delighted in meeting each other. Mayo was an Achievement Awardee in the field of Performing Arts. Left to right: Amelia Smith, Alpha Chapter, New York, Mayo and V. Esme Dear, Gamma Chapter, Brooklyn. Miss Dear, who was the first Black woman Certified Public Accountant in the United States (1939) now lives in Barbados, West Indies. [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] At Lambda Kappa Mu Conclave in Culver City, California, left to right: Joan Allen, Kappa Chapter, Boston, Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles, Helene Southern Slater, Gamma Chapter, New York, National Epistoleus and National Public Relations Director, Nate Holden, Deputy Supervisor, Second District, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, County Supervisor, District Four, Los Angeles and Irene Borgesson, Basileus, Alpha Chapter, New York. [[/caption]] 133