In July 2010, fifteen financial brothers in the Southern Maryland Alpha Planning Committee endorsed the application to petition the General Organization of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. to grant a charter establishing an Alumni Chapter seated in Waldorf, MD to join the brotherhood and serve the communities of Charles County specifically, and Southern Maryland generally.
On July 24th, 2010 the Sigma Alpha Lambda Chapter, Key 677 of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was charted at the 104th Anniversary Convention, 90th General Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, the official Charter Members consisted of:
Brother Walter Stafon Bowman, Sr.
Brother Kenneth L. Briscoe
Brother Edsel M. Brown, Jr.
Brother Frederick Alan Edwards
Brother Kenneth Oscar Ford
Brother Kenyatta Dorey Graves
Brother Alan Lamarc Hudson
Brother Elijah Johnson, Jr.
Brother Reginald Kearney
Brother Sean Damien Meredith
Brother Derrick DeWayne Nunn
Brother Tyrone W. Ross
Brother Theodore J. Short
Brother Ramon Taylor
Brother Marc Williams
In December of 2010, the brothers of Sigma Alpha Lambda created the Alpha Lights program, a mentoring and education program designed and implemented by the Sigma Alpha Lambda Foundation, Inc. The initiative continues the fraternity’s decades-long commitment to supporting the habits of mind and intellectual capacities of young people by encouraging a successful secondary school and college experience.