Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pamberi pekugadzwa kwaBarack Obama
Muna February, hama dziri pasi pehutungamiri hutsva hwa33rd General President Herman "Skip" Mason dzakagadzira purogiramu yeMartin Luther King Holiday paNational Press Club "kuitira kukudza 'vokutanga' vekare munhoroondo avo vakagadzira nzira yekuti nyika ikwanise kupemberera mutungamiri wekutanga weAfrica-America". Alpha Congressman Chaka Fattah akati "Hupenyu nenhaka yaDr. King [zvaive] chirevo chekusarudzwa kwaBarack Obama", "Izvi zviviri zvakabatana zvisingaiti". Alpha Phi Alpha yakapindura kudanidzira kwaPurezidhendi Obama kuvaAmerica kuti vagadzirise America kupfurikidza nokushandisa purogiramu yemitemo yehurumende kuti isimbise kuponesa vakomana vatema veAmerica. Mutungamiri Mukuru Mason akamirira sangano racho akakumbira Mutungamiri Obama kuti agadzire "White House Council on Men and Boys" uye kubatana neAlpha Phi Alpha kuti vanyatsotaura zvinodikanwa zveboka iri pamwero wenyika.