SAVE THE DATE: Saturday August 9, 2025
TRIUMPH: A Black Tie & White Formal Event
Support Psi Omega Chapter as we prepare to commemorate our remarkable 100-year anniversary on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at 7:00 pm at the Augusta Convention Center. This significant milestone provides us with a special opportunity to reflect on our illustrious history, celebrate our accomplishments and chart a path towards an even more promising future.
Scholarships
Congratulations to the High School recipients of the Psi Omega Scholarship for the 2024/2025 College School year! 1. Alexarier Domingo Moore 2. Amelio Ramone Lamkin 3. Avery Quiller 4. Blake Holloway 5. Brianna Khristyn Hare 6. Cameron Alexander Harden 7. Cara Mae Givens 8. Courtney Elise Williams 9. Evan A. Matthews 10. Evan Mathias Gude 11. Gerald Anthony Lark, Jr. 12. Jayla Lynae Dean 13. Lataisa Destiny Abramham 14. Manissa Shelby Wetzell
Welcome to Psi Omega Chapter
Psi Omega Chapter has been serving the Augusta area for over 99 years since 1925. We are proud of our Community Service, providing High School Seniors with scholarships, Fatherhood Mentor Programs, Social Action, Talent Hunt, NAACP, Voter Registration, Health Initiatives and College Endowment.
As a 501c3 non-profit organization, we have been able to contribute
over $150,000 dollars in assistance to the community.
History
The Psi Omega Chapter was established August 9, 1925.
The founding of the Psi Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, had a unique beginning. Charter member Brother Dr. Thomas Walter Josey was the principal member. He attended Haines Institute in Augusta, Georgia area. Later, he attended Atlanta University then Howard University which is where he received the Doctor of Medicine Degree in 1911. After graduating from Howard, Bro. Dr. Josey practice medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 2 years then returned to his hometown to practice medicine around 1913.
After establishing his practice, he remembered the comments of a close friend, Supreme Grand Founder, Brother Dr. Oscar J. Cooper, who suggested to him to charter a chapter in the Augusta, Georgia area. Dr. Josey was a central figure in the area which allowed him to bring together the elevated minds in the African American community. In addition to his prominent private practice, Bro. Dr. Josey served as the Medical Director of the Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company. He also served on several medical associations as their presidents. He served on the Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors and the Boy Scouts of America for which a campground was named in his honor “Camp Josey” on Deans Bridge Road. In 1964, the Thomas Walter Josey High School was posthumously named in his honor.
When Brother Dr. Josey started to think about the formation of the Psi Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., he looked out among some of his closes friends and acquaintances and found 8 gentlemen with like-minded ideas and goals. He selected the following men as future charter member: Dr. Scipio S. Johnson who was a pharmacist, and he owned the Johnson Drug Store which he operated from his home on Twiggs Street which is a Historical site and is still standing today. He too graduated from the School of Medicine at Howard. Brother Dr. Josey also selected Dr. J. C. Collier, Thomas Berrien, J. A. Gabriel, George Johnson, J.C. Mardenborough, Edgar Matthews, and T. Robinson. The friends were initiated into the Fraternity, and later in 1925, the Charter request was granted as the Psi Omega Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity in the City of Augusta, Georgia.
The Psi Omega Chapter was the first of the Divine 9 Greek Letter Organizations to charter a Greek Letter chapter in the Augusta, Georgia area. In 1935, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was the next Greek Letter Organization to charter a chapter in Augusta, Georgia. In Psi Omega, the overall mindset of the Brotherhood of Psi Omega was one of high aspiration. To have been chosen for membership was looked upon as a great accomplishment for that individual brother. With that, every Chapter meeting was considered formal which required Brothers to dress in coat and tie.
In addition, when the Chapter held events like that of Achievement Programs and the likes, Brothers were required to wear Black Tie. As a result of the time which did not allow Black people to register in any hotel, the Chapter members took turns hosting the visiting Brothers that came to town to speak at the Chapter events. Psi Omega has always invited high level Brothers such as Supreme Founders, Grand Basilea, District, and State leaders. One brother would provide housing while the others would host the evening meal(s). The actual programs were held in locations around the city that were for Black people. In 1967, Supreme Founder Brother Bishop Love came to Augusta for the Achievement Program; the evening meal celebration was held in the home of Brother Dr. James E. Carter, Jr. In November of 1925, Brother Dr. James Edward Carter, Jr. was initiated by Alpha Chapter at Howard College. He was taught by Supreme Founders Bro. Just and Bro. Coleman. Dr. Carter, Jr. graduated from dental school in 1930 and returned to the Augusta, Georgia area to begin his dental practice.
The Chapter was active until 1929, and then inactive for one year. To revitalize the Psi Omega Chapter, Brother Dr. Carter, Jr. eventually organized a meeting of the local Omega men which was held in his dental office at 1141 on 12th Street in Augusta; the location of this office was part of the center of the Black culture. From that meeting forward, Psi Omega grew to become one of the flagships of the South in the world of Omega. Later, in 1937, the National Fraternity continued to grow and develop to the point of incorporating Districts in its structural design. The 7th District was formed with the help of Brother Dr. James E. Carter, Jr. Moreover, regarding the formation of States in the 7th District, Psi Omega has the distinction of being able to say that the very first State Representative, Brother Robert Church, was initiated into the fold of Omega by the Psi Omega Chapter. The 7th District is composed of the States of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.
Brother Dr. James E. Carter, Jr. continued the high standards of achievement within the World of Omega as well as demonstrating the importance of community involvement. Noting that the Founding Charter Members were the first shining stars of Psi Omega, Brother Dr. Carter, Jr. would have to be another shining star on the flagship of Psi Omega. In addition to being a Life Member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, in 1943, he was elected to the office of Keeper of Finance for the 7th District; he served for 31 years. Brother Dr. Carter, Jr. practiced dentistry in the Augusta, Georgia area for 51 years. He was a charter member of the 1937 Georgia Dental Society where he served as president. He also served on other Dental Societies nationally as well as internationally. Brother Dr. Carter, Jr. served in the World of Scouting on the Local, Regional, and National Councils. Brother Dr. Carter, Jr. was also an active member and a financial supporter of the Y.M.C.A., the N.A.A.C.P., and United Negro College fund.
As an example of the earlier work of some of the Chapter members in the Augusta community as other shining stars on the flagship of Psi Omega Chapter. The home of Brother Dr. S. S. Johnson has been preserved and named as a historical site. Bro. W. S. Hornsby, Sr. has a school named in his honor. Brother Rev. Dr. C. S. Hamilton has a street named in his honor for his service as Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church where he played a pivotal role in the fight for the voting rights of Black people in the area, as well as being a calming force during the 1970s riot of Augusta, Georgia. Brother Martrice Matthew Scott, Sr. has a Public Housing Complex named in his honor for his work with Public Housing in Augusta, Georgia. Brother Rev. Emmitt T. Martin is noted for serving as Pastor of one of the oldest Black Churches in America, which is a historical site, the Springfield Baptist Church which is the birthplace of Morehouse College. Lastly, Brother Wheeler C. Ervin has a Student Residential Hall named in his honor at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia, where he served as its business manager; he also has a senior living facility in Augusta, Georgia Laney-Walker Boulevard.
As an example of earlier community involvement of the Psi Omega Chapter; on April 26, 1962, at the 7th District Meeting of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., held in Savannah, Georgia, Psi Omega Chapter’s contestant for the District’s Talent Hunt Program was a Lucy C. Laney High School senior student, Miss Jessye Norman who went on to become a renown world-wide opera singer. The Brotherhood of Psi Omega Chapter voted in agreement to purchase several units from the Fort Gordon U. S. Signal Corp Army Base near Augusta, Georgia. The units were bought in 1951 and placed on the 503 Laney-Walker Boulevard site in the southeastern section of Augusta, Georgia. The interior of the units was connected to each other in a T-shape formation and redesigned to provide a large meeting room, a lounge, and several rooms for office space. The design also included: a locker room, 2 different sections for restrooms, a full kitchen, and a bar counter. In November 1969, Psi Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated moved into the new Fraternity House; Brother Y. N. Myers was the serving Basileus.
The brotherhood allowed private rentals of the Lounge area to members and to the public. Later, because of the rentals, the Brotherhood decided to protect the Chapter as well as the Fraternity by creating an incorporation to serve as an outside entity for the Chapter; it was named The Omega Fraternal Association, Inc.; it manages all operations and functions of the Fraternity House. As a result of the changes in the business world, the Chapter agreed to the creation of a 501c3 for tax exemption status; it was named the Psi Omega Foundation, Inc.
In 2015, under the guidance of Brother William B. Bryant, the Brotherhood decided to actively pursuit the ideal of purchasing a new fraternity house for the sole purpose of managing the business of Psi Omega Chapter, Inc. and the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. in general, as well as for the Chapter’s meetings, brotherly fellowship, and public rental opportunities. It was further agreed that this goal could be obtained either by tearing down the current structure and rebuilding on the current site or securing a different location. In addition, the purchasing of a standing building could also be considered for a new fraternity house.
In 2023, the Chapter continues to grow by way of the Membership Selection Process (MSP), Reclamation, and Transfers. In closing, a very special act of gratitude is extended to Brother Dr. James E. Carter, III, Historian Extraordinaire, for his first-hand account of the beginnings of the Psi Omega Chapter and its effect on the Augusta, Georgia area. Thanks, is also extended to Brother Rev. Keith Hammond and Brother Mark Oliphant for their review and comments.
Respectfully submitted,
Bro, Rev. Jack Anderson, Chapter Historian
75th Annual MasQUErade Mardi Gras
The Miss Omega" Scholarship Project was the brainchild of Brother George I Bryant, Sr. When the proposed activity was presented, the idea was not readily received by senior members of the chapter He was soon joined by Brothers Isaiah Washington and Robert E. Blount Together they approached and enlisted the support of Brother James E. Carter, Jr who was influential among many older chapter Brothers. The project was accepted; and the "MISS OMEGA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM was instituted Spring, 1949. In 1974, under the leadership of Brother James L. (Luke) Walker, the Omega Mardi Gras was initiated as the Chapter's culminating activity Since the inception of the project, HUNDREDS of young men and women have received scholarships aid from proceeds of this program.
Health Initiative
1911 Walk every 1st Saturday 9:00 am at Augusta Mall.
Talent Hunt
C.S.R.A, Applications are now open for the 2025 High School Talent Hunt! Showcase your talents for a chance to win cash prizes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. We invite vocal, instrumental, dance, spoken word, visual arts, and more. Email completed applications to PsiOmegaTalenthunt@gmail.com
Charles R. Drew Blood Drive
Your generosity and commitment to saving lives are truly appreciated. Together, we make a significant impact on our community’s health.
Your contribution made a difference for those in need.
OMEGA PRAYER CALL
INTERNATIONAL PRAYER CALL MON-FRI 6:30 AM EST
First Sunday at 9pm
267-807-9602
Passcode/Meeting ID: 674-166-340
UPSCALE ALL BLAQUE EXPERIENCE
Join us for a night of sophistication and style at our All BLAQUE Experience Attire. Dress to impress in your finest black attire and enjoy an evening filled with music, dancing, and socializing Saturday November 23, 2024 at Columbia County Exhibition Center 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm.
This event promises to be a celebration of elegance and class, so come ready to make a statement in your chic black ensemble. Don't miss out on this opportunity to mingle with friends, family, and the community of DIVINE 9 and make new connections in an atmosphere of glamour and allure.
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Complimentary Drinks | Delicious Buffet
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All Proceeds Benefit C.S.R.A. High School Scholarships via PSI Omega Foundation, Inc.
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