Demond T. Martin Oratorical Contest

Every year the Mu Tau Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. holds an annual oratorical contest which displays and highlights some of UNC-Charlottes’s finest orators. This year our contest will be held on April 16, where we are looking forward to another major success. We would not only like to be enlightened, but uplifted by the professionalism and demeanor of each individual’s performance.

Each speaker is judged on content presentation audience reception, clarity and a host of other qualities that denotes effortless charisma in front of an audience. The participants of the Demond T. Martin Oratorical Contest will speak on the topic:“What can be a catalyst to make dreams of equality a reality?” They are asked to expound their creative energy and collaborate their ideas into proposing what this title means to them. For the African American race, we were not holding up to our standards in being productive and contributing factors to society.

We seek out young men and women trying and actually making a difference in their lives and the lives of their peers. The point is aroused that we have endless talents in all capacities and forms that need to be polished to bring about a change in the way African Americans are perceived.

They faced the truth that there are some stereotypes that some people do hold up to, but there are also myths that are being expelled everyday.

The name of the oratorical contest is in recognition of prestigious brother of the Mu Tau Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Demond T. Martin joined the ranks of Alpha in the Spring of 1994. He was successful in getting a job as an intern in the White House. He has successfully completed the master’s program in Harvard‘s School of Business, and will be the first brother of the Mighty Mu Tau Chapter to receive a doctorate.

Every year the Mu Tau Chapter grants a scholarship to a deserving non-Greek male who possessed admirable characteristics and scholastic achievement. Every applicant is required to have a 2.5 GPA, in good standings with the university and write an essay that described what brotherhood meant to them.