Kappa Alpha Psi (KAΨ) is a collegiate African American Greek-letter fraternity. Founded on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, today the distingished organization with a focus on achievement celebrates its 99th anniversary! Kappa has has over 150,000 members with 700 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the US, and international chapters in the UK, Germany, Korea, Japan, the Caribbean, Saint Thomas, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nigeria, and South Africa.
The fraternity has many notable members recognized as leaders in the arts, athletics, business, civil rights, education, government, and science sectors at the local, national and international level.
Kappa sponsors programs providing community service, social welfare and academic scholarship through the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation and is a supporter of the United Negro College Fund and Habitat for Humanity. Kappa Alpha Psi is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC).
The fraternity is the first predominantly African American Greek-letter society founded west of the Appalachian Mountains still in existence, and is known for its "cane stepping" in organized step shows.