Quoting here (it's from last year) so you don't have to hunt for it. Well said.

ETA: Did any NPC group, holding their biennial convention in summer 2021, already take a vote and accept the option to colonize at community colleges in anticipation of a possible positive NPC decision to allow that type of colony?

Yeah, I did not volunteer to join my sorority’s task force because my contribution would consist of two words totalling six letters.

LOL!

"LOVE IT"?

:D

No, those are not the words. 😝

"SO CUTE"? :D



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Is there an 'F'?

HECK YA?

Go Blue? :D

Or Hail no?

Can I buy a vowel?

Did the NPC Task Force charged with looking into the possibility of allowing groups to establish chapters at Community Colleges set a time limit for their task?

I don't believe so.

I find this discussion interesting. At it's core:
1 - What does sisterhood mean and who should be allowed to participate
2 - Will the national NPC orgs continue to grow/exist if change does not occur
3 - Are we okay with sororities continuing to be mainly for a socioeconomically advantaged population
4 - Do we care about diversity

The vast majority of members of my sorority in the 1980s did not have to work while in college. I would venture to say it was less than 10% of our membership. I can only recall three people. Some girls worked summer camps - but very few had any sort of employment during the school year. This prevented access to sorority membership for a large portion of our school's student population. The cost of college has way outpaced income in my state. While enrollment at my college is about the same - sorority membership has decreased. More people are having to work to earn money for the same education. There are now 5 sororities instead of 6 and the chapter totals are lower.

Interestingly my college has not increased its enrollment in 30 years. But the state has really grown. My college competes for students with a couple of the Junior Colleges/Community Colleges mentioned previously by @swtxbelle.

To your first point: It's not just about who should be allowed to participate as a sorority member. A college student has to earn the right to join, and then participate in, a sorority by performing and maintaining simple standards of education and conduct.

To answer your second point: The answer remains to be seen. Any changes that have been made/not made must be given time to take root, and results collected and examined. As the Magic 8 Ball might state, ask again later.

Your third point is your opinion. Each NPC sorority handles membership affordability in their own manner. Based upon my own sorority experience I cannot say as easily as you do that only socioeconomically advantaged women are able to start and maintain a lifelong sorority membership.

And as to your fourth point: Yes.The NPC, and her many millions of members, care about diversity/having a diverse membership. We as sorority women have, can, and are continuing to strengthen our lives, hearts and minds thru enhanced diversity discussions and practices.

Honest question: are you serious?

How many members do you think we have join our organizations after a few surface-level conversations, followed by weeks of showering them with love and gifts? What did they "earn" in that regard? Why couldn't a community college student "earn" membership in the same way? Are you suggesting community college students can't maintain education and conduct standards?

Also, sorority membership isn't a "right," and if it was, you wouldn't need to earn it at all.

Another honest question: how many of those "diversity" discussions are about non-traditional students or people who aren't pursuing four-year degrees?

My $0.02.

"Diversity" in NPC organizations is purely racial.

I see no great effort to seek out those who are physically disabled in some way - deaf, blind, mobility-challenged, etc. Nor to seek out those from other religious cultures, unless they can be differentiated by skin color as well.