| naraht |
01-19-2011 02:01 PM |
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Originally Posted by BemoreLXA
(Post 2021914)
Deaemon,
I think an organization that ignores their stated purpose is fake. A real organization is true to the core values established by their founders. If a service organization behaves in a manner that's not consistent to the ideals set forth by their founding mothers and fathers, I would consider it fake (to an extent)
For example, a service org putting more importance on socials than philanthropy
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Alpha Phi Omega's Cardinal Principles are Leadership, Friendship and Service. I don't see how any of the adopting any of the NPHC symbolism gets in the way of any of those. We had a Stepping demonstration at Alpha Phi Omega's last National Convention, we've had a hand sign more or less since founding in the 1920s (though I doubt it was "thrown"), there is no official nickname (like Fiji) for the fraternity, so using AyPhiQue rather than APO or APhiO isn't particularly odd. Yes, the chapters at HBCUs tend to order their pledge classes by height and call them lines, so? I've also been invited to Probate for the Alpha Phi Omega chapter at Howard University.
Note, by the time that our primary founder had passed (in the late 1960s) we had more than a dozen chapters at HBCUs and not long after that we had one of the founders of the chapter at Howard University as our National President.
Please let me know which of this is *fake*. :mad:
I've been involved in some way with extension for Alpha Phi Omega for close to 20 years, you match the campus to the expected model for the extension group. A chapter from an extension at Virginia State University (Public, HBCU)*will* look more like Howard University or Norfolk State University than it will look like the chapter at University of Richmond (Private, HWI). |
