NPHC Sorority Founders' Step
 

To all NPHC Sororities, what year was your founders' step created? Are there any video links showing the founders' step? Do any other organizations have founders' steps?

I will be honest with you: I am a male of European background & Third Generation American so I guess I would be considered WHITE.

If I mistakenly offend you/anyone I apologize in advance I have no ill will toward any organization unless they make a mockery of what we fight so hard to accomplish as Greeks.

I have a few questions:

-I saw Stomp the Yard (I know it is just a movie) are the recruitment scenes accurate for Traditionally Black Universities. I saw the movie in the theatre and it made me proud to be a Greek. The portrayal of the internal struggles were things that we all go through during our Pledgship, Candidacy, Commitment period, etc... In addition is membership on larger campuses based on your ability to stomp. (By the way I like the story/history of the stomping and the rhythm which are created)?

-I attended a University in the California State system and it appeared that chapters such as the Omega Psi Phis, the Phi Beta Sigmas and Zeta Phi Beta came and went each year. It was strange but when I asked questions I found out that they were chartered locally (basically covering multiple schools) rather than individually at each campus. My question would be is this true or were the chapters on my campus merely colonies that failed and rose again in later years.

-I love to learn about Greek Life history as well as the history of Secret Societies. Is there a traditionally black version of Skull and Bones that has been rumoured or even confirmed?

Just as a reminder please don't bite my head off. I hope I haven't offended anyone and if I did please let me know in what way and I will keep from doing it in the future.

Membership NEVER has anything to do with stepping abilities.

It depends on your specific campus -- yes, we do have city-wide, county-wide, or multiple campus chapters.

Not that I know of, but "The Boule" -- Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Inc., is a prestigious black professional fraternity that some people on the outside make out to be like the Skulls, but it isn't.

Many members of the NPHC did not like or support "Stomp The Yard" for this very reason; it put stepping at the forefront of our existence and provided many with miseducation. While I love to step (and it's traditionally called stepping, not stomping), our organizations are not about that at all. Stepping is an art form that became popular among us in the 70's and 80's but it is not our foundation. We like to chant, sing, and step because it encourages unity among our sisters and brothers but it is not our purpose. The main tenets of the NPHC orgs are Sisterhood/Brotherhood, Scholarship, and Service. There are many members of our organizations that do not step at all and chapters that do not step at all. For more on the NPHC greeks or the "Divine Nine," read the book with the same name.

I apologize for "Stomp" usage. But thanks for all of the info.

CHUUCH!!!

and i dont step...i'ma stroller!!!

but i must say one thing...Divine Nine book has a number of flaws/errors in it...but overall its a pretty good introduction into what is the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

Black Greek 101 and African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and The Vision are good intermediate-level works,

I was browsing through some old post, and I ran across the following thread:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ighlight=march.

I found it quite interesting for a couple of reasons. One is because this 'so called' Delta founders' step has been done by AKAs as a taunt. Two is because this step has been done geniunely as an AKA step. I was educated by an AKA that the step was created by members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. I was actually baffled when I saw her do it, and I had to ask her why she was doing a Delta step. Needless to say, she got me right together and educated me on what she was taught. I was also educated by a woman of Delta Sigma Theta that the step is not tied to AKA in any way.

OMIGOD! Will you just go crawl into a corner, hug and cry yourself to sleep? Geez.

Only if you promise to hold me. :(

LMAO!!!

And you are STILL on the OUTSIDE looking IN.....since 2001.

What's your point? :confused:

what org are you a member of again???

you are just sad...stop trying to be so dayum messy...join the girlscouts or something.....read a book...

This is just my opinion. The step itself is pretty basic (even I can do it - LOL,) so I suspect it may have been a common step in variations among all of the sororities. But it is the words that make it DST's Founders step.

To me this whole thing of who originated what is pretty silly, because there are only so many steps and combinations that are really used. The uniqueness comes in presentation, which is why I think themes, outfits, props, etc. have become so prominent in step shows.