GreekChat.com Forums - Re-inventing the D9 sororities?

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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
As far as the orgs..I don't think the legitimacy and the fact that much good is done is in question...DST leads the way on many, many, many accomplishments...however, there is also some negative things that plague ALL the D9 orgs that should be addressed..but are not because some folks refuse to admit they exist.

I dunno if I agree with you on that Love_Spell_6--in regards about what the outsider sees... Most outsiders see (those that never pledged anything, much less a BGLO), see many in the D9 as failures. I have been told of the myriads of D9 failures to my face. It sounds like jealousy at first, but hearing these folks, it sounds more like they have been hurt... But that's my opinion of what I have experienced...

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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
I think some look at it as if the good that the D9 orgs do wipe out the bad...and to some extent it does..but I'm one that always strives for excellence and is always looking for ways to improve. If there our shortcomings, I'm not going to tiptoe around the issues just to appear as if we have everything together. DST's records speaks for itself with all the accomplishments as well as other orgs...

I think what you and Rain Man are describing is that age old adage of "the family can fight in private, but appearances must be kept up in public"... And now, with all the reality shows abound, evr'body wants to be all up in our bind'ness... Just for gossip...

Forget always striving for excellence and new ways to improve--so some say... What looks good on television and can you sell it on ebay, seems to be what folks are interested in nowadays...

Who cares if it doesn't work, we get $$$ (pay our dues) for it... And we have adjusted to doing those things be selling a mystique or persona--rather than our true ideals and programmatics meanings of our organizations...

I.E. I will say it, with all the love I have in the world, what is real difference between the D4 Sororities?

You and I (and many others) may know it. But what does the outsider see? Really? The never ever, run in the mill, average, won't ever joing anything in his or her life, negro see?

I ask this because I have worked for many years at the collegiate level and have interacted with young people who have poor definition of themselves to begin with, then just do not see the logic, rhyme or reason as to why organizations exist... Then they feel alienated by us, and form these other greek-lettered organizations--which completely eliminates them from EVER joining our organizations as they mature and develop...

Now if they don't want to EVER join us, fine... I have no problem with that. Especially if they are adding to the perpetuity of their own organization the joined as a collegiate...

But what I find is that many who berated our beings as collegiates and did their own thang, graduated (maybe) from college, then joined the workforce and strived for a better life for whatever reason, realize that maybe they should have not been so harsh and now what to be a part of us--Those are the folks I am talking about...

How do you answer that need?

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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
P.S. You trying to play matchmaker? ;) :p

You would want to PM me... 'Cuz I ain't tryin' to bust out on Rain Man... And yeah, if you ain't got nobody or you need to get rid of the fool you wit, you need to speak to this man... ;) :p