ALL sorority badge day
 

There's a National Panhellenic Badge Day (March 3, coming up!). But I think it would be really great if we had a badge day for ALL sororities, NPHC, NALFO, multicultural - since we talk about Greek unity, this would be a nice way to show it.

I plan on wearing my pin on March 3rd, even though I'm not in NPC... I think it's a great opportunity for all greeks to show some sprit!

That week is our Spring Break, so all the NPC organizations and the local sorority here are wearing their badges this Friday.

agreed
 

Fuzzie,

I didn't know about NPC badge day until I read about it on greek chat (no NPC's on my campus).

Ever since then I've thought it would be great if there was an all-greek badge day- NPC, IFC, NPHC, PFA, locals, etc.

So I totally agree with you... although I don't know where you'd start the idea at.

There should be a joint NPC, NPHC, MGC, & IFC "International Unity Day"


That would be cool.

Re: ALL sorority badge day
 

You know, thats a great idea. SGRho does not allow us to wear our badges on/to non SGRho or NPHC events, I wil wear one of my un-official pins to celebrate. :) BTW--those of you in NPC sororities, there is an announcement on the NPC website regarding the badge day.

www.npcwomen.org

We don't have any non-NPC sororities on my campus, but we always encouraged the fraternity men to wear their badges on NPC day.

NPC badge day is the day after initiation, so my chapter will have 8 more members proudly wearing their badges! :D

Re: Re: ALL sorority badge day
 

I thought this was an interesting statement, because I've never heard of this "rule" or whatever among greeks. I wonder if it's common among other NPHC member GLOs?

Re: Re: Re: ALL sorority badge day
 

Yeah, it is a rule, part of our protocol actually, and unless you're a member or if someone tells you, there's really not a reason for you to know. Delta has the same rule. Like sister-soror Ninja, I will wear a non-official Delta pin that day.

I was forwarded an e-mail reminder about this and was going to post it here, but looks like FuzzieAlum beat me to it. :) I haven't worn my badge in a while, so I am super excited to wear it.

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Thanks for the info. I can see how I wouldn't know.. but it explains why I never saw my few friends who are in NPHC orgs wearing their pins. :)

(I never thought much about it because wearing pins/badges wasn't very common on my campus).

That is a very interesting fact about NPHC orgs. badge protocol.. we have all 4 women's NPHC orgs on my campus and I STILL didn't know until now... WOW the things you learn on Greek Chat =)

I didn't know that either!

In that case, maybe something like a "unity day" where everyone wears sweatshirts or something ... although I like to see alums participating too, and a lot of us can't dress like that for work.

Don't most NPHC organizations have alternate "insignia" that can be worn in place of the badge? I know my niece has several pins that she wears on her work clothes when she wants to represent.

Even if it's not the official badge, I guess you can still think of it as a "unity" day if NPHC members wore those pins.

(I guess I'll be wearing my new member pin on that day!)

Yes, that is true. We have 'tie-tack'-type pins with either our shield or a representation of our official badge and lapel pins with our shield or a representation of our official badge. We also have plastic pins with our letters in our colors and wooden pins with our letters. Actually, my soror is very creative and she paints wooden numbers in the color of your choice (since I'm a SGRho my color is blue) and wrote my line name on it in yellow puffy paint. My line number was one (since I was on-line by myself) and my line name was Persephone. I think I will wear it on Monday. If I can figure out how to do it, I'll scan it in on Monday.