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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
I"m confused by the "there is no mistaking if you see a Zeta..." comment.
I have a question and I hope this doesn't come off as offensive. Do NPHC orgs wear letters on your campuses alot or nationally do they? I think maybe my 3rd or 4th of year college is when I found out that there were Alpha Phi Alphas, Alpha Kappa Alphas, Delta Sigma Theta and Sigma Gamma Rho (I think) on our campus. The only reason I found this out is because it was the first time I had seen Alpha Phi Alpha and AKA with a table at orientation, and then a couple Alpha Phi Alphas participated in our Mr. Greek pageant and a few AKAs came to watch. Then I heard that I don't remember which ones weren't based on our campus but there were UMD members who belonged to those other chapters. I'm so confused. (Sidenote: my last year or so Alpha Phi Alpha started making their org more visible with flyers and paraphenalia.)
Anyways my question is nationally or locally do NPHC orgs wear letters and make themselves and their org visible?
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I think that all the NPHC orgs are very visible within their constituency, which is the Black community. For example, when I was growing up, I was exposed to the NPHC orgs because they were always holding events (food drives, fundraisers, Buckle Up America, health fairs, scholarships, etc.). I had teachers in NPHC orgs that wore paraphenaila (pins, etc.) or had nicknacks on their desks. Even though neither of my parents are Greek, I knew a ton about NPHC orgs because of how active they were in my community.
On my college campus, NPHC and NALFO groups wore letters more frequently than NPC or IFC groups. It wasn't until my junior year that I even heard of rush or what the NPC was. NPHC orgs always had fliers, especially to advertise for their "week" of events. I did notice that most of those events were advertised only to the minority students, so that may be why you hadn't seen any fliers. On my current campus (I'm in grad school) the NPHC has designated one day a week as "letters day", and everyone wears a jacket/sweatshirt/pin with their letters on it, to increase exposure.
ETA: In Atlanta, NPHC orgs are very visible. EVERYONE has a car tag or wears letters, even the older members.