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Old 05-08-2007, 02:49 PM
Sugar08 Sugar08 is offline
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My mother is from Jamaica, and not only does she not "get" the concept of BGLOs, she's vehemently against paying money for anything she thinks is unnecessary.

My dad, on the other hand, while not greek, is from the South, so I was exposed to women on his side of the family (almost exclusively Deltas and Zetas) who were very active in their sororities.

I grew up in California, with very few black people around, so it wasn't until I attended an HBCU that I began to understand how amazing greek life could be. As I became friends with women in different organizations, I discovered that many of the women I admired most tended to be AKAs... they were campus leaders, great students, good friends, and ladies. At that point, I started doing research (my closest friends were DST aspirants, and I wanted to know as much as possible about the various initiatives in each organization), and I found that not only did the ladies have qualities I admired, but the organization had goals which matched my own.

After that, there truly, truly, was no other way.
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