In the NPHC:
historically the bonds are as follows:
Zeta Phi Beta Sigma- the only truly bonded brother and sister sorority. They call themselves "True Family". Constitutionally bonded, so no arguments there. There are RARE instances of chapters not getting along (I know of one campus where the Zetas were close to the gentlemen of KAPsi and called themselves the "American Team" with red, white and blue- I was LMAO) but on a national level they all know the deal.
AKA and APA- The first family, members of APA did play a part in the conceptualization of AKA, and we have ties along those lines. This is not official though and may vary from campus to campus- sometimes you see the Phi-oop connection with members of APA and DST (they have connections through founders who were married) and the Skee-Yo connection with AKA and KAPsi (which have founders that were reportedly related- Lucy Diggs Slowe and Elder Watson Diggs were aunt and nephew, and also the first presidents of their respective orgs- both were also nationally recognised educators, and both have educational institutions named after them)
Coleman Love- DST and Omega Psi Phi have founders that were married and a number of other bonds apparently, with founders of each org helping out the others when DST and QPsiPhi were born- before Beejae jumps all over me, lol, I shall note that this is unofficial, there are no constitutional bonds, and that not all although many, many many Deltas and Ques will acknowledge this bond
SGRHo and KAPsi- These two orgs are in my mind the most independent of the nine (outside of IPT of course, which has no real sister sorority in this sense). On many campuses they do not claim one another, yet on many others they do claim a bond. Then SGRhos are also known to be close to the men of IPT through the Golden Love Affair (both orgs use the color gold)and are bonded as the last two orgs admitted into the NPHC.
So as you can see, these things shift, which is fine as long as we all just acknowledge Black Greek Love first. We are all peoples together!
[This message has been edited by lovelyivy84 (edited May 18, 2001).]
[This message has been edited by lovelyivy84 (edited May 18, 2001).]
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