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Originally posted by rhapsody1922
NPHC has no purpose if you don't want it to. Now I must admit, when I first crossed NPHC was not instilled in me. I was attended meetings b/c I was a chapter rep. I continued to go b/c the meetings were often quit comicial, like a bashing party! But I was young, and unfortunately didn't understand much.  As time progressed I took a serious look at the council and saw hope. Serfing the NPHC website and talking to the campus greek advisor. I understood the purpose was to show us that we are the same. When affliated to groups (any group, informal such as a clique of friends or a formal group such as sorors or frat) human nature causes us to separate. As an undergrad I studied the effects of group relations (my major was psych) and I often thought about the conflict amongst Greeks. We have a come bond by virtue of being Black and affliliated with organizations that serve the same purpose. Often we are so blinded by our own letters to see that we do the same thing, we just go about it a different way.
My senior year in college I became the VP of my university's NPHC. It was often frustrating getting everyone to work together b/c the had the same idea "what's the purpose." It's hard to do anything in the mist of negativey! The purpose is having a governing body that provides more support to us as individuals organizations. Whether it be through leader conferences, joint collaborations, etc. NPHC will only be positive when you choice for it to be so. Such as your individual organizations wouldn't be positive if everyone expressed negativity towards it. Don't talk about the problem, change it. It's that why you b/c Greek, to make a difference?
Regardless, I gained a lot through NPHC as VP of my council. We did infact have Greek Week every year which consisted of social activities, seminars, and of course a stepshow. We even participated in Greek Retreats. Our council was only strong when people decided to put aside negativity and work together. There are councils that are very strong. But everything in life is only as good as you make it! 
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How long have you been active with your NPHC chapter? Are you still an undergrad? Does each city have a separate grad and undergrad chapter of NPHC, or is it just one chapter for both? This thread and a couple outside convo's
have really sparked my interest in this. Thank you, rhapsody1922 for sharing!! Others, please share your NPHC experiences, too!!
Soror lovelyivy, I disagree. If you have anything negative to say about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, PLEASE keep it to yourself. That includes the vague and ambiguous, lol.
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say nothin' at all. We have enough drama on the board as it is. That would start an all out war against orgs, and I'm completely against that. What would it solve? Nothing. We would still harbor ill feelings and stereotypes against each other. If people wanna act a fool, let them do it somewhere else. Up in here, you will get deleted, cuz I'm just not in the mood anymore. It was all cute and fun and games at first, but now people done got skeerious and it's out of hand. Sorors, I love you, but I will delete you, too!!! Ain't no favortism (SP??? how the hell do you spell that??) up in here, lol.
Let it go, let it go, LET IT GO.
But we can keep talkin about the NPHC and what purpose it serves or is supposed to serve and doesn't, or whatever. I think this is an interesting topic, and I'm surprised we haven't touched on it before. Or maybe we have, I didn't do a search. LOL!