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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
If you were formally inducted as the National President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, this summer, what would you have the organization to concentrate on during your tenure? Would you continue with the status quo?
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IF granted this opportunity, I believe that I would focus on three main points.
1) Sisterly Relations: While everyone can't always get along, the point of a sorority is to inspire good interactions between women. Knowing that the majority of members are graduate members, and understanding their roles as students, mothers, wives, etc means to put an emphasis on women working together as a united body. It is difficult to try to get everyone to do something together but the effort needs to be there. By encouraging a sisterly relationship, reclaimation(sp?) may be less difficult(I hope)
2) Reclaimmation
Women have their reasons for releasing their duties to the sisterhood. Some can't afford membership on any level. Some feel that greek life was "a college thing". Some feel that they had a difficult experience and never want to associate with the body again. For whatever reason, we, as a national body, need to know why. I would suggest sending a survey to all members who are not financial that would be brief but ask why they are not a part of the family. Hopefully by getting this information, one may be able to understand how to bring them back into the fold.
3) Community Initiatives
Every chapter has a commitment to the community it serves. Encouraging members on all levels to participate regularly in service activities will provide a positive outlook for some on greek life and show the commitment of the organization to the community at large. As stated before, people are busy and it's hard to make someone do anything at all. But the effort and opportunity has to be there for members to make a difference in any way they can.
Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this message are the ideas of Kitten03. If these remarks cause any offense, please PM me to prevent negativity to this board. I'm open to any ideas. Thanks
