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Originally posted by finest_alum:
What about more collaboration from a higher level (NPHC and NPC, for example), rather than relying on individual chapters? Would this work? I know that on my undergrad campus, BGLOs and GLOs did not collaborate on anything. Why not start on a national level and create some ties between the governing bodies? What are everyone's thoughts on this?
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Thanks for answering my question (my goodness, there may still be hope). Let me see if I can understand what you're saying. I'm not trying to twist your words or discredit your idea, this is just what I got from your statement (I hope I haven't missed any standard greek life disclaimers). Are you saying that our International/National Presidents should invoke an executive order of some sort that would make it a requirement for (example) Delta Sigma Theta and Delta Zeta to work together & be sociable? IF SO, I have a few questions: How would being "forced" to hang with another group be beneficial to either group? What about the campuses (HBCUs come to mind) that don't have NPC/NIC chapters or the campuses where one of the two groups is missing & there isn't a chapter nearby? What about the hundreds of DST Alumnae chapters that may not have a Delta Zeta Alumnae counterpart in their city? I say all this to say it seems kind of silly to set policy about something that doesn't affect the majority of the membership.
WHY NOT start on the chapter level? I don't have to have my chapter's "approval" to invite my friends who are not Deltas or not in NPHC groups to our next public service project or any other event and I would hope the same would go for the flip side of that equation. You learn a whole lot by talking to people & it may surprise you that many of us do public service at the same places. Why not take the attitude of "since we're both going to be there, why not do something together?"
In everyone's attempt to answer my question, I HOPE you asked yourself how far you're willing to go to make a change. Are you going to quit after you get turned down the first time or are you going to persist?
If you're going to quit after the first try, we don't need to have this conversation anymore because it will end up with everyone getting upset and no one resolving the issue.
Think about all the successful changes that have happened: the end of slavery, the women's suffrage movement, prohibition, the repeal of prohibition, the founding of your organization, the founding of your chapter...I doubt ANY of the people involved in the events I mentioned got a "yes" on their first try.
All I'm saying is, if you REALLY want change, YOU will be the catalyst of that change. You won't be sitting on your butt waiting for it to happen because there will ALWAYS be more people who are more than happy with the way things are than there are people who want to change things.
You have your topic. Discuss.
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