[missmoni]

Hi all,

I am new on Greek Chat, so I don't know if this is the right place for my question but here goes:

I have looked around on the "Newbie" threads and figured out that it is best to ask a Divine 9 Member in real life about the best way to approach joining a D-9, but I also know it is important to be discrete, and the girls I would ask at my school aren't known for being discrete, if you catch my drift. I did not grow up in a predominately African-American community at all (grew up around the world and moved often), and the first time I heard about BGLOs was in college. I was never really interested in Greek life until I started researching the NPHC as a whole, and after doing some research and reading The History of the Divine 9, African American Sororties: The Legacy and the Vision, and visiting the national websites of each of the sororites, I have finally settled on what organization I think would be a best fit for me. However, I did not start doing this research until recently because I never really had an interest in Greek life. I have two questions:

1. Where can I learn more about the Divine 9? I am eager to learn more about founders and especially individual histories, it is all very fascinating to me.

2. As I recently became interested in a particular organization, I attended their informational at the end of the semester. I haven't really attended any events for the sorority, but would like to next semester now that I have more information, but I will be a senior. Will expressing my interest so late hamper my chances? I know a couple of the girls, but not very closely. The organization will have a interest meeting in the fall, if I haven't shown interest up to this point how can I without being forward or pushy?

I am sorry if I asked anything that couldn't be answered in this forum, again I am new so I will try to learn the ways of the board quickly :-)

Thanks so much for any help or advice!