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Here's a couple ideas for activities that might help set a more sisterly tone:
- Have the whole chapter sit in a circle. Each girl has a blank sheet of paper and a pen. Have each girl write her name on the top of her sheet of paper. Then, have each girl pass her paper to the right. She then has one minute to write something positive about the sister whose paper she just was passed...it can be a particular memory she has of that sister, a quality that sister has that she admires, kudos for things that sister has done for the sorority, etc. She sign under her comment, or she can leave it anonymous. After the minute is up, everyone passes to the right again and starts over with the new sheet she was passed; continue until everyone has her own paper back. We did this in my chapter once and everyone loved it so much that it became a semesterly tradition. A fun twist on this is to use pretty colored or patterned paper and pens (maybe even in sorority colors?); sisters could frame them and hang them in their rooms as a constant reminder of the support of sisterhood and an instant pick-me-up when things aren't going well.
- Split the chapter up into groups of 3. One girl stands in the center and the other two girls stand on either side of her so that they are each basically facing one of her ears. When someone starts a clock, the two side girls each whisper as many nice things as they can think of in the ears of the center girl at the same time for a whole minute. So, the girl in the center has the two girls on the side each whispering different nice things in each of her ears for a minute. After the minute is up, the girls rotate spots so that a side girl is in the center that time; rotate a third time so that the third girl gets a chance to be in the center too.
Sometimes, all it takes to jumpstart a positive sisterhood environment is for each member to be reminded that she is valued and loved by her sisters. This won't solve every problem, but it may help you all get to a point where there's a more positive and productive attitude toward working out your chapter's problems. Good luck!
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