Durring our intake process, the information about other NPHC organizations is sparse, but that is because we expect that you did all of that research before you decided to seek membership with us.
To answer your question about how to teach information about other orgaizations while at the same time not spend your whole intake time teaching other people's history, ist to have a "crest disection". We did this when we were having a greek unity day right after I crossed, and it was a lot of fun.
Instructions:
Put the names of different greek letter orgs in a hat (equal to the number of girls participating.. the big sisters should do it too). If you want them to think about BGLOs and other types of organizations, put them in there too. Have everyone pull a name, and find a picture of the crest of that orgainzation. The goal is to try to come up with a reasonable explination as to why those symbols/colors were chosen. Later everyone tells about the crest they researched, and discusses if the explinations are reasonable.
The part that brings the unity is, of course, when you listen to the explinations, you realize just how similar ALL ORGANIZATIONS really are. This would be a good Pan project too. I can see members cracking up when people come close to, but still miss the meaning of their symbols.
I think the idea of learning about other orgs.is admirable
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If you can't raise conciousness, at least raise hell!--Rita Mae Brown
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