Achievement.
This is the cornerstone of my fraternity. My believe is that whenever you align yourself with a group of like-minded men, you can achieve more than you would on your own. When in undergrad, I looked at what the organization was doing nationaly (they were suspended at my school). Kappa was feeding the homeless on Chrismas and Thanksgiving, they were mentoring the youth in my community, they were providing scholarships for college students, and they were Pretty Muther F&*^kers too. So I knew I had to be one. I didn't join untill after graduation, but even on the graduate level, some of the things that I saw as an undergrad, where still evident in the alumni chapter.
When I was asked this question by members of my fraternity the above mentioned was part of my answer. I feel that it is my duty as a young African American man to mentor and help provide the necessary tools to todays young men (especially African Americans). I was very blessed. Let me say that again, I was very blessed to have a wonderfull mother and father, who were always there to teach me right from wrong. I had an excellent example of what it is to be a man in my father.
Unfortunately, some of the youth in my community don't have that same example, so that means that I have to provide that for them. My chapter, and my fraternity as a whole, are committed to providing that. That's one of the things that I trully love about my frat. Every chapter has to have a viable Guide Right Program (program that works with kids). It is in our Constitution.
Now the above mentioned was a very large part of why I wanted to join Kappa, but there is also the party aspect. Anyone, especially a younger person who tells you that they only want to join a BGLO to help make the world a better place, is either lying, or they are simply people that I have never met. I love to fellowship, drink, chase women, all the things that a normal every day young urban professional man would do. I have a lot of fun at my chapter, but we also take care of the important stuff. You have to have a balance.
I am sorry, I get long winded sometimes. I will shut up now.
Peace and Luv
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