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Originally posted by enlightenment06
Is it just me, or is there an overall decline in Black Greek life? Especially at the college ranks? In the northeast I feel as though we're slowing fading away.
What steps can be taken to bring back Black Greek life and then take it to the next level?
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Most historically BGLO's international headquarters are putting moratoriams on undergraduate membership intakes.
There may be more African Americans attending college than ever before, however many are disconnected with the historical power of the BGLO movement.
Moreover, many young matriculating African Americans have difficulty passing the initial paper screen in terms of grades, GPA and positive extracurricular activities, i.e. the debate team, the math club or the science group and cannot be allowed to advance any further in their BGLO of choice.
Many other traditional or non-traditional greek lettered organizations followed the GPA requirements of their university, which was a 2.0. HBCU's have higher GPA requirements and many of the historically NPHC BGLO's also...
So when you are talking about the University of California at XYZ, and the African American student population is less than 2000, and those that are interested in an organization are 500 and those that would seriously apply are 100--then out of those, there are only 10 that actually can pass the initial paper screen at Rush--much less be favorably voted on... Then that is why there are fewer and fewer undergraduates involved...
Besides the requested monies for individuals are rather steep, too. And many of OUR families are not indoctrinated in the BGLO culture and do not understand its significance. And kids don't explain to their parents really what is going on--really... So what happens is the parents have their sons or daughters begging for what seems excessive to join, when that is not actually the case... Most historical BGLO's are not about that... At any rate, much of that information must be clearly explained...
Much of what I am saying is a result of my Graduate Advisor stint from 2 years ago. So these are my observations...