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Originally posted by enlightenment06
What steps can be taken to bring back Black Greek life and then take it to the next level?
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1) Make an impression on parents. Volunteer during move-in and parents weekend and wear your letters. By making a connection with parents and family members, one will leave a positive impression on the people who are most likely paying the tuition. Supportive families will have less doubts about the child seeking membership should they divulge their interest.
2) Set the standard of maturity on your campus. Be ladies and gentlemen. Don't fight. Don't smoke weed. Drink responsibly.
3) Get involved in the Black Student Alliance and NAACP and MEAN IT! Don't join because you want to increase the visibility of your org and outshine another...do it because you care. Just as we tell aspirants that you will find Greeks if you do community service, we will find aspirants in the same place.
4) Cooperate with your administration. Work with your local grad chapter or advisor and get your administrators invited to grad chapter events. If an administrator sees that you are reaching out to them, and they understand the lifetime committment, maybe they will sympathize when the chapter enters lean times.
5) Smile every once in a while. Life isn't that bad.
6) Be a sister or a brother to ALL sisters and brothers. Not everyone wants to join your organization, sometimes they're just trying to read what's on your jacket.
7) Write a press release EVERY SINGLE TIME you have an event and submit it to the campus newspaper.
8) Make sure that you appear in the yearbook!
9) Keep your website updated at least once a month.
10) Minority Student Weekends. Nearly every non-HBCU has one of these. Make sure your brothers and sisters AT LEAST volunteer their dorm rooms for prospective students at these events. If that's not possible, throw a party, have a yard show, or do some kind of event during those weekends to entertain the prospectives. That not only leaves a positive impression of your org, but the school. More people of color at the school, the bigger the pool of candidates.
Just wanted to offer some solutions since this could easily become a blame game.