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I just now realized that I never answered the original question. NO, I don't think their is a Greek Decline, I just think the mentality about Greeks and what people SHOULD be doing for them are changing. If anything, I think I can say the the public publications of The Divine Nine by Lawrence Ross and In Search of Sisterhood by Paula Giddings have actually increased (maybe in a negative way, depending on who you ask) interest in BGLOs. I still think that there are different reasons for why people don't do them and what have you, but there is not a decline perse.
Now I have some questions for everyone (esp. the OLDER Greeks).
Growing up with a few college educated family members and even more so in high school, I used to hear alot about the pledge clubs. I don't want to say everything for fear of misquoting somebody but I do remember hearing about the historical relavance of the clubs to the organizations. Do you think that by bringing the clubs back, that may help with the quality of interest that are pursuing the organization?
And someone said something about the African Americans not valuing the historical revalence of the BGLOs. I know what I may know (and I probably could still learn), but what exactly is it about the organizations (historically speaking) that you want people to know? Of course, most people should know the founding date, founders, list of first and other tidbits; but what historical information that you feel is important that people in general (not just the interest) are not getting?
If these are inappropriate questions, feel free to delete.
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