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Originally posted by allsmiles_22
Starting a sorority for superficial reasons doesn't bother me. People can do what they want there. If it's for service, I think we are better in large numbers than scattered here and there with no resources to carry out goals/agendas. I really don't see the point in making a sorority to promote better reading when AKA and SGRO (pardon me if I'm wrong or I've left out another who has a reading initiative) have national reading programs. The same thing goes for an org directed at single moms when ZPB has the Stork Nest program. I also don't think the number of single moms being denied membership is so enormous that another org had to be created to fill the void.
It's bad enough many people don't take us seriously when the word sorority comes out of our mouths. It does us all an injustice when you have these cracker jack box orgs saying they recruit only fine people, what size their shoe is or how many babies they have especially since we are working hard in our communities to achieve our targets.
I also have the same feelings towards new graduate chapters being formed in areas where there are already a good number of them. Members say I don't like this chapter or any of the other chapters within this 20-mile radius, so I'll just charter another one. IMO we are diluting our resources and or org when we do this. Different topic though.
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On your last point, Soror, I completely agree. Then again, I'm biased because my chapter is the only one in my area. We're a good size.
Now as for the other orgs being discussed, I pay no attention. My concern is with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and what we are doing.