NPHC Secretiveness, Insularity, Etc.

[AKA_Monet]

To the OP: As a moderator for the AKA Ave Forum, I am dictated by our International HQ to NEVER DISCUSS MEMBERSHIP INTAKE with prospectives beyond "Hello and go to AKA1908.com"

I can NOT have my dues increase because random people tell prospectives crazy things. The GC AKA Ave. has over 2-3 posts per week regarding membership that are deleted. We even have a clear statement that we will NOT discuss membership. We will not discuss it and it will NEVER happen. We are holding our membership to ONE ACCORD for legitmacy as known by the Corporate Office to our member assumed to be lifelong members...


Wolfman: While I believe you all are quite eager to change the climate of your membership, have you all sustained the monetary blows to be of service to your communities?

The issue is the transition state between Undergraduate to Graduate Chapter does not translate. We lose members who wear the badge but fail do the work they commited themselves to do as "youth". We might have reactivation very late in one's life but the Sorority had dramatically changed from their initiation. We, as African Americans, cannot afford the loss...

What one sees on a college campus is NOT what is observed in the community by the Alumni. While we serve our respective communities, the undergraduate students do not have funds to maintain superior PR as the graduate chapters. It costs money to place ads in newspapers these days. Most universities student governments fail to include even IFC/NPC greeks, much less NPHC or MCGLO's. And universities NEVER give their rooms out to hold events as required by my International HQ. And we are a city-wide chapter.

There other issues, such as youth failing to understand the commitment. Yes, an re-introduction of an above ground pledge period that can misconstrued as hazing would be nice. But I know for a fact that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. buried those thoughts in more ways than one...