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Originally posted by Virtuous Woman
I have a question: What is the urgency or the necesity of recognizing the 25/52 relationship? D9 orgs (with the exception of Sigma and Zeta) do not recognize each other but people are still OK with this relationship and it is still able to prosper.
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Hey Darden, Q5, gamma_girl52, bro_strawter, prettyDrLuv, and notorious4it. I haven't been hear for a while. I've going through my breathe in breathe out stage of that huge weekend. I wanted to see if this question was answered, and then try to give the short run to an understanding.
There is no urgency into recognizing the 25/52 relationship. The necessity was born into this organization and the relationship is just a natural thing. The fact that it still exist despite the coed chapters tells you that the relationship doesn't need to be official. However, where the necessity rest will be harder to see from those whom it doesn't affect. The affect are on those in this family.
The Way it affects Gamma Sigma Sigma:
In 1976, When Alpha Phi Omega created female membership, Gamma Sigma Sigma began to lose ground in the service arena. Having chartered over 160 chapters, they were active at several campuses where there was an Alpha Phi Omega chapter. Between 1952 and 1982, (30 years) they chartered over 140 chapters. 1982 was their Zeta Zeta chapter's birthday. Since 1982 (20 years) only about 13 or 14 chapters have been created. We had established this relationship so strong that some of the chapters of Gamma Sigma SIgma has Alpha Phi Omega in their chapter history as having helped them get started. The Alumni director of Gamma Sigma Sigma told me that they were losing a lot of chapters where there was an coed chapter of Alpha Phi Omega in the 90's. In 1986, Alpha Phi Omega made a rule where if you were not coed you had to be coed if your chapter became inactive for two years. This not only got rid of chapters not in good standing, but it also left chapters of Gamma Sigma Sigma vitually by themselves. And D9 didn't support them they were on their own, like at Dillard they died out.
As a campus entity, we were two organizations that had the support of the other. And on Black campuses, it is D9 and company. Meaning that when D9 did something, nothing else seem to matter. We had our own thing. A family of organizations that got mad respect because they couldn't say we were a club, society or special interest org. We were a legit bonified frat.
The way it affects males in Alpha Phi Omega:
The decision in 1976 didn't stop several brothers in Alpha Phi Omega from being male chapters. And in the black chapters no chapter became coed. Every black coed chapter became coed basically because they had to. Because none of them was going to ever become coed any other way. To proponents of coed chapters, the 1986 ruling was necessary. It created an avenue for chapters to become coed after the all male proponents left the campus. But what happened is as more chapters became coed chapters, fewer males interested in joing this organization. In some places, groups of females are joining with only a couple of males in it. The male attraction was dissappearing. Along with attraction Alpha Phi Omega's Focus on male development. The family, is not only a sisters/brothers thing, it is also a male bonding thing as well. This is where the frat is fraternity in the traditional sence, developed by earlier brothers.
To sum it up, we are holding on to what made these two organizations great
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