Sisterhood Workshop

[RHITDeltaGal]

My sisters recently had this problem as well. People wouldn't show up for events and had a generally negative attitude toward being around one another. One girl had the idea to draw another sister's name out of a hat and do something with that sister. Whether it was grab a quick lunch or take a walk in the park, you would really learn about one another and why you share the same letters. Luckily, things got better before we really had to enforce anything like this, but it wasn't easy.

Good Luck!

[AKA_Monet]

My sorority is overall structurally different. However, we still share a "sisterliness" and sisterhood.

For my Sorority, we may fight like cats. But in the end, we have to come together for greater tasks to begin...

In my chapter, an elder 50+ year member stated, "You relish the good times, and endure the bad"...

What I find that works when there's disillusion, is going back to your documents of why your sorority was founded. Then, if you have a philathropy, you need to gear major activities toward organizing the philathropy. Another way to build sisterhood is through community service. You all can either be the ones to initiate it, or you all can have a judge do the same.

Retreats, camping and conflict resolutions, yes, all those can happen, but it will not happen until leadership realizes the commitment made to your sorority...

[AGDee]

I did an activity with one chapter that was called A Letter to My Sisters. The chapter was divided up into groups of 4 and each group had the task of writing a letter to their sisters telling them why they were appreciative of their sisters. Each group read their letter out loud. The women wrote beautifully poignant letters and the whole room was in tears (happy, sentimental type tears) when the letters were being read. It was really effective in bringing them together just before recruitment.

[SororSweeteePie]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I did an activity with one chapter that was called A Letter to My Sisters. The chapter was divided up into groups of 4 and each group had the task of writing a letter to their sisters telling them why they were appreciative of their sisters. Each group read their letter out loud. The women wrote beautifully poignant letters and the whole room was in tears (happy, sentimental type tears) when the letters were being read. It was really effective in bringing them together just before recruitment.

I think that is a wonderful idea and I think that I should present this to my sisters. Thank you for the wonderful idea of sisterhood and bonding.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

In my chapter, an elder 50+ year member stated, "You relish the good times, and endure the bad"...

I got chills when I read that! What a wonderful sister!

[tanzera]

I love this idea!

[33girl]

Might have posted on here about this before, but the best activity we ever did like this involved making a paper chain. Everyone sat in a circle and each sister got a strip of paper. When it was their turn everyone said what made them a strong link in the chapter and what made them a weak link- what you were proud of and what you wanted to improve on. As you spoke, you stapled your link onto the chain. At the end we had a big circle showing that even with all our faults, our sisterhood encompasses all of us and is unbreakable. it was very emotional.

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Might have posted on here about this before, but the best activity we ever did like this involved making a paper chain. Everyone sat in a circle and each sister got a strip of paper. When it was their turn everyone said what made them a strong link in the chapter and what made them a weak link- what you were proud of and what you wanted to improve on. As you spoke, you stapled your link onto the chain. At the end we had a big circle showing that even with all our faults, our sisterhood encompasses all of us and is unbreakable. it was very emotional.

That sounds so cool!