NPHC BGLOers: Why Did you Join?

[PhDiva]

I joined SGRho based on my interactions with members who were actually my employees. I was interim coordinator of Black Student Services at my school (grad school) and I had to interact with all the members of the D9. The SGRhos impressed me the most as being classy, intelligent and hard working. As someone who was well past my undergrad years by the time I made a firm decision to join a sorority, I wanted to be apart of something that aligned with my values...particularly that of education as the key to upward mobility and community uplift. I also liked the fact that SGRho members was exclusive without coming off as elitist. While there was no SGRho chapter at my undergrad university, I did have one very negative experience with a member of another NPHC org that honestly made me forego any thoughts of becoming Greek for almost 5 years until I met the SGRhos at my job who eventually came to embrace me as their sister.

[neosoul]

Z-Hope and the Stork's Nest (two of Zeta's national programs) were the dealbreakers

[Infamous12]

I had been exposed to Delta during my teen years. I was in a high school sorority-type group and everytime we found out that one of our mentors was a member of a D9, she turned out to be a Delta. Even as a teen, those women embodied leadership, they were active in their communities, professional and were overall just the ish!

As I got into my jr./sr. year of high school, my older cousin would give me advice on my upcoming collegiate experience. She introduced me to the awesome world that is O-State's Residence Life & other leadership opps she knew I'd love. She gave me tips on how to survive, and promised to always look out for me. I looked through her graduation pictures the summer before I went to college and lo and behold her stole read: Delta Sigma Theta.

The second I got to school I was eager to be involved. everything. Community service, great. Public speaking group, awesome. Hall council, yes. RA, that was in the works. Even as a freshman I was very much involved, and as I looked around it seemed that (practically) every strong, well-spoken and highly favored black woman I'd see in these groups, leading the pack if you will... yeah, you guessed it - Deltas.

They were beacons of light on campus.

Their dedication to the community was unprecedented, whether it be through extensive programming or service projects.

Name an organization and one of them was either on exec. board or an esteemed member.

I was convinced. The history was one committed to service and change. The presence on campus embodied the same. In my humble mind, I was excited about what the ladies were doing on campus, and imagined what I could do for (and with) them, too. I knew right then in Winter of 2002 what had been placed in my heart annnnnnnnnnnnnnd my soul. Now...how to get it - that was the question. LOL.

Give or take some days, weeks, months and years, with NO advice from all-knowing cousin (The most help she gave was making "adjustments" to my wardrobe 'for my sake'. LOL) ...Spring 2005 came and Infamous was born.

[lovelycapricorn]

This is a great Thread

[PrettyBoy]

My father is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, so I grew up seeing Alpha perry hanging up all over the house. I never paid it much attention and had no clue what it was, until I got to college. The Ques and the Sigmas were the 1st two fraternities I saw hanging out on campus my freshman year. I knew they were two different organizations, but I still didn't know what a fraternity was. A few days later I saw the Alphas and thats when I started asking questions because I recognized the symbols that I had grown up with. My brother who was a senior at the time gave me the run down on all the greeks. I didn't see the Nupes for a while. I saw them but I didn't know they were Nupes because they very rarely wore letters. They dressed really nice, but rarely wore letters. I heard my brother mention them but since I wasn't at the time familiar with greek letters I didn't know who they were. One night I saw this red car with KAY as the front plate and this brother got out of the car with a KAY letterman jacket on. As far as appearance (dress code) was concerned, I was more impressed with the Nupes than I was with the other fraternities, but I still wanted to know more. Later on I went to my 1st campus party and that's when I saw the Nupes in full effect. They had such a tight bond. Their bond seemed to be tighter than the other fraternities on campus. During my sophomore year I started doing research on them. I didn't look at the other fraternites, because I knew what I wanted right off the bat. Kappa. They were too smooth, and they were really big on achievement. At that point I wanted to join and did because it was in my heart. Even though my dad wanted me to pledge his fraternity, it just wasn't me and I felt that Kappa Alpha Psi was a perfect fit for me, so that's why I joined.

Kappa Alpha Psi is the greatest, smoothest fraternity on earth.