Greek Holidays?

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I've never heard of any days observed by more than one Greek org as "universal" Greek observances, except for the NPC's International Badge Day in early March.

Ditto. Since its original establishment, NPC Badge Day has extended beyond the NPC - my understanding is that all GLO members are encouraged to wear their badges, or otherwise represent their affiliations, on that day.

When I was an active, we had "Panhellenic Ribbons" that we could pin behind our badges. (Picture a "Support the Troops" or "Breast Cancer Awareness" ribbon fastened with a badge. But what we got was a scrap of ribbon that you had to hold in the correct shape while pinning the badge to your blouse, through the ribbon twice so it wouldn't pop out of alignment, along with making sure the badge was above the heart, straight horizontal, etc.). The ribbons were blue because no NPC sorority represented on campus at the time used blue as a color. I vaguely recall an all-campus NPC badge day where we were all supposed to wear our badges with the ribbons, to signify Panhellenic unity... this was before NPC Badge Day came about. (I still have my ribbon.) I much prefer NPC Badge Day ... badge, guard, dangles, Order of Omega pin, no muss, no fuss, no bother.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Ditto. Since its original establishment, NPC Badge Day has extended beyond the NPC - my understanding is that all GLO members are encouraged to wear their badges, or otherwise represent their affiliations, on that day.

Perhaps on some campuses. I'll be honest -- I'd never heard of it until GC.

The FAQ about Badge Day at the NPC's website does have this:

Q: Who participates in International Badge Day?
A: This is the fourth year that we’re celebrating diversity and our common sorority experience. In the spirit of global interfraternal relations, NPC also invited the National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc., the National Multicultural Greek Council, the National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association and the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations Inc. to participate

But still, this seems to be aimed at sororities -- all groups listed are made up of both sororities and fraternities, but the NIC is not listed.

FWIW.