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Originally posted by Finer Woman10-A-91:
A Point of clarification...
And before anyone takes offense. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated does NOT have membership at JC/CC either. And yes, we PRIDE ourselves in being selective too. The only difference is we have an alternative affiliation.
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Sigh...Thanks for the clarification on this point Soror. I would assume that the SGRhos and Zetas have some of the same rationale for creating adult auxiliary groups for being a part of the Zeta or SGRho families, respectively. That rationale was NOT to provide an outlet for women who lacked a 4-year degree, for whatever reason, to belong to a sorority in some capacity. For Zeta, it was the 1948 formalization of relationships that had been on going since near the genesis of the Sorority. I am sorry if that was not clear from the outset. How this got to be an issue of "selectivity vs. non-selectivity" or "organizations with affiliates" vs. "ones without" or “women who want to join from a CC” is frankly beyond my realm of understanding. Clearly, since my Sorority has had an adult auxiliary since at least 1948, I cannot imagine my Sorority without Amicae as a member of the Zeta family. Conversely, those organizations that have never had an auxiliary can probably not see a need for them within their organization. I would hope it would be as simple as that.
By the way, we do have Amicae who are well-known in their own right: Hope Flood and Melanie Camancho, both comediennes, are Zeta Amicae as well, to address MidWestDiva's question, in part.
Best, Shela
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