The Brother's Code

[ZetaPhi708]

In one section of my Neville Advisor's College prep material, I found this one section that really spoke out to me, so share it with any chapter anywhere:

In Lambda Chi Alpha there is no word with greater meaning than BROTHER. As our Initiation Ritual teaches, a True Brother in Lambda Chi Alpha is owed all of the same love, respect and devotion as that you would save for a real brother. Living this in the Fraternity sense takes hard work and passion, just like it does in a family setting.

So what do we mean when we remind each other that YOU ARE YOUR BROTHERS’ BROTHER? We mean that like in your own family, you have a duty to care and a duty to help build up and support your BROTHERS in ways that make them better men. This is what True Brothers do for one another.
Lambda Chi Alpha

True BROTHERS’ BROTHER Code

As a BROTHERS’ BROTHER I will actively watch out for my BROTHERS by:

1. Showing compassion and reaching out to my BROTHERS when they are hurting, depressed or simply not themselves.

2. Caring about my BROTHERS academic success and challenging them to make the most of their educational opportunities and offering assistance to help them be better students

3. Intervening if a BROTHER is visibly impaired by alcohol or other substances by staying with him or finding other BROTHERS to assist in taking care of him and keeping him out of harms way. If a BROTHER is passed out due to alcohol consumption such that he is potentially in a serious medical condition, and if I am not able to wake him, I will contact others and immediately get medical assistance.

4. Taking a stand if an alcohol impaired BROTHER puts himself or others at risk by attempting to drive, ride in a vehicle with others who have been drinking or tries to leave a function alone, and doing my best to intervene and do whatever is necessary to keep him safe and out of harms way.

5. Challenging my BROTHERS to be gentlemen, to respect women and to not knowingly take advantage of any intoxicated person.

6. Knowing that I am never a bystander in my BROTHERS’ lives and doing the best I can to make my Fraternity one that lives up to its teachings and that I have compassionate conversations with my BROTHERS when they are not doing the same.

7. Serving as a role model for my BROTHERS to the best of my ability and to be vigilant in teaching others about the important role of being a BROTHERS’ BROTHER.