Yesterday, I was talking to someone and they asked me why i wanted to pledge Omega. I started talking about how I really examined the organization and believed in everything that the organization stood for. I did not pledge because I wanted to party or hop or for popularity reasons. i pledged because i respected an Organization that tried to give young black males a political voice and a network so they could prosper. I saw a fraternity founded on unifying the black community and uplifting our people when it was unsafe for black people to walk down the street at night.
She then repeated the question like my answer was complete bullsh*t. It bothered me to point that i began to realize that she had a reason to not believe me. It is because a lot of greeks (my org and others) do not represent their organization as it was meant to by our founders. It seems the whole craze is with stepshows, partywalks, and parties and we have forgot about the important things. The sad thing is we are making greeks who want to join for the forementioned things. Which is one of problems with Intake. What good is it to make 80 people on a line when only 12-13 really want to work to make the organization better. I would would rather have 5 men loyal to one cause than 50 who barely even care. How can you call yourself someone's linesister or linebrother and you don't even know their name. BGLOs have become a joke compared to the 30's or 40's when we really worked to make a difference. There are so many t-shirt wearers out there that it is a shame. What happened to major political moves like the deltas marching for suffrage or frats refusing to do business with discriminatory businesses. People used to look at greeks as powerful, honorable, and unified. Now, people see frats as something to go see during blackgreek week or the homecoming stepshow. This goes hand and hand with continous downfall of the black race. We have to get back to the important stuff, things that greek life is really based on.
The Carter G. Woodson's, Martin Luther King's, W.E.B. Duobis's and Johnny Cochran's of our prospective organization's are **** and gone. Our Jesse Jackson's and company are getting old.. Who twenty years from now will be our ambassadors. The day we depend on rappers and athletes to identify our organizations is a sad day.
first off on the school level.. I would sponsor a candidate for SGA presidency. Then for Mayor, become more active in the local scene. Participate in some major charity events and invite the media and all the local politicians too it. Then hold forums about issues that affect our community. A future forum I plan to hold at JSU is "the future of the black male: an endangered species" on the national level I would love to see the NPHC sponsor a canidate for presidency if not the individual orgs. i would love to see a presidential candidate speak at the clave. I have ideas.
How would that effect real change on a local level?
Im not doging ur program, but every 1 is so quick to discuss the future of black males...who is doing something about it? the only things/types of people that these forums bring r people who are NOT going through the issue them self. what about using the forum as a 1st step to a mentoring program with big brother big sister or something?
y not go out in the streets and do some dirty work so 2 speak?...get ur hands dirty instead of just running your mouth on it A-C-T!
We already do that. Not only mentor kids but also habitat for humanity, charity carwashes, and other programs in the community. We have tried to be visible in the community. We also help out with jumpstart, which is a child mentoring program. I am talking about establishing a network so that we may be able to help a broader audience.
Greeks are supposed to be ambassadors of our respective schools. So if we do reach out to be people outside of our campus, then we really fail. I want to branch out to where we communicate to to community leaders on a regular basis.
Actually most Greeks simply need to uphold the directives of their Nationally Mandated Programs.
This would provide visibility on a State and National Level.
While at the same time effecting real change in their local communities.
SOME TIMES, and just SOME TIMES, folks are able to do these things AND do all the extra social stuff.
Magnolia, What makes you feel that people aren't doing these things when you aren't around them?
Are these your Bruhz or other GLO's?
Greeks are supposed to be ambassadors of our respective schools. So if we do reach out to be people outside of our campus, then we really fail. I want to branch out to where we communicate to to community leaders on a regular basis.
Arent you the one that was XPELLED from school on some nonsense?
Wasnt your Chapter suspended?
So why are you turning into a Consciousblack man now??
Greeks are supposed to be ambassadors of our respective schools. So if we do reach out to be people outside of our campus, then we really fail. I want to branch out to where we communicate to to community leaders on a regular basis.
Arent you the one that was XPELLED from school on some nonsense?
Wasnt your Chapter suspended?
So why are you turning into a Consciousblack man now??
Greeks are supposed to be ambassadors of our respective schools. So if we do reach out to be people outside of our campus, then we really fail. I want to branch out to where we communicate to to community leaders on a regular basis.
Arent you the one that was XPELLED from school on some nonsense?
Wasnt your Chapter suspended?
So why are you turning into a Consciousblack man now??
Are you serious? Why cut the man down for wanting to do something positive? Your comment was pointless.
