Here is how we at the Alpha Chapter celebrated owr fownders’ day! Continue reading → With the 50th anniversary of owr fownding approaching, anticipation for this year’s fownders’ day was at an extreme high. For the brothers of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated, that day is September 19. For students who are a part of fraternities and soroties, however, that list can be extended when you talk abowt founders’/charter days for their respective organizations. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter all spawn well deserved breaks for students as well. Homecoming brings back alumni and becomes the highlight of a college student’s year in the majority of instances. Others may anticipate May due to graduation, finals, and the beginning of summer vacation. Some anticipate late August due to their excitement to start the school year. There are several times of the year that college students anticipate tremendously, for different reasons.
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You can find the voter registration application for Maryland here. If you have yet to register for the upcoming election, you have until October 16 to do so. We look forward to doing more things like this throughowt the year and onward.
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We even got a guest appearance from Felicia “Snoop” Pearson (most known for her role on acclaimed television series The Wire) at owr table on Friday. Overall, it was a great experience for the chapter to help spread awareness throughowt the campus. In addition to getting a substantial amownt of people to fill owt applications, we also helped to inform those in need of absentee ballots as far as how their vote can be cast from the university. In order to help ensure that owr fellow students at Morgan were prepared for the election, the chapter hosted voter registration tables three days last week (a total of twelve hours) for students to register to vote in Maryland. Incumbent President Barack Obama is set to face off against Republican candidate Mitt Romney to decide who will be the leader of the country for the next four years. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you should know that the 2012 presidential election is arownd the corner. (1920).Left: The chapter at the voter registration table Right: Chapter members with Felicia “Snoop” Pearson (of ‘The Wire’ fame) Five were founded at Howard University, including Alpha Kappa Alpha (1908), Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Racial isolation at predominantly white college campuses and social barriers such as class also created "a need for African Americans to align themselves with other individuals sharing common goals and ideals," the organization added.įollowing Alpha Phi Alpha - the first Black Greek-lettered fraternity, which was founded at Cornell University in 1906 - eight other organizations followed. The Divine Nine, according to the National Pan-Hellenic Council website, "evolved during a period when African Americans were being denied essential rights and privileges afforded others." Prominent leaders such as Kamala Harris and the late John Lewis and entertainers such as Angela Bassett and Sheryl Lee Ralph, as well as influential athletes including Michael Jordan and Colin Kaepernick, were all members of "D9" organizations. "They understood that their education was not enough they had to work as a group to lift up people who didn't have those circumstances and at the same time fight for themselves," said Lawrence Ross, author of "The Divine Nine: The History of African-American Fraternities and Sororities." "Sisterhood has obviously been something I've gained, but I've loved being able to serve in a capacity like this - being able to give back to the community in ways that I was able to receive from a young age," Nya Christian, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., told "Good Morning America." "That's something that I really value in this life and being in this sorority."Ĭomposed of four sororities and five fraternities, you can often hear members of organizations within the National Pan-Hellenic Council shouting a chant, doing a step or hosting a community service event. The Black Greek-letter organizations represent the collective purposes of scholarship, service and the power of community. From the fight for freedom in the civil rights era to Hollywood to the White House, members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council - also known as The Divine Nine - continue to be a catalyst for change on college campuses and beyond.
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