Á >> FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. BLACK GREEK ORGANIZATIONS HAVE MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ALL THE FOUNDERS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. THEY UNDERSTOOD. >> THAT THE PATHWAY FORWARD FOR US WAS TOGETHER.
>> THROUGH UNITY. HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR HAKEEM JEFFRIES JOIN KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY AT THE AGE OF 18 AND IT REALLY WAS THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE ANYONE KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE AND AUTHORITIES SUGGESTED TO ME THAT WE SAW
SOME LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND ATTRIBUTES WITHIN ME. AND IT’S A MOMENT THAT I NEVER FORGOT MOMENTS LIKE THAT. >> A SHARED BY MANY IN THE DIVINE 9. THE 9 BLACK SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES THAT COMPRISE THE NATIONAL PANHELLENIC COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS
BEEN OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THE IMPACT HER SORORITY HAS HAD ON HER. >> AND ALONG THE WAY YOU PEOPLE TO HELP YOU BECOME YOUR TRUE SELF FOR ME. THAT WAS MY ALPHA. KAPPA ALPHA ASSISTANCE IN AN ELECTION CYCLE MARKED BY
HISTORIC FIRST IT’S HARD TO IGNORE THE ROLE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO GEORGIA ELECTED ITS FIRST BLACK SENATOR IN AMERICA SINCE A BLACK WOMAN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. MEMBERS OF THE DIVINE 9. WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT ABOUT
THIS ALREADY INCORPORATED AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THAT BY ARE DOING NOW WE’RE SEEING THAT THEY ARE DEDICATED TO VOTER EDUCATION MOBILIZATION OF PARTICIPATION WE’RE ALSO SEEING EVEN DURING A PANDEMIC, THIS SERVICE. NEVER GROUND BREAKERS AND TRAIL BLAZERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS BEEN TO THE BLACK FRATERNITY AND SORORITY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE GREAT SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, WHOM WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF SIGMA THETA I HAVE. >> BEEN A CATALYST. A CHANGE. >> THE FOUNDERS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THEY PERHAPS COULD NEVER HAVE ENVISIONED
THAT ONE DAY WE WOULD ASCEND TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF POWER, AND AUTHORITY IN THE LAND, INCLUDING WITHIN THE CONGRESS AND NOW THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT I CERTAINLY KNOW THEY DREAMED IT AND BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE LAYING A
FOUNDATION FOR GREAT THINGS TO OCCUR. >> BUT BECAUSE OF MY HBCU AND DIVINE 9 FAMILY. I KNOW I’M NOT MEMBER OF ONLY PERSON >> EVEN TODAY WE ARE 113 YEARS AFTER OUR THAT IS A STRONG LEGACY AND WE’RE STILL ABLE TO
SEE THE WAYS IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT TREAT ALL OF ITS CITIZENS TO BE HAVE THEY GOTTEN BETTER. DEFINITELY THEY HAVE DEFINITELY IMPROVED FROM WHERE THEY WERE. 113 YEARS AGO. BUT CAN THEY BE ALSO. YES, WE ARE PASSIONATE
ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WORLD AT LARGE. ME AND WE WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS. AND THAT IS A FAMILY AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS. A FAMILY THAT WILL REMAIN ROOTED BEHIND MEMBERS
AS THEY EMBARK ON THEIR BARRIER-BREAKING JOURNEYS.
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