Former Sorority Sister Speaks Out Against Her ‘Greek’ Experience | TODAY

All right now to a call to revamp sorority experiences on college campuses nationwide it actually all started with this video from a student in a former sorority member and it’s quickly going viral how does got the story this morning hi ho die guys her name is Alex

Purdy she joined a sorority to find a welcoming community on a huge college campus but instead she says she encountered a culture she describes as disappointing and huncle when it comes to Greek life it seems some may rush to judgment definitely preppy and they like

To go out oh ha ha I like parties that’s what I think of now a former sorority member at Syracuse University is pledging to expose what she calls a culture of cruelty one of the worst was hearing a sister talk about putting Hydroxycut a weight loss supplement in a

Whittles basket since 21 year old senior Alex Purdy posted this YouTube video a week ago with the hashtag sorority revamp she says she’s received an outpouring of support perdy who happens to be the daughter of an NBC employee quit her sorority after two and a half years I decided to join

And give it all a try but my values didn’t align it was really the way that the women were treating the other women to see women in leadership roles telling us that we should care more about what other people think and what we look like or hearing sisters telling sisters to

Dress at the next formal so the guys like us but some sorority members say this is not a clear picture oh hi O University’s Delta Gamma chapter using a series of inspirational photos to launch a campaign called defying stereotypes we are really committed to holding each other to a high academic standard and

Our motto is do good and that we are committed to doing good in all aspects the University of Louisville’s Delta Zeta sorority also lending a hand to help eliminate preconceived notions being a sorority sister is being the best version of myself that I can be upholding values those that are not in

Greek life really aren’t able to see all the positive things we do and the National pan-hellenic conference tells NBC News sorority membership has changed the lives of millions of women and has even improved graduation rates the group adding it chairs Purdy’s call for a thoughtful dialogue I want to focus on the positive

And what we can do to change right now it’s about opening up the conversation and Alex said she made the decision not to name the sorority instead she wants to promote change on a nationwide scale so we did reach out to Syracuse University and this is what they said in

Part we respect to Alex for speaking out and applaud her for having the confidence to do so our goal is to provide a safe positive Greek life experience and we have taken a number of national proactive steps in recent years to do just that adding this is important

Work that will continue and you know I think that there are probably good sororities and bad sororities all over the country right and unfortunately they end up on this show generally in other shows like it when they do things that are disappointing yes and for fraternities as well but they on a daily

Basis do I mean there was a real sisterhood you two were in sororities I was at Rydell and really had a great experience so I guess it just depends stop giving me the sticker hello today fans thanks for checking out our YouTube channel subscribe by clicking that button down

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