Greenview’s Divine Nine Day

Good morning everyone good morning good morning today the celebration of Black History Month uh we thought it would be best to present something to the students so that they would feel more motivated to do the right thing in the classroom as well as for the right thing in life uh

Before we get started completely with our program we have three students from our own campus that would like to mention some things in regards to how they look at black Greek life and how it has motivated them to this point so without further Ado we have some students that would like to say

Something my name is Katie Mitchell I would like to go to college and seek membership in a story will help you achieve academic excellence hello my name is I would like to go to college and think membership and Authority for helping develop a passion for service Middle School I would like to this

College and think membership to the fraternity will help me and actually become a leader in my community thank you good morning good morning as a before we can start everybody again Mr comment a round of applause it’s important to God please forgive me I I actually I’ll give you a little bit of insight on after five but it was actually the first um organization of the D9 founded in 19 up to six uh to give you kind of an idea of what that looked like our organization was found in Cornell

University in Ithaca New York so is anyone in here know what state was abolished somebody come on what was it what was it close 1865 1865. so it kind of get you some perspective the the organization that I belonged to our cloudford was actually founded in 1906. so if you take this small group of black black men that found it at access University associate group and then if they went from a

Social group to a fraternity and these brothers came together because they were on a pwi predominantly white University and I identified with that because I actually went to John Carroll University um so what we do as an organization we’re usual service we serve our communities

First of all service of all we try to we sell transcend all but but basically when it comes to the defined nine we are all brothers and sisters all right brothers and sisters with one purpose and that’s to serve our communities it’s funny that’s how Mr Mr Coleman and I met

He saw my license plate I had uh my letters on play it’s time to do it out from my gambling outfit he’s like oh I’m impoundment oh wow so we kind of connected that way and he actually knows my high school coach I’ve been a Cleveland High School person the

Cleveland Heights High he and my coach actually are part of the safe photography um what else can I say about the uh organization oh so big thanks you may know a part of my organization um anybody heard the name of uh Martin Luther King Jr Martin Luther King Jr uh Gary Morgan

W.E.B divorce uh if you like jazz Duke Ellington so uh Lawrence returning it all around the world but basically versus started and then after that we had uh what we referred to as our crickets we had one over here the akas that were following Okay so um

A Little Bit Stronger for you and I can trust me so I need everybody here to show me slug because it’s just me representing Today Foreign [Applause] [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] We got sororities which are ladies of the Divine organization we have fraternities which are the men of the Divine organization these organizations give back through service we give scholarships we provide shoes we filled homes in other countries we give money we give time we give resources to

Anybody who needs it each one of these organizations has a youth club where teenagers and girls 11 to 15 to 18 to participate we had to earn it we have to keep earning it and we got to work it so when they come up in front of you and

They tell you a story about who they are and where they got started I want you to listen to them because they have something for every single one of you in this room you just got to be able to reach out and touch it everybody got that welcome to Greenville [Applause] Already Incorporated found in 1922 at Butler University real quick who can tell me what a pwi is anybody know anybody who knows what an HBCU is we are the only sorority founded at a pwi is a predominantly white Institute showing how we will make a way where there is no way for us

Um some fun things about me I’m a Cleveland State University student I am a major in Africana studies black studies and I have a degree in English I’m getting my Master’s in education so hopefully maybe one day after something else somewhere we’re gonna see um something about my story that changed my

Life it has introduced me to a new group of amazing women I have a sword no matter where I go I am never alone I have made so many connections not only in education but other fields um I’ve made Amazing Friends my lion sleeps with My Soul words my brothers

And sisters and other fraternities and sororities and lifetime commitment that I’m proud to be a part of that’s strolling he told us I’m gonna do that [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Vegas I find was founded in November 17 1911. we are the only fraternity founded at a historically black college the University I was founded by 300 graduate students Edgar a loved Oscar J Cooper Frank Coleman and had a faculty advisor by the name of Dr Ernest Everett Jess

Name comes from the Greek phrase friendship is essential to the soul my friendship is essential to the soul also serves as our fraternity model uh yeah we’re Cardinal principles manhood scholarship perseverance just to give you an idea of some of the men who are apart of our fraternity may have heard of some

Of these men uh Michael Jordan Shaquille O’Neal Steve Harvey uh just to name a few but more importantly let me ask each and every one of you um we’re celebrating Black History Month correct you all know who is credited or responsible for starting Black History Month say it loud [Applause] Personal response giving credit for starting Black History Month Carter Gene Woodson Carter G Woodson is the brother of Omega sci-fi so we are very tied into this historical annual event that’s very important to us we are always heavily engaged in black history among events okay so with that being said

We’ll let these two young men Come out and show you some of the things we do How are you foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Hi YouTube Factor associated Citizen of the Cleveland area for the New England level my name is Christian Williams and I attend Youngstown State University where I am the vice president of the Daily Yoga chapter where we serve the young child area um so it doesn’t say the data sorority Incorporated was probably January 15

1913 on the campus of Howard University um we were founded by 22 Collegiate women we were the second sorority we founded um does anybody know what the women’s substance March is at all because David was the first sorority to be president first authority to serve at the living

Suffrage with the only black sorority in the March who are in the background there so a little bit about me like I said I take Youngstown State University I am an early childhood major so I give it up for the teachers [Applause] general education and special education

I graduated in May so because I looking for a job we’ve got one for you oh and I also graduated from brush uh thank you State University and I majored in journalism and promotional Communications and I’m double minoring and digital content production and most Times advertisement so just think of the

Ladies who wanted to move every morning and that’s probably what I’m going to end up doing um Delta has helped has bridged it back to all the leadership roles I’ve been able to achieve achieved to get internships just off of having done some of my resume learning leadership skills time

Management I’m the only black writer for The Vindicator at Cleveland State which is a black quotes arts and cultures magazine but I’m and I was able to get my foot in the door just because I was a part of my support and what our other sores was a part of that organization [Applause] Has affected me a lot like growing up you know I might have got into a little trouble really did know like my path what I wanted to do like I didn’t want to go to college but then one day I realized I don’t want to be a teacher I

Thought about my teachers here in the SEL School District how they helped me as much as they could because Mr Coleman and I decided to be a teacher so I would say being a Delta because we’re the best And yeah thank y’all [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Foreign [Applause] [Applause] No no foreign [Applause] [Applause] Babies How y’all doing today I can’t hear it I want to thank my brothers and sisters especially uh yeah my other people over there they cool people too as y’all may know I’m obviously a former student that would stop people within Hearst District Tony Andrews I’m out here by introduce myself first

I thought he would see you hello everybody uh my name is Adonis Thomas I’m a current graduate student at Notre Dame conference I actually walked uh through my backyard to get here today um I was getting my MDA right now I’ve also been a part of the management of

Diamond team another name thank you guys for having me today good boy everybody my name is Bailey I’m a student at ball Wellness University for my junior year and I’m studying Finance thank you guys for having me [Applause] hello green view how you doing today my name is my name is

I currently attend Oregon State University majoring in business with a minor in Prima currently I am a second semester Junior and again we appreciate you guys having us [Applause] all right a little bit fun facts about our fraternity uh we were founded January 5th 1911 and they probably said

It was currently in November you know they they have to run so we don’t I’m talking at the campus of Indiana University we had 10 Founders I’m gonna have them introduce these 10 followers so yeah like they’re saying we have 10 Founders and those men founded this fraternity off of the basis of

Achievement so you know it’s more than just having a high profile name but it’s about doing the work and putting in the service so that’s what our fraternity holds its values in and we all up here are men of achievement a little bit about maternity where social fraternity

Yeah you guys here yeah we are a social fraternity uh we are part of the Alcove Mega Challenger the alpha omega chapter is a city-wide chapter so as I said I go to Notre Dame college neighbors to uh through the state and Davis goes to Paul Wallace just another problem some more colleges

Um John Carroll Case Western Worcester so uh it’s a pretty large and uh we also have a good majority of famous brothers uh I’m pretty sure you guys know Colin Kaepernick uh the former quarterback for the 49ers he’s a member of our fraternity uh Johnny concrete

He’s a lawyer in the O.J Simpson trial uh we got Bill Russell who was a Celtics Legend and a civil rights movement Legend um both Chamberlain Penny Hardaway a lot of sports named Arthur Ashe we have tons of popular brothers who was part of fraternity and uh to just kind of close

It we do not do honorary members so uh yeah if you don’t know so but yeah again we thank you so much and uh now just enjoy the show I’m sorry [Applause] um [Applause] the days [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] looks so sexy boys [Applause] We have we are known for our Kentucky curls foreign On the shoulders of some great women I stand with my Divine minds and if you heard anything today please understand our sororities and opportunities when you see these mothers we are about Excellence we are about serving our community college so because we wear these colors because we wear these letters we are

Educated and that’s one thing we want you to understand today is please understand my pearls my colors their colors they mean more than just something pretty and something has struggle we are a Sisterhood and so with that can we take it back my sister my old soul David Delta sisters do you mind

Doing a little more wiping down with me [Applause] thank you [Applause]

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