Good evening welcome to this edition of the for one one top-selling radio show my name is Leon Jones tonight’s topic are there any black fraternities and sororities outside of the Divine nine are there any black fraternities and sororities outside the divine nine now what is the define nine
The divine nine is basically made up of the nine largest fraternities and sororities particularly the black greek-letter fraternities and sororities it’s a council it’s the pan-hellenic Council known as the National pan-hellenic Council it’s a council that each fraternity and sorority in the Divine nine as a representative and a council
So they dictate policy regarding how eternities and sororities are supposed to use to conduct themselves such as policies on no hazing it used to be called the Elite Eight until 1997 when the iota Phi Theta fraternity founded Morgan State University in 1963 join the elite eight to be called the divine nine
Now the question has always surrounded individuals are there any other fraternities that you can join without going through the red tape of one of the does not define nine returnees and sororities and the answer is yes they’re smaller fraternities but they really have a no hazy clause now fraternities and sororities of the
Divine nine are as follows yeah for the fraternities you’ll make a sci-fi the Alpha Phi Alpha the Kappa Alpha side or Phi nu PI by beta sigma and iota Phi Theta your sororities you Delta Sigma Theta the Alpha Kappa Alpha nor does your a Kas Sigma Gamma Rho and your Zeta Phi Beta
With the exception of the iota five theta the other eight are 93 to over a hundred years old the Sigma Gamma Rho was founded at Butler University in 1923 so that would make the 93 years old so you’re older and bigger fraternities are in the divine nine now that means sit if
You’re interested in joining a fraternity and sorority yes there are organizations and I’m talking about black Greek letter organizations that are outside the divine nine let me give an example of one I’m a member of one it’s called by a to side that would be the sixth largest fraternity after the
Iowa to five theta now my fraternity was founded April 8th 1965 at Mott Community College in Flint Michigan in fact my fraternity is the only paternity that was founded at a community college most of the other attorneys were founded in a university Butler University Howard University what the paternity is that
You can join and I would definitely if you’re and become a member of a black greek-letter organization look into some of those fraternities because you have a better chance of getting into leadership now let me give you some of eternities and sororities and their website you can
Always look up the website but they serve the same type of cause as the larger fraternities just because something is larger doesn’t mean it it’s better the only difference is the larger fraternities have been around longer and they have more members but with more members okay you have more dues more red
Tape very difficult to get into the leadership positions now they are known for their reputation because they came Oh when african-americans could not get into any paternity ‘s and sororities that were Caucasian and most of the older fraternities and sororities that are african-american we’re bounded at HBCUs historically black colleges and
Universities you have to ask yourself this what would you want to do in a fraternity because I did a video yesterday that talked about our black Greek letter organizations relevant yes they are relevant exact they’re going to get even more relevant and the opportunity to join one of the smaller
Fraternities will give you an added advantage because you’re getting an idea of how an organization works and you can help expand the organization to different schools to be a founding father you could be a regional officer moving on let me name you some of these black Greek letter organizations that
Are not under the divine not I just name you my fraternity Phi a decide now there was another one founded in Philadelphia and actually this is the oldest Maternity that’s african-american and nobody knows about it the name of it is Sigma Pi Phi that was founded in 1903 and Philadelphia then
You have wine sci-fi you have five Delta side which is also a Midwest Maternity you have new gamma alpha you have Sigma Phi rope yeah Alpha saikai Beta Phi PI nu gamma SCI then you have Phi Rho ADA 504 cron side which was founded in 1986 at VCU Virginia Commonwealth University then
You have Gamma Phi a de pais I alpha nu Omega you have gamma Alpha Chi Kappas Iomega these are all like returnees of sororities outside the divine nine you also have gamma phi delta nu Phi Phi Gamma Phi Omega and Delta Omega Chi you can look all those fraternities up on
The internet and trust me they will take in their young the brothers are hungry they need more brothers to help expand their organization to different schools so you could be part of a black greek-letter organization now some your sororities you have a t gamma pie yeah
Gamma a 2 pi then you have Sai Delta Chi you have new Omega Sai Alpha Beta Sigma Alpha Chi gamma gamma sigh Omega you have Chi side ADA you have Omicron alpha sigh you have Kappa Phi iota and then yeah Gamma Phi sigh I just gave you approximately 22 black
Greek letter organizations outside the divine nine again they have their membership dues they have websites they’re incorporated their very new fraternities and sororities and you have to give it to some of these individuals because they probably got these fraternities in place when they couldn’t get into divine nice seated the by nine
Has been around for with the exception of the I would have five theta for over a hundred years so their platform and an ideology is a little different the newer ones are basically keeping up with time since there’s technology and issues and I looked at the websites they talk about
Integrity community service just like the older ones do they talk about chapters graduate chapters founding fathers have organizations set up just like the larger ones the only difference is that they’re small now that being said because they’re smaller doesn’t make them less relevant if you ask anybody from the divine nine they’re
Going to say nobody’s better than we are and that’s not true when we seek out a fraternity or sorority we haven’t umbrella in us that that define nine return ”tis and sororities are the only ones out there see what you do your investigation like I did you
Will find that you can get into a lot of black greek-letter organization now some of these organizations are also music organizations not these but you do have Christian organizations as well their Greek letter now you have some like swinging Phi swing group I groove they’re social organizations which I
Know brew fight grew its group fight groove they were founded Morgan State University they pledged like a fraternity but they’re not a Greek letter organization it’s basically a social club or social organization for males and then swing by swing was founded down in the south and that’s a
Female organization but be that as it may those are also good organizations to join because basically what if returnees and sororities are supposed to do they’re supposed to give you that networking ability scholarships again community service mentoring tutoring you even get the reputation if you are a
Professor or an athlete to promote the fraternity and sorority if you look at a lot of our black leaders Jesse Jackson Mike Tomlin the Pittsburgh Steelers they’re in fraternities they’re good organizations no matter how big or how small what you need to understand when you get into a fraternity or a sorority
You have to realize that it’s a commitment it’s supposed to be a brotherhood and you have to look at all of the fraternities and sororities to see what is a best fit for you because each and every fraternity although it has some commonalities there are some differences one leadership ideology but
Being editors may step to pay your dues you still have to look at the numbers find out where all the money is going but the biggest thing you want to find out is what about the hazing policy I wanted to get today because you see that the larger fraternities under the divine
Nine okay in order to even be a fraternity and be part of the divine nine you must have 50 chapters that means it could come from graduate undergraduate chapters a lot of these small opportunities aren’t in any type of council like the ni c which is the north american intra fraternal council
Under any other type of council now i always believe that if you form a conglomerate you can actually expand your brand to different schools see my fraternity is independent the rest of these fraternities are independent but in order to form the grove of course
With all the red tape you have to be in some type of conference takes paperwork cost depending on what organization or umbrella conference you’re trying to get in it could be twenty five dollars to five hundred and twenty five dollars but basically when you join any fraternity
You have or sorority you have initiation news yeah yearly dues and your initiation dues or fees only paid one-time but you do pay yearly dues now if you’re in a chapter you go to pay chapter dues your chapter has to pay his fees and then you have to pay national dues and
With fraternities and sororities any of them you have small conferences known as Conclave and then you have conventions that’s when everybody from the nation gets together and they have speakers they have different regional officers come up give you information on what’s going on in their region but at the end
Of the day it doesn’t matter the size of your fraternity or sorority you just have to make sure that they’re active because even with the divine not with all the hazing problems that they’ve had you have some campuses that there are no members of the Divine nine or active so
A small fraternity can actually take advantage just don’t have the no hazing just don’t have the hazing closet well you have to have the clause of no AIDS and excuse me no hazing because that’s really what scares a lot of people away I mean have been people who have
Actually died from hazing incidents with attorneys and this is why fraternities have to have a lot of insurance and attorneys are also incorporated as well it’s a business but if you’re seeking a black Greek letter organization just see if it’s what you want to do because paternity is aren’t for everybody and
Sororities aren’t for everybody but to me if you want that Brotherhood sisterhood or that networking ability your community focused and you’re into leadership I would prefer the smaller returnees and sororities and here’s what you can do if you contact members of the smaller fraternities you can have an umbrella
Organization that would make a lot of sense because a lot of these small ones I’m not going to be able to get into the divine 9 + + the divine 9 has its tradition as well means the bigger than the best fraternities the older fraternities so it’s going to be
Problematic for so many smaller entities which don’t have enough members if you look at this vine 9 they not only have a national presence but they have an international presence where these smaller ones have a regional presence they say national but most of them have it expand nationally now you have
Brothers and sisters who are part of these organizations who live all over the United States but they may not be actively involved with their Greek letter organizations but they can do it that if I go to a school because I’m a member of fire – sigh and it’s just me
I haven’t formed the chapter but I’m what you call it comedy because the former chapter you have to go by the school’s rules which they mean this you have to have at least five active members to form an organization we have one you’re a colony so every school that
I go to one person was representative of I decide I’m known as a colony but I’m going to tell you from yesterday black Greek letter organizations are still relevant don’t let anybody for you but I’m just giving you more information so you can actually look some of these fraternities
And sororities up yourself on the internet because you don’t have to be part of the divide nine eternities to be a Greek as long as you have integrity as long as your leadership focused you keep your grades up and by the way the smaller non divine nine fraternities they have graduate and undergraduate
Chapters as well back again with our fraternity via desai we could even form a chapter at a community college we can even be in that large brother which means we don’t have to be affiliated with any college at all just have a degree I was in that large brother and I
Did my pledging in Flint Michigan when I lived in Pennsylvania in 2010 but either way I believe that every african-american who’s going to college should be affiliated with an organization whether it’s a fraternity and sorority or business fraternity because for us it’s a lot easier for us
To get our names out there to find out who’s affiliated with organizations so we can network because the strategy today is about economics yes we have racism and we’re always gonna have racism but the order divine nine fraternities they went down that road with the civil rights we need to fight
For now is to maintain the policies so we don’t get caught up in racism because racism is not about color it’s about policy that’s written to keep certain minority groups from participating in the political social and economic process to enjoy a standard of living that the power structure has
That’s what racism is because in some countries if I was black and had all the power and white man didn’t have power that would also be racism what’s the majority who controls the resources but I digress but with fraternities and sororities they’re all good organizations but I
Just wanted to point out that there are organizations outside of the divine nine that you didn’t know about and now when you look at this video you can take notes and if you have a son or daughter or you are interested in a fraternity or sorority what these fraternity and
Sorority is up and if it’s what you want make that connection that’s my commentary for this edition of the 4-1 top zone radio show for Christmas Day and merry Christmas to all Sunday December 25th 2016 you could tune into the 401 talks all radio show every set
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