JOINING A SORORITY OR FRATERITY IS A SOURCE OF UNITY FOR MANY PEOPLE AND WICHITA FALLS IS HOME TO SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THOSE INVOLVED IN GREEK LIFE.MARKESHIA JACKSON SPOKE WITH MEMBERS OF SEVERAL OF THE DIVINE NINE SORORITIES HERE IN TOWN AND MARKESHIA
WHAT DO THE WOMEN OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS REPRSENT?. (–MARKESHIA–)LAUREN THESE WOMEN SAY ASIDE FROM THE SISTERHOOD, BEING APART OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAS PROVIDED THEM A DIRECT WAY TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.MINEASA NESBIT/ ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INC MEMBER
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT THE LETTER ((–MARKESHIA JACKSON REPORTING–))UNITY, SERVICE, AND SISTER HOOD, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE REASONS MANY WOMEN HAVE FOUND TO JOIN SORORITIES OVER THE YEARS—-AND REASONS MANY HAVE STAYED COMMITTED AND INVOLVED
FOR A LIFE TIME.DIANE MORGAN/ DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY MEMBERTHE D-9 IS A COLLECTION OF HISTORICALLY BLACK SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES, THE FIRST ONE ACTUALLY STARTED IN 1906 WITH ALPHA PHI ALPHA AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY THE DIVINE NINE OR D-9 ARE THE NINE BLACK GREEK LETTERED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT BEGAN OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO…..AND YES THERE WERE ALREADY SORORITIES ON CAMPUSES OF IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITIES BUT STUDENTS OF COLOR WERE OFTEN TURNED AWAY.DELORES JACKSON/ ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INC. MEMBERWHEN SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES FIRST BEGAN IN THE 19TH CENTURY BLACKS
CERTAINTLY WERE’NT ADMITTED OR ALLOWED TO BE APART OF THE SORORITIES, IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO 2022 THE WOMEN OF THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA, DELTA SIGMA THETA AND ZETA PHI BETA SORORITIES HAVE BEEN HONORING THE LEGACIES OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND MAKING AN
IMPACT IN WICHITA FALLS. DIERRICA SMITH/ DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY MEMBERDELTA SIGMA THETA STARTED IN 1913 AND THEY WERE REALLY STRONG ON SCHOLARSHIP, SISTERHOOD, AND SOCIAL ACTION AND SERVICE SHEKENDRA COLLINS/ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INC MEMBERZETA IS A COMMUNITY CONSCIOUS, ACTION ORIENTED ORGANIZATION
WITH A ZEST FOR EXCELLENCE AND WE WERE FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF SERVICEDELORES JACKSON/ ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INC. MEMBERWE HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING ON THE FOREFRONT OF WORKING A LOT OF SOCIAL ISSUES AND MOVEMENTS WITH SERVICE BEING A COMMON
CORE VALUE AMONG THESE SORORITIES, MEMBERS SAY ITS BEING ABLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM…..OFTEN TIMES COMING TOGETHER FOR EVENTS LIKE PROJECT BACK TO SCHOOL, THE LOCAL ALZHEIMER’S WALK AND PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS. DIERRICA SMITH/ DELTA SIGMA
THETA SORORITY MEMBERYES WE’RE APART OF DIFFERENT SORORITES BUT THAT SISTERHOOD IS STILL THERE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT COLORS WE WEAR, REGARDLESS OF WHAT SORORITY WERE APART OF WHEN WE PARTNER WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL A GOAL TO ELEVATE THOSE AROUND THEM
AND PROMOTE SISTERHOOD WHICH IS WHAT THESE SORORITES ARE ALL ABOUT.SHEKENDRA COLLINS/ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INC MEMBERI AM AN ONLY CHILD, I DONT HAVE ANY SISTERS OR BROTHERS, SO HAVING A SISTER EVERYWHERE YOU GO, IF I WEAR THIS CARDIGAN OUTSIDE OF MY
HOME IN TOWN, I AM GOING TO SEE A ZETA.DIANE MORGAN/ DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY MEMBER IT’S LIKE SEEING A LONG LOST COUSIN OR SOMEONE YOURE EXCITED TO BE WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHOSE APART OF THE DIVINE NINE.(–MARKESHIA–)AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE FRATERNITIES IN
THE DIVINE NINE, AND FOUR SORORITIES. (–LAUREN–)THANK YOU MARKESHIA (–LAUREN–)FINDING LEAKS IN
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