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Updates whenever i post new content so today is a very important day in history today is january 15th and my sorority is celebrating 113 years of sisterhood scholarship and service this is my second founder’s day and i would have loved to be able to go out and celebrate with my star wars but
Unfortunately covet is running rampant so to commemorate this very important day i have decided to do a sorority tag slash q a just so you guys have an opportunity to get to know me a little bit better and i get to talk about my sorority so without further ado let’s
Just hop right into the video so i’m first going to start with the sorority tag questions that are pretty much general in our and other sporty tag videos and then for the q a i’m going to tap into some of the questions my instagram followers have asked me
So let’s just hop right into the sorority tag the first question is what is the name of your sorority so the name of my sorority is alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated also known as aka and i am a spring 19 initiate of the pretty classy pie capital chapter
So the next question is what is your sorority’s hand sign it is the pinky which is also trademarks next is what is your sorority’s call it is the skiwi i’m not going to do it right now because i just know but it is the skinny did you always want to join a sorority
So i actually have a really interesting story behind that so when i was in the sixth grade my math teacher decided to show us legally wrong and believe it or not that was my introduction to greek life so with l being a new and being president and always being
Surrounded by her sisters and living with her sisters i was like okay when i go to college when i grow up i’m going to join a sorority so fast forward to college i knew nothing about d9 greek life i knew nothing about greek life honestly i only saw what you know mainstream
Movies have depicted greek life as so coming up to college and going to at first i went to a predominantly black school wasn’t hbcu but it was predominantly black there was a lot of d9 on the yard but i just didn’t know who they were what they were but over time
I definitely did my research and i figured out what sorority i wanted to be a part of which is of course the best the first and the finest alpha kappa sort of incorporated so there’s another question i believe in the q a where i can go a little bit more in detail
About why i chose aka but i’ll say that for them what is your favorite sorority related memory so i want to say it was the first event my last sisters and i attended after we were initiated into the organization it was i don’t remember exactly what it was but it was like an
Alpha conference convention type of thing i’m not sure but they were having like this big thing in albany and my sisters and i went with our charter member and i personally felt like i was a princess like i feel like i was a part of the black elite because
When we went in there was like orders it was like apparently you need to sit here i just felt like i feel very special and i was like okay this must be life as an aka like you just go into places and just be treated like royalty that’s how i felt
But in the beginning it was very nice it was very classy like i said there was a lot of like really nice food and drinks and stuff and later that night it was a pool party which was very fun so that was probably a top college experience and
It is probably one of my favorite story related memories also was a really great time for my sisters and i just be on a town that’s aka so i really enjoyed that what is your favorite gift that you ever received so actually my favorite gift is a gift that i don’t even
Have in my possession my splash got me a paddle for my birthday and it is so gorgeous and i’m obsessed and i want it so bad but i have to go back upstate to get it so i will say that’s my favorite gift thanks gosh is sisterhood
A real thing sisterhood is absolutely a real thing i personally joined four sisterhoods so if there wasn’t i’d be really disappointed but i’m not this is an amazing experience being a part of such a large sorority it’s amazing to be able to connect with star wars from all over the world
And be able to establish strong relationships and get to know people and network is just an amazing experience so i will absolutely say sisterhood is real and i feel like i have never been really let down by any of my swords so i appreciate that how many items of
Clothes do you have related to your sorority so i don’t have a closet full of power like some people do unfortunately but i do have a decent amount and this is actually new i got this for founders today and this is a j15 sweater from the power girl so i’m
Always looking to expand my power collection and get more items because they’re always so cute what is the best part of being in a sorority so the best part obviously would be the sisterhood i love the sisterhood i love the connections i love being able to call up any of my
Life sisters and my crow fights ask them for advice or to hang out or anything like that and with my life sisters we do birthday gifts and my last birthday goes what’s this it’s a pillow of me so they know me so well because they knew i would like something
Like that and it’s just great to be around people that you know understand you and care about you and want you to live your best life and being able to reciprocate that energy so i think that’s definitely the best part of being in a sorority is always going
To be the sisterhood for me so that wraps up the portion of the sorority tag now we’re going to jump into the q a and let’s see what some people ask me the first question someone has asked me is what made you interested in aka so my interest in aka of course
Was something that came about during college but i would say that it kind of was broken out into phases so for example when i was a freshman i had some friends who were saying to me that they were interested in being akas and i had no idea what they were talking about so
They showed me videos and i was really intrigued like i liked of course the pink pink has always been my favorite color honestly it’s the crowns that our sword were to turn silver and diamond they oh i love me a crown and then it was just the overall essence of femininity that i
Really admired and loved about the organization and i knew that it was going to be something i was interested in and intrigued me but it didn’t really captivate me enough to be like okay this is the organization i’m going to join because i wanted to make sure that i
Meshed well with the members that i was able to gain further insight on the organization before i committed myself to it from there i was able to do some more research and then i understood how serious d9 is and it just opened up my perspective and understanding that this would be a
Lifelong commitment rather than i think some of it were only involved during college not marty so i was really intrigued by the whole lifelong commitment and what really got me was at the hajj mile which is our founder our guiding light being a black woman in the early 1900s
Who had this idea to start a sorority that is still flourishing now and i think that is so inspiring because even now as black women today we aren’t really afforded certain luxuries everything is an uphill battle for us and it’s inspiring and it’s so invigorating to see a black woman
One generation removed of slavery to really do her thing and create a sorority and allow it to be as successful and impactful as it has become in history i’m just appreciative of that always and that got me because during my sophomore year when i began to learn more about aka
Was also when i began to learn more about myself and my place in the world and i became really pro-black so i wanted to be a part of history in black history at that so that sold me right then and there so after transferring that’s when i was
Finally able to see aka’s in action and see how the organization works see the sisterhood in action not pushed my love for the orc and wanted to be a member even further and i remember praying every night to being aka and working really hard to get to where i am
Now so that’s a little bit about why i decided to become an aka with so many different things but i knew this organization was the right one for me someone has now asked do you regret becoming an aka did it meet your expectations obviously becoming an aka has not been a
Regret of mine and it has met my expectations being that this is a lifelong commitment i have so many more things to learn about my organization so many more ways to grow and i’m looking forward to the rest of my life as a member of alpha kappa officer and incorporated
Next question is greek guys or judy eyes personally do not have a preference on if a man is in a greek letter organization or if he is not in a greek letter organization i care about the character and the quality of the man so no preference for that question
So someone has decided to be a little spicy i guess and asks have you dated a greek guy how has it affected your relationship so as an aka i would say i’ve only dated one greek guy and and it was fine like i would say us me in greek
Didn’t really affect anything we really didn’t talk about it much from what i remember but it really had no effect i would say that if i was you know an eo in the yard that he was on the yard it would have been maybe different hopefully not because
No one likes a juvenile situation and that shouldn’t ever affect but being greek should not affect your relationship but that wasn’t my experience and good luck to anyone who dates on the yard power to you do you know anyone who has become greek for the perks or clout and not the brotherhood sisterhood
So i personally don’t know any greeks who have informed me that they have joined the organization for cloud or for perks i would hope they wouldn’t tell me that but i do know people who were interested in these organizations and just wanted to do it for cloud and i will say
None of these people are today so i don’t think the desire for clout gets you far especially in pursuit of these organizations i just think it doesn’t it’s not enough of a motivator in my opinion to get you to where you want to be but i will say that
Respectfully speaking in my experience i live in new york so i’m only super familiar with greek life in new york city but here being greek really doesn’t get you clout i feel like it’s it may be in 2016 and before beforehand but now you can be three all you want that’s not
Going to make you popular or give you clout in my opinion maybe because i’m greek now i’m not really checking for who’s greek and wanting to be on their you know their body about it but and i feel like the person does that that’s because they’re interested in the organization themselves
But it really doesn’t get you cloud so if anyone was thinking about doing it in new york city for cloud please don’t waste your time don’t waste our time respectfully next question is favorite power shop it really was luxe ivy lucy for some time but i’ve been branching out and looking
Into other power shops and everything looks so good so i can’t say i have a favorite because all of it is so gorgeous and i’m just obsessed so technically looks ivy because i have a lot of power from that power shop but i really can’t say i have a favor
Anymore because everything looks so good like this j15 you guys can’t really see it but this j15 sweater is so well made and it’s gorgeous like i’m obsessed so no favorite what is your favorite part about being an aka my favorite part about being an aka is definitely being
In a organization and having experiences that other people really won’t be able to experience and i’m really big on exclusivity and alpha kappa i was already incorporated definitely supposed to be or all of b9 are supposed to be very exclusive and all that i’ve learned all the discipline
All of the lessons i really want to trade that for the world so i would say that my learning experience because it’s all a learning experience that is my favorite part about being an ada honestly and this is through it but that’s really my favorite part as well
Is there anything you would change about aka if you had the chance i really don’t want to offend anyone but i’m really not the biggest fan of like really really really long lines honestly i’m sure other orgs do that but honestly speaking i don’t really pay
Attention to what other orgs do i’m sure they’re great but i see a lot of the times they’re being very long aka the lines and i’m just not really the biggest fan of that i mean you get it how you get it at the end of the day and if you’re
Really interested in being a member i don’t think you’re going to be like oh this line is too long i’m not going to well some people will but i just feel like you get it how you get it and i’m not here to judge but personally
I’m not the biggest fan of my lines of like 80 over a hundred it’s just it’s a lot and i don’t think you can really foster the sisterhood that i personally was looking for on a line that big like my line sisters i know all them very well
I know all that i need to know about them honestly so i don’t think that would really be possible if there was like 100 of them no shade but i’m just not the biggest fan of that but like i said you get it how you get it
What is it like being an aka being an aka is just just that girl like i just say that’s how i feel personally no but seriously being a gay is a lot of hard work it is a lot of service there’s a lot of events that are thrown
There’s just so much that goes into it that i can’t even really sit here and explain because i’ll be here all day but it really is a it’s an amazing experience and i’m glad that i chose this lifestyle it was the life for me and it’s amazing
For lack of better words it’s really amazing aka in contrast to other sororities it’s like i want to be humble but i really can’t i respect all other sororities and especially the d9 sororities and i know they do good work but we see who’s in the white house right now well
You know my house in a few days but i don’t know i just feel like the organization really just speaks for itself if you’re not first your last honestly what is one way aka has positively impacted you so it has impacted me in so many positive ways but
Because this is a feminine channel i want to talk a little bit about how aka has really cultivated me to become a more feminine woman so i have always been girly but coming into aka i really feel like i got the push to become more feminine
And i really cared about how i betrayed myself how i spoke to people how i just was perceived by the world and how i just carried myself and being a part of an organization where the standard is so high you really never want to be the one that
I guess brings down that standard so it really pushed me to become more feminine more refined and more classy and i can always appreciate that because like i said this is a learning experience and i’m always learning from other swords on how to become a refined feminine woman so it
Definitely has affected my femininity in so many different ways and i may do a video about it but i want to say that it was one of the first things that came to mind when thinking about impacts last q a question is what’s the best advice you can give to
Someone interested in your organization i feel that you can go on many different free videos and get similar information and i feel like one of the main things that’s very important but what’s really drilled in people’s heads is to do your research and i want to say one thing about that
But then once in my tip do your research goes far beyond let me look on the aka 1908 website and learn founders and purpose like i feel like the information you need to know is not there so figure it out honestly but it’s doing research is just bigger than website information that’s something
That i feel like isn’t that often so there’s that and keep it cute now this is a life tip but specifically when you are pursuing d9 orgs or especially aka you need to keep it cute at all times what do i mean by keep it cute so
I will say the earlier that you know that you want to pursue membership like let’s say you know in high school or your freshman year the earlier you can make sure that none of your personal business is spilling on the streets that you’re posting appropriate pictures that you’re not portraying yourself in a
Negative light and that’s important because we are looking for the best of the best so it’s always super important to keep it cute at all times to remain mysterious keep your personal business personal and make sure you practice discretion as well that could be a whole different tip but just keep it cute
Always forever and always so that concludes my sorority tag slash q and a i hope you guys enjoyed and thank you for making it to the end if you like content like this let me know in the comment section below and give me a like to support my new and upcoming channel
So thanks for spending my foundry day with me guys i hope to see you in my next one stay pretty
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