AND THREATENED THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND QUOTE, JOINING US NOW TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT THIS IS CHERYL TALK. SMITH. ONE OF THE SORORITY ALUMNI WHO WAS JUST OUSTED AILMENT A SENIOR FELLOW WITH THE INDEPENDENT WOMEN’S LAW CENTER WHO IS REPRESENTING
TALK SMITH AND PATSY LIVE ANG THE OTHER PLAINTIFF IN THE CASE. THANK YOU, LADIES, SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE IT. CHERYL. YOU’VE BEEN A MEMBER OF KAPPA KAPPA, GAMMA FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. YOU ARE KICKED OUT. YOU SAY
JUST BECAUSE YOU SUPPORTED THOSE 7 STUDENTS CURRENTLY, THEY’RE IN THEIR LAWSUIT SAYING THIS WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE AN ALL FEMALE SORORITY FOR WOMEN. ONLY. >> STRENGTH. THAT WAS A BIT. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE WHAT HAS IN KAPPA KAPPA, GAMMA
AND WHAT WHEN THE JUDGE REQUIRED PLAINTIFFS IN THE INITIAL LAWSUIT FILED >> HE >> INDICATING THAT THEY COULD NOT CONTINUE WITH THEIR LAWSUIT UNLESS THEY DISCLOSE THEIR NAMES. RECENTLY, THE CASE WAS FILED WITH THE LADIES BEING IN SO WHEN THE LADIES
HAD TO DISCLOSE THEIR NAMES, 6 STEPPED UP AND GAVE THEIR NEEDS. WHEN I PULL OUT IF THESE WOMEN COULD BE THAT GREAT TO DISCLOSE THEIR NAMES AND PAINS THIS AGENDA ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND IT COULD BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SPEAK OUT
AS WELL. SO WAS SOON TO A LETTER BY EMAIL TO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS, HUNDREDS OF THEM, TO AT CAMP THE CAMP NOW BEFORE THAT, THERE HAD BEEN INFORMATION THAT HAD GONE THAT I WE’RE TELLING OUR MEMBERS OCCURRING. SO LETTER WENT OUT. I WAS THEN
TOLD THAT YOU KNOW, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE SENDING COMMUNICATIONS TOLD A WELL. SO A CHERYL, WE KNOW THAT KAPPA KAPPA, GAMMA WAS FORMED IN 18, 70 WHEN WOMEN WERE OUTNUMBERED BY MEN ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES BY 5 TO ONE OF THE SORORITY WAS
MEANT TO BE FOR WOMEN. ONLY TO SUPPORT WOMEN. >> ITS BYLAWS SAY MEMBERS MUST BE WOMEN HAVE THOSE BY LAWS CHANGED. THE BYLAWS HAVE NOT CHANGED IN. YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY EARNING THE TO HOPEFULLY WOMEN. >> TEACH WOMEN LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND DIDN’T REACH TO
CONTINUE WITH THEIR EDUCATION AND BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITIES. AND NOT CHANGED IN NEITHER HAVE THE BIBLE. IT’S OKAY TO LEAST. >> SO THAT I’M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO GET TO THE LEGAL THESE IF THE BYLAWS HAVEN’T CHANGED, WE TELL ME WHAT THE
ISSUE IS HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE 7 STUDENT MEMBERS, STUDENTS ARE ALREADY ACCUSING TRANSGENDERED MEMBER NAMED ARTEMIS LANGFORD OF, QUOTE, THREATENING AND PERVERSE BEHAVIOR. ONE OF THEM SAID AT ONE POINT IN THE LAWSUIT LANGFORD HAD AN VISIBLE WHILE WATCHING OTHER SORORITY
MEMBERS. IF THIS KIND OF THING WAS HAPPENING, WHY DID ONLY 7 OF THE 40 MEMBERS, THE STUDENT MEMBERS TSU? >> YEAH, IT’S THESE WOMEN HAVE NOT STARTED THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. YEAH. AND BEING PUBLIC WITH ANYTHING, IT’S PRETTY SCARY. I MEAN, YOU PUT
ON INSTAGRAM A PICTURE OF YOU AT A PARTY, BUT, YOU KNOW, GOING AND AND SAYING THAT I DESERVE AS A WOMAN. I DESERVE TO HVE A WOMAN’S ONLY SPACE. THAT’S A SCARY THING. BUT OF COURSE, WOMEN DO DESERVE THAT.
AND SO IT WAS THESE A ME MEMBERS THAT HELPS THESE WOMEN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’RE FEELING IS NOT WRONG. WHAT YOU’RE THINKING IS NOT WRONG. IT’S OKAY TO BRING THIS CASE AND THEN IT WAS THE ALUMNI MEMBERS WHO THEN EXPOSED TO THIS A
LITTLE BIT. THEY LET THE REST OF THE KAPPA MEMBERS NOW. AND I THINK THAT’S PART OF THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT IF CAP A LEADERSHIP REALLY WANTED TO CHANGE, WHO COULD BE A MEMBER, THEN THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS TO GO ABOUT HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION MAY BE PUT IN THE SAFEGUARDS THAT ARE NECESSARY. MAKE HAPPEN. NEVER DID THAT MEAN? WE’RE YOU SURPRISED THAT THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE WHO RULED AGAINST THE STUDENTS >> IS SAYING THE SORORITY HAS A RIGHT TO DECIDE WHO WAS A WOMAN.
>> I WAS IT IS. >> IT’S NONSENSICAL, RIGHT? SO THAT JUDGES INTERPRET CONTRACTS. THEY THEY RE BYLAWS. THEY READ THESE TYPES OF THINGS ALL THE TIME AND IT WOULD BE LIKE IF AND THIS IS WHAT THE KAPPA LADIES ARGUED
IN THERE AND THE CAUSE BRIEF IN THAT CASE. IF YOU HIRED SOSOMEONEO PAINT YOUR HOUSE WHITE AND THEY SHOWED UP AND THEY PAINTED THEIR YOUR HOUSE BLACK. BUT THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I INTERPRET THIS BLACK PETE TO BE WHITE. WOULD EVER
THINK THAT THAT WAS OK, THERE ARE SOME TERMS THAT ARE VERY CONCRETE THAT ARE IN THE SENSE BLACK AND WHITE. AND WE KNOW WHAT THE OPPOSITE IS. SO SAYING THAT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT WOMAN IS IS A VERY
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