ANANOTHER NICE DAY AHEAD. SEAN’S FORECAST COMING UP. SO THURSDAY ON FIRST NEWS, WE DOVE INTO THE HISTORY. OF BLACK GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATIONS AND THE FIGHT THAT THEY ENDURED FOR A SEAT AT THE TABLE. AND NOW, OVER 100 YEARS LATER, FRATERNITIES. AND SORORITIES WITHIN THE DIVINE NINE CONTINUE THAT LEGACY RIGHT
HERE IN OMAHA AS KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S KALE SEARCY REPORTS, IT’S A LIFETIME COMMITMENT TO SERVICE. NINE HISTORICALLY BLACK ORGANIZATIONS LYONS EACH SETTING THEMSELVES APART WITH UNIQUE MOTTOS, COLORS, PROGRAMS, STROLLS AND STEPPING PAIRED WITH GLOBAL AND LOCAL OUTREACH A MISSION THEY BROUGHT TO THE OMAHA METRO. THESE BLACK GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THREE MERITS
THEY NEVER WAVER. SERVICE TO COMMUNITY A STRONG SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND NORTH HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS THAT WE WORK WITH, AND SO WE HAVE TOUCHPOINTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ELEMENTARY PROJECT MANHOOD AND FRIENDS. AND IT REALLY TEACHES THEM ABOUT
ETIQUETTE, EDUCATION, JUST HOW TO CARRY YOURSELF. WE TRY TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS WITH SUPPLIES, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR THEIR STUDENTS, ALL PUTTING A HUGE EMPHASIS ON HANDING OUT SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. I WOULD SAY PROBABLY EXCEEDS $80,000.
VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO. YOUNG PEOPLE WANTING TO GO TO SCHOOL IN TERMS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, WE ALSO SUPPORT COMMUNITY BABY SHOWERS. WE ONGOINGLY PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING G TO THE WOMEN’S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT. THEY ALSO ENCOURAGE VOTING. WE GO TO THE CAPITOL TO LET OUR
LAWMAKERS KNOW THAT WE WANT OUR VOICES HEARD AND FOCUSING ON HEALTH LIKE ZETA PHI BETA STORK NEST PROGRAM SURROUNDS MATERNAL WELLNESS WITH MARCH OF DIMES. SINCE WE STARTED IN 1992, WE’VE SERVED OVER 10,000 WOMEN. UM, WE REGISTER ABOUT 400 LADIES A YEAR INTO THE PROGRAM AND RAISING MONEY FOR THOSE IN NEED,
LIKE THE SLEEP OUT FOR THE HOMELESS PUT ON BY PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY. IT’S NOT EVEN JUST IMPORTANT. IT’S ALMOST LIKE VITAL OR DONATING FOOD TO HUNGRY FAMILIES. OVER 700 FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR. KICK THE CAN. IT WAS AN INITIATIVE TO HELP THE
OMAHA AND LINCOLN FOOD BANK OR TEEN SUMMIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KAPPA ALPHA PSI AND THE BLACK POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, GOT A. GREAT PANEL OF SPEAKERS GOING ON TEN YEARS OF SUCCESS. THAT’S WHERE WE MENTOR YOUNG MEN, ALL CARRYING A STRONG SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS, BOTH IN SISTERHOOD AND BROTHERHOOD.
AT A REALLY BAD ASTHMA ATTACK THAT REALLY ALMOST TOOK ME OUT OF HERE. BUT THROUGH THEIR QUICK, VERY, VERY QUICK AND LOVING NATURE, THTHEY MADE SURE THAT I WAS COVERED EVEN AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY OF CHANGE. BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITHIN SOCIETY. THE DIVINE NINE CONTINUES TO PROPEL THE BLACK COMMUNITY FORWARD.
I STILL HAVE THE DRIVE, AND SO I’LL KEEP FIGHTING AND KEEP KEEP DOING WHAT I CAN FOR THE — I AM A PART OF. HISTORY I CANNOT FORGET THAT BEGINNING AND I HAVE TO WALK DAILY IN THAT UNDERSTANDING.
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