Okay hello everyone it is now six o’clock so we’re gonna go ahead and begin in a timely manner i am alexis ohay the brown i am the program and education coordinator at the lily carol jackson civil rights museum i just would like to thank all of you guys for taking the time
Out of your evening to be with us today to highlight some magnificent women in some magnificent organizations and really get to listen to uh students from morgan state universities and phc talk about the significance that the organizations have played in creating positive social impact in our country so just to talk a little
Bit about the background behind having this event march is women’s history month and we thought it would be fantastic to highlight morgan state university students and their organizations specifically sororities from the divine nine baltimore has a very significant civil rights history that not a lot of people may know about
And divine nine organizations have always played a very important role when it came to the civil rights movement a lot of our civil rights leaders were part of these organizations um and because it was women’s history month we wanted to put a spotlight on the sorority specifically
So just a little bit of background information about our museum the lilly carroll jackson civil rights museum was founded by mrs jackson’s eldest daughter virginia jackson basically to showcase all of the work that mrs lily carol jackson did all of the other baltimore freedom fighters did and basically highlighting
Baltimore’s legacy in the civil rights movement all the contributions that this city and black baltimoreans played in making a change this our museum is also baltimore’s first privately owned civil rights museum honoring an african-american woman which i think is very important to highlight during march for women’s history month
And because the jackson museum is so driven by the contributions of black women we thought that this event and having an event for march women’s history month was very very important while mrs jackson was not part of a greek organization she did work closely with members
Of the divine nine and even in our museum we do have some certificates and awards up on our wall uh that were awarded to mrs jackson from sororities like zeta phi beta so for our co-sponsorship we have nphc from morgan state university lilly carol jackson is a part of morgan
State’s office of museums so we are very excited to connect with student organizations and start creating more events together so we’ll go ahead and let the npht rep go ahead and have an introduction for their council hello everybody my name is erin miles and i currently serve as the president
For the national paneling council at morgan state university so as she said i will be giving you guys a small introduction about our organization and what we do so the national panhellenic council was founded on may 10 1930 on the campus of howard university in washington dc
Some other things people might call us is the mphc or the divine nine so starting in the early 20th century african american students formed their own greek fraternity sororities to foster communal bonds increase professional opportunities and provide community service to the african-american community so with that being said as i said
Earlier is divine nine so we have nine organizations underneath this umbrella organization those organizations are alpha phi alpha fraternity incorporated alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated kappa alpha psi fraternity incorporated omega sci-fi fraternity incorporated style to sigma theta sorority incorporated phi beta sigma fraternity incorporated zeta phi beta sorority incorporated
Sigma gamma rho sorority incorporated and iodified theta fraternity incorporated now we’ll go ahead and we’ll introduce each of the individual sororities with their representatives they’ll go ahead and give a brief uh background about their sorority and then after all the organizations get to introduce themselves we’ll start talking about notable
Members throughout this presentation we’ll be talking about national notable members from these organizations as well as local notable members from these organizations good evening my name is jada hubbard i am a member of the always divine alpha delta chapter of alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated
Was founded january 15 1908 at howard university in washington dc the target programs we focus on are hbcu for life a call to action women’s health care and wellness building your economic legacy the arts and global impacts these programs enhance the social economic and educate educational well-being of the national local and international
Communities thank you and for each organization uh we also have some historical um sorority program initiatives that we wanted to highlight for example alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated was a big part of pushing anti-lynching legislation in 1921 and for the lily carroll jackson civil rights museum
We covered the topic of lynching as it was very important to dr lily carol jackson and to the naacp specifically the baltimore branch hi everyone my name is talani tywell i’m the chapter president of the alpha gamma chapter of delta sigma theta sorority incorporated over at morgan state university
We were founded on january 13th 1913 on the campus of howard university in washington dc our motto is intelligence is a torch of wisdom um our five-point programmatic thrust is basically what we use to identify all the problems within the african-american community we have educational development economic development international awareness and involvement
Physical mental health and political awareness involvement and under these five um thrusts we target issues within the african community as i said um and we have different types of programs whether it’s within whether whether it’s nationally or locally within collegiate chapters or alumni chapters um and we of course will touch bases on
Them as we go through the presentation thank you and another thing to highlight for delta sigma theta sorority incorporated um just a few months after the foundation they participated in the women’s suffrage march in washington dc which was on march 3rd 1913 we just uh last year 2020 was the 100th anniversary
Of women getting the right to vote uh so i think that is very very important to highlight specifically because even in our museum uh lily carol jackson not only was she a civil rights activist but she was an activist for women’s rights as well and she would work with allies such as
Margaret carey um who were fighting for women’s suffrage hi everyone my name is tim manuel um i’m a part of the gorgeous gama chapter here at emirates university um safety phi beta sorority corporate was founded on january 16 1920 i have university in washington dc in
Washington dc excuse me um our motto is a community conscious action-oriented organization um these are some uh these are some of our program initiatives um day to day on the hill uh provides opportunities for zetas to exercise civic um yes civic civic sorry yes um by gaining knowledge needed to maximize engagement
With congressional reps um we partnered with martradan’s foundation storks nest which aims to increase the number of women receiving early and regular prenatal care and efforts to put an effort to to prevent cases of low birth weight premature births and infant deaths also we joined the advertising federation to commission a
Study on the effects advertising news reality television and other media to have on to have on the perception of black women thank you and again to highlight some of these historical initiatives while their partnership with the american advertising greater establishment 2017. sorry while their partnership with the american advertising federation is from 2017
The issues of media projecting certain stereotypes on the african-american community specifically black women have been prevalent for a long time in our museum when we give tours we talk about the effects that media has played on the african-american community specifically with lily carol jackson’s husband kiefer what he and lily carroll would do
They would travel across the country and they would show movies of empowerment showing the african-american community in positive lights during a time where movie theaters were segregated where media wasn’t really showing african americans in a favorable light so media definitely has a very important effect on how people pursue perceive
Themselves how other communities perceive outsiders and things like that so even though that this um this partnership is from 2017 this issue of media and projections and how it relates to communities of color is still very important it’s very old problem that we’ve had hello again everybody as i said before
My name is aaron miles and i currently serve as the president for the breathtakingly thorough beta todd chapter of sigma gamma rho sorority incorporated sigma gamma rho sorority incorporated was founded on november 12 1922 on the campus of butler university in indianapolis indiana we were also incorporated on december 30th 1929.
Our motto is greater service greater progress and you can see our push for this model through our initiatives that have emphasis on education health awareness and leadership development the breathtakingly thorough beta tau chapter was chartered on december 15 1954 on the campus of morgan state college making us the first undergraduate
Chapter to be chartered in the state of maryland um a lot of our efforts have been seen through our community services and our uh activities and programs which have been highlighted through our awards that we received through morgan such as the heart of morgan award and we’ve also received many awards
Nationally and regionally through our sororities such as outstanding undergraduate chapter thank you and again for all of these organizations and you can even see it here with sigma gamma rho sororities historical sorority programming initiatives connecting with the youth is very very important when it comes to the service
That is being given by these chapters in these organizations overall with the operation uh book bag program with their annual youth symposium making sure that these undergraduate chapters which are led by youth themselves they’re still connecting with middle schoolers high schoolers even elementary schoolers with a lot of these programs
So while they’re young themselves they’re laying uh the foundation for people younger than them to follow in their footsteps and giving community service and of course we can ignore alumni chapters and grad chapters of these organizations as well these organizations um make a point that they’re not just a four-year commitment
They are not just for your undergraduate career but these are lifelong commitments and you can see that a lot of these members continue to give back not only to their organization but to their community in the name of their organization well after they have graduated
All right and now we can go ahead and start introducing some of the notable members of these organizations starting with alpha kappa alpha okay a notable sorority member of alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated is kamala harris she is the first african-american woman to be elected as vice president of the united states
She was a district attorney in california in 1990 and in 2011 she became the first african-american and south asian woman to hold the position of attorney general of california um harris was against the proposition of eight bill which is marriage is only for men and women she argued that
This bill was unconstitutional and her office wanted nothing to do with that marriage ban and she was able to get the ban lifted in la’s 9th circuit after delivering a speech wendy osefo a notable solo sorority member as well she is a professor at john hopkins as well as polit
As well as a political commenter on cnn she was recently on real housewives of potomac while on the show she used her connections and resources to showcase while also discussing the multiple issues black people go through throughout the whole pandemic she has been advocating for black lives matter
And trying to get people to vote and now moving on to our local okay so we have pamela queen she is a sorority member who has made an impact in the community she currently serves as a delegate in maryland northern montgomery county pamela queen works at works at the illustrious morgan state
As a finance professor she was appointed to serve in the house of delegates in february of 2016. um she works to help the state of maryland realize that there is an implicit bias happening and one and she will not stop fighting until the police brutality stops she believes and supports legislation to
Help to keep health care insurance costs down and provide more health care providers hello so our first notable member of delta sigma theta sword incorporated is shirley chisholm she was the first black woman member of the u.s congress and she was also the first african-american woman
To run as a major party candidate for the presidency of the united states secondly we have frankie muse freeman she was a notable u.s attorney especially during the civil rights era she was also the 14th national president of delta state they assumed incorporated and she was the first woman appointed to
The civil rights commission by president lyndon b johnson and she also served 16 years in that position next slide please next we have angela d also brooks she is the eighth county executive for french georgia county maryland which is where i’m from um she is a proud lifelong prince
Georgian um she was elected for the eighth county um executive position for questions county and she was the first woman period to hold that position her administration is committed to providing a world-class education system safe communities and a robust economy that creates jobs and opportunities for all and increases the commercial tax
Base to ensure residents are provided with the service they deserve next we have delma t daily she served as the national president of delta sigma theta sorority incorporated she was also the american school count she was also part of the american school counseling association and the american personnel and guidance association
She began her career at the baltimore county board of education serving as the coordinator for guidance and counseling services she has also served as a visiting professor at the north central western maryland college the university of wisconsin and harvard university thumssy daily has been active has been active with a wide
Number of organizations over the years beginning with her sorority our sorority delta sixth status award incorporated she served as the national treasure from 1963 to 19 1967. t daily became the national vice president in 1971 and in 1975 she became the national president holding the position for for four years
Dumb t bailey also served as the national president of the american school counseling association from 1971 to 1972 and as a president of the the american personnel and guidance association from 1975 to 1976 she has been active with united negro college fund um she’s also the national she was also the national treasure
Director of the win the woman in naacp currently domiti daily and the woman in the naacp promote knowledge of of sudden infant death syndrome and aids prevention within the african-american community thank you and i’ll take this time to say that we’ll be doing a question and answer session at the end
So if you guys have any questions for our representatives about their organization or specifically their chapters and how the contributions they have on morgan um or just what it means to them to be a part of their organization you could go ahead and put those questions in
And we’ll be picking questions out of the chat towards the end thank you all right and now we’ll go on to zeta phi beta’s notable members thank you um so for our normal members we have um our current 25th um it’s not international president ms valley simon miss valerie hollins red baker
Um she’s currently the director of the enforcer systems division for the new york life insurance company i’m from new york um and also we have barbara c moore she was the 22nd international president um she’s a board member of the ymca and the rich i’m sorry in the richland county south carolina
And she is part of the national march of dance foundation outside and these two are our local um miss irish avon she is currently the international theory vice president um she works directly with undergrads she currently works in student affairs for higher education she’s currently at um hopkins university
Um and tamara harris she is currently our 12th real estate director um she’s she is a mentor for the parents aiding and nurturing developing adulterant adults also known as panda she is a true coordinator for the girl scouts of central maryland thank you okay next we’re going to talk about some
Notable members i’ll start out with some national members of sigma gamma rose who already incorporated so first we have sora deshawna barber she was crowned miss usa in 2016 and she currently serves as a captain in the united states army she is well known for being a motivational speaker as of now
She is an hbcu graduate as she earned her bachelor’s degree in business management from virginia state university and she has also earned her master’s degree in management information systems and services from the university of maryland global campus the santa barbara is a spring 2009 initiative of the alpha zeta chapter of
Single general sorority incorporated next we have sora robin kelly robin kelly is a current member of the united states house of representatives for the 2nd congressional district of illinois she is a member of the house energy and commerce committee where she focuses on expanding access to health care consumer protection for american
Families and economic development she earned her bachelor’s in psychology and her master’s in counseling from bradley university and she later received her phd in political science from northern illinois university she is also an active member of the epsilon new sigma chapter of seven gamma sorority incorporated next we have sore victory q adams
She was the first african-american woman to serve on the baltimore city council she is also well she was also a hvcu graduate as she attended both coffin teachers college and morgan state college she founded a women’s political group called the colored democratic democratic women’s campaign committee in 1946
And she is also one of the five women to charter the baltimore section of the national council of negro women during her time on the baltimore city council she established the baltimore fuel fund which was designed to help local families with their heating bill and this still
Exists today um as it as we know she was also a proud member of student gamer sorority incorporated and she was also a member of the baltimore chapter alpha alpha sigma um her legacy lives on today as she was inducted into the maryland’s maryland women’s hall of fame in 2020
And she also has an archival collection in the os richardson library at morgan state university lastly we have soror antonika ryan she is the president and co-founder of the ryan institute which is an organization aimed at preparing scholars for global competition through character education and the arts in order to stabilize communities
The iran institute offers the community many services which include but are not limited to sat prep and college and career readiness she is well known within the baltimore community as she does a lot of partnerships with morgan state university and she provides a lot of students with the tools to navigate higher education
In the professional world she received her bachelor’s in sociology from morgan state university and she has also received an accelerated certification and her master’s degree from notre dame of maryland university and she is a spring 2001 initiative of the beta chapter of civic gamers sorority incorporated thank you
Thank you to all of our representatives for sharing and highlighting these great and magnificent notable members of your organization i would love to point out while these are separate organizations uh founded with their own different principles they all are the same when it comes to empowering uh black women in the african-american community
And as you can see specifically with this bottom right picture where it says stroll to the poles while they do have their own philanthropies um they definitely do a lot of unity work as well and they work closely together and the work of all of these organizations and members from these organizations
Working together is definitely why we’ve had such important social changes not only from local level but also to a national level as i mentioned before at the uh the start of this presentation a lot of our civil rights leaders uh both men and women have been a part of these organizations as well
Or have worked closely with people from these organizations uh so there is no denying the fact that these organizations that were born out of a time of uh racial strife uh are different times of you know political strife as well in the united states they ended up being able to infiltrate
And not only advance but improve uh all forms of our country whether it be in the political realm the athletic realm media realm or even technology in stem you can see members from these organizations making a difference in positive social impact as well and here are just some of the photos uh
From different events from different chapters as well so we can go ahead and we can take some questions if you have any questions you could go ahead and drop them in the chat but i have a question i would like to share or ask some of our members here what do you think
Are the roles of sororities when it comes to community service and activism i know that there might be some misconceptions when it comes to greek life specifically with different councils as well um that it might be just you know specifically an undergrad greek life is for partying or making
Friends what do you have to say to fight these misconceptions when it comes to the role of sororities with service and activism um i can answer that okay i believe giving back and assisting others is the main role for sororities and fraternities when it comes to community service um i
Believe it teaches us how significant it is to help those in need and those who are less fortunate than us so the importance of community service connects us to the community by improving it and making it a better place but for not for just us but for everyone that’s living inside of it
Thank you i can go next um i would say when it comes to community service and activism our role is to be the voice for not only just you know african-american women but for the african-american community in general which is why all of our organizations across the
Um the mphc have um specific initiatives which aid to our communities whether it’s in terms of you know rebuilding our fiscal uh matters or our physical health our well-being um when it comes to certain types of cancers you know things of that nature and when it comes to like the stereotypes of
You know undergraduate chapters in the nphc um being about like partying and stuff like that i feel like that’s where our role is to stay true to our chapters significant um history and what our chapters have done on our campus and throughout our organization because all of the organizations on morgan state’s campus
Whether it’s mpc or in the cios um they’re they’ve all impacted the campus in different ways um they’ve all historically been a vessel on morgan state’s campus whether people have seen that or not so i think it’s important to stay true and stay true to what your chapter and your organization has
Poured into your community not just only on the campus but in the local surrounding community as well thank you okay so we’ve also talked about you know multiple events when you guys gave your biographies for your organizations but i wanted to talk a little bit more about your national philanthropies
Um for example as i was doing research on all of these organizations one that i would like to talk about is swim 1922 for a sigma gamma rho sorority incorporated um i for me it was fantastic reading all of these national philanthropies but seeing the wide range that these organizations go to and
Specifically talking about topics that people might not really think about uh i was not thinking about you know water safety or talking about prevention of drowning i had no idea that the african-american community suffers from drowning incidents three times higher than the white community that was not an issue that i would i
Would think to think about um so if you guys want to touch on some of your national philanthropies um and organ and um community service projects that would be great i can go first since you wanted to highlight so 1922. um before i get into that some other um
Philanthropies that we have our project cradle care which is an initiative that we have to raise money and basically support women who are going to have children so some examples of this that you might see on campus is we will do like a drive for some products such as diapers you
Know baby food and bottles and things like this and monetary donations as well and then we will go take that upon ourselves to donate that to a mother or a group of mothers in need um some other things we do is we like to go to saint jude’s breast cancer
Walks and raise monies for that organization as well everybody knows about breast cancer walks and things like that um and lastly before i get into swim 1922 i wanted to highlight our operation big book bag which is basically an initiative that we have to raise money and
School supplies to help children in need because not all children have the same access to resources to succeed in their educational environment but now we can talk about so 1922 so as it was already stated um african americans are definitely more prone to drowning than other racial groups so with that
Being said um the goal of this initiative is to provide african americans with the opportunity to learn how to swim and to reduce their fear and change their attitude about going in the water and swimming so with that being said you’re more likely to see that probably on the
Graduate level since they have more resources to go to swimming like actual pools because we like to do swim clinics so people can actually come get water get lessons learned things of that nature thank you okay well um i could go next um so for zip25 beta um we have a thing
Called z-hope um it stands for zeta’s helping other people excel um you know under that we have a bunch of programs which uh which includes um store connect so storks next uh storks nest sorry no different sources uh which includes you know i’m helping uh women and low um low income communities get
The necessary um research resource resources that they need to um to have put in in a preparation of um of the incoming baby um we have sorry we have um a doctor school program where i’m pretty much like we identify low performing schools and
Um in the areas that that we are in in maryland and just in the country and you know we help them enhance in their educational experience um test scores test scores grades um we raise money we donated to the schools helped me get more school supplies immediate computers um
We also focus on the elder care which some of you don’t really focus on them as much but it is needed um i know for me because i’m i’m probably a nurse a couple months so i love like to do the the um geologic part of it
Um it pretty much like you know like we just host like probably like two two weeks at the um out of the month where we just have like a just just like a weekend for them to take care of them we take them to the grocery store we we just like host
Events for them to make sure that you know they feel loved and also you know make sure that you know their um their affairs aren’t ordered just in case something happens and they don’t have anybody to help them so that’s what you um thank you okay so i’ll go so some initiatives we
Take place in our cap and one million in one day so cap known is known as college admission progress and it helps with students and their process to get into universities um alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated has raised 1 million dollars in 24 hours for the benefit of hbcus um
We also my chapter does have local community service events but because everyone is scattered in like different locations the best way to do community service is um through a spring cleaning drive where this can literally be done in any state and soros can donate clothes coats scarves and etc we also
Have chapter initiative where every month on the 8th we donate clothes scenarios sanitary items or anything to help those in need um when it comes to national philanthropies and i’ll also speak on things my chapter is in as well we have something called embody which is empowering males to build opportunities
For developing independence basically this program is designed to refocus the efforts um with the focus on african-american males we also have as an organization national we also have numerous endowment scholarships and we also have something called draft which is called delta research and education foundation which is a foundation within our organization where
Um local um local alumni chapters provide donations to local collegiate chapters for educational development programs for our chapters um and something else that my chapter has done specifically is we used to have a element elephant that was sponsored by a chapter in kenya which i found this is when i was
In middle school or high school was a long time ago but it was still something that i found like really interesting because you’re really sponsoring a live elephant um so that’s just one thing um particular to my chapter that we’ve had um done in the past
Thank you i wanted to ask does your chapter have any local community service events or organizations they support that you’d like to share and have other people support as well do you want me to go anyone could go so i’ll just finish i’ll hop into that um so things
That my chapter has done locally um we often do we do a lot of book drives um we also do a lot of letter writing to hospitals like st jude’s um something else that we do often is collect donations for an organization in baltimore call share baby which is an
Organization that um aids to young vulnerable children who live with hiv and aids additionally one thing that we do do often is um spend hours at movable feasts in baltimore um this is like an organization that allows people to come in and meal prep healthy meals
For men women children who live with hiv aids cancer and other life-threatening illnesses that are also related to immunodeficiency and that is all we’re very happy with the book drive though we we have a lot of book drives often because um especially in baltimore city and you know the surrounding area in baltimore
County um there are a lack of educational resources to young children so we really do like enjoy collecting books thank you i can hop in next so um to highlight some things locally that we do um in the past we would do like community cleanups for um the campus like um semester-wise
And would also help out with the homecoming cleanup as well which a lot of our organizations do together we do that as a council um we also in the past of of course you know given kobe we also did work with girl scouts as well so our chapter
Would have a girl scout troops and we would help them sell cookies we would do activities with them and they would be able to earn badges by the activities that they did with us um more specifically what we are doing now in this virtual setting the beta chapter we have been trying to
Put out a lot of women’s wellness initiatives which is a part of our national programs um we s’more so specifically um want to pinpoint mental health so a lot of people think of women’s wellness you might think of breast cancer you might think of a whole bunch of other things
We specifically wanted to hone in on mental health and why that is so important we have definitely used our resources and our alums um we have a sword who comes in and she does a lot of like self-care and you know mental health meditation and stuff like that and we also
Um in partnership with iota phi theta fraternity incorporated we have started the first breast cancer walk on morgan state university’s campus and this year was our second year doing it and um we did it through the nike run club app so that’s an idea of people want to do
Um a breast cancer walk there of their own and you know raise money and we raised over 100 that we donated back to the american cancer society thank you okay um we actually have a question from the audience that i would love to ask um with the election of vice president kamala harris
How if at all has this impacted sororities enrollment perception and initiatives i can’t like jump in a little bit here um one thing i wanted to highlight is the unity that we have within the mphc so although kamala harris as we know is a part of alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated
All of the divine nine sororities have come together in support of her um if you’ve paid attention on social media you might have seen a lot of us we have a campaign called chucks and pearls so all of the sororities will put on some checks wear their colors and pearls and support
Of her and honestly i feel like this was a really good initiative because a lot of times you know you might think uh our organizations might not like each other because of the beef or the stereotypes that exist among our organizations but that is not the case um that is something that is
Purely what people talk about even on morgan state university’s campus we are unified we all come together to do the work and i feel like with the election of kamala harris this has really put our organizations in a good fight because this is really letting people know that you know although
Like i said she’s an aka we all are going to come and we all probably have received more members because we all see the importance of our organizations and just because she’s an aka doesn’t necessarily mean you have to go that way there are a lot of other options but of course
That organization is beautiful and i support everybody here so i feel like in general it is a good um has a good impact on our initiatives and bringing light to the divine line because um people like you said have these perceptions that it’s all about partying and things like that
But um especially even president biden has also spoken on the divine organizations and he’s also put a lot of our members into office as well so this is really highlighting us in a positive way to add on um i want to touch bases on perception of sororities and also i kind
Of want to branch off to this woman in general um i definitely think that i wish that kova did not happen or actually more so wish that there was not racial tension during inauguration time because i know for a fact washington dc would have been flooded with nphc
Unity like that was that was something i was looking forward to happening um when it comes to her impact on womanhood i want to say like it made me happy because um aside from you know being a member of a supporting nphc like it just made me
Think about young small girls who would look up and see a black a colored woman a black woman in office the first woman period in a position where no woman has touched before so it just made me happy because you know before one of my sores shirley chisholm tried before
Unfortunately should not make it because of you know racial tensions um but it made me happy that a woman still made it in a position at the end of the day um and it just made me it’s it was just very um it really made me happy because like you
Know it was definitely a tough it was a tough campaign season for her you know she was running out first with um bernie sanders she then dropped and then the news came back that she was running again but this time as vice president and it just made me happy that um
She came out on top um aside from all the bigotry all the racism all the sexism she still came out and ran her race and won so that’s just my standpoint on it thank you so um morgan students have a rich history in civil rights activism from desegregating counters at reads drugstore
To desegregating ford’s theater how have students continued this legacy of activism of creating positive change on campus um have your chapters participated in that change if you guys can think of any recent events um that students in general but specifically your members have participated in at morgan
Um i can start um so last year on june 6th 2020 uh my line sister alasha farmer held a city-wide march um around the premises of morgan state university um called march for black lives this followed after the unfortunate murder of george floyd um and this was such a beautiful it had
Such a beautiful outcome because you know when everyone who they were either alumnus or um students who are still on campus or just general members of the baltimore city community it was kind of like it was a very warm feeling but it was still sad at the same time because everyone was still
Upset as as to what just occurred um it was really nice seeing all the organizations and the mphc the cios we had members such as move we had ncw yeah in the belizekp morgan state university section we had the band the football team basketball team people on campus who weren’t involved in anything
We had university professors we had university officials like dr wilson come out and just support um to support the cause and it made me happy seeing that my lines to continue the legacy of a woman in my chapter because one thing that alpha gamma has always been known for was being at the
Forefront when it came to protesting um this goes back to 1955 during the seven every drugstore this goes back to 1947 when students marched from working state’s campus to annapolis um demanding equal rights and equal funding for our university so um it just made me happy because
It’s just been so much that morgan has gone through since we were chartered in 1926 um but also makes me happier because it’s not about you know us holding these um protests or hero needs um march it’s just about us you know unifying with other people on
Campus so it’s like we’re putting our colors aside we’re putting our letters to the side and at the end of the day we have to remember that we’re all black we’re all black women we’re all black men so it’s just i pray we don’t have to have another um
Another protest like that again it was an amazing turnout but you know i’m trying to say like oh i was happy that we were able to have such a turnout but i pray we never have to have to have that type of march again um but yes that black orange and blue
Black orange and blue in the end okay so i’ll go next um alpha delta has been proactive through various acts of civic and civil engagement within baltimore and the morgan community alpha delta members have been persistent with following and attending rallies for the ongoing fight for the lack of funding for maryland and
Hbcus um alpha delta members have also been seen alongside many monumental social impacts that have occurred through history such as soarers attending sit-ins that occurred in northwood plaza stores have also attended aka day at the capitol where we’ve had the opportunity to sit in on legislations and meet delegates and senators
And voice our opinions for our peers thank you we also have another question from the audience and i think this is a fabulous question what can your advisors faculty and others on your campuses who are nphc members do to support the efforts of undergraduate members
Um i can answer this one i think one of the biggest things that a lot of us would appreciate is simply just your support like coming out showing up to our events and maybe even working with us to you know help put on an event because a
Lot of the faculty and members of our organizations have a lot of skills they have a lot of knowledge and just having someone be able to speak about certain things at our events i think would be really beneficial because obviously as college students we you know we can do our research and we
Can talk about these things but having someone who actually knows what they’re talking about has actually been there or does it whether it’s a career fair whether we’re talking about mental health domestic violence or people who actually work in like you know social work fields etc whatever the event type might be
Having someone actually experience and that can always enhance the um activity or program that we’re trying to put on thank you so i just want to go ahead and take the time to thank all of our organization representatives for being here today and definitely enlightening us with all the
Notable members you guys have and of course while we only shared you know a handful of members today knowing that all of these organizations have tenfold uh the notable members that we have uh that we’ve mentioned today and that these organizations not only have a national impact but a global
Impact as well so i encourage um all of you all of our visitors today who might not be familiar with these organizations to go ahead and research them look at their websites see all of the service that they’re doing and the service that they have done and
I really want to shout out all of these undergraduate members today because well you know i’m recently removed from undergrad but i know what it is to be a college student and the fact that you guys are having these organization duties on top of it and the fact that you guys are
Continuing to do this work even during a pandemic which is a very unprecedented time uh especially the effects that it has on you know education on mental health and things like that i really commend all of the work that you young women are doing and i’m very very happy that we were
Able to collaborate on this event so i want to thank all of you for coming out tonight for listening to us speak and again i’m with the lily carol jackson civil rights museum feel free to visit our website this meeting has been recorded and if you’d like to go ahead and look back
Um to see some more of the notable members that we talked about to see some of the initiatives that were listed in there the video will be up on our website next week you can also follow us on facebook and instagram in the future because we are part of
Morgan state university’s office of museums we want to continue collaborating with morgan state university students we want to continue supporting morgan state university students and finding common ground for events like this that not only you know showcase the wonderful work that students are doing and the wonderful work that their organizations are doing
But showing how a lot of the work that they do relate to the museum as well so again thank you everyone for taking time out of your night uh and just have a great night thank you so much thank you um for having us thank you great job thank you so much
This was excellent thank you so much for this opportunity excellent job
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