Stage you know for one thing I think that we are definitely talking about in our organization is the need to really revisit some of the initial practices that founded our organization our organizations were what’s already founded by college-aged individuals but seemingly throughout history we have lost that voice in leading the
Organization’s and have diminished them to assistant positions with very little social capital and an oversight as it relates to actually telling us as older generations I put myself as one of the older Millennials what the community needs we are fortunate in Alpha Phi Alpha to have we have – one of our
National international board members here our assistant regional vice president for the Midwest where the James Johnson is here and represents our current culture of listening to the voices of the younger generation to lead us I always talk when I’m talking to the to the brothers we need to reshift and
Reframe the way we think about leadership we need to be open to the direction whether that be the brand or the initiatives or the the representation of the fraternity based off this generation all of our organizations came from that but it seems as if throughout history those who
Once were in leadership have not moved out the way so I will say that I am a prime example of Alpha Phi Office effort to consider us as an intergenerational organization I’m the youngest person ever to be identified as the executive director and in a chief operating
Officer for the fraternity and that was done strategically by our leadership to say we need to reconsider because we’re losing our brothers we’re not retaining them they don’t connect they become disengaged and so there’s a mission issue with that but for me from an operational side there’s a financial
Issue with that as well and so that’s one thing I think the black lives matter movement it hopefully opened everyone’s eyes up to the need to get out the way and some sense and to allow a new generation to set the tone so we are doing that as
An organization and I think one thing that I would hope that we can collaborate I know our general president is in line with this is that we can work with NPHC n-double-a-cp and other social and civic organization as a set of strategy and a benchmark for how we
Engage with our 18 to 25 year old members because without them in my opinion our organization’s will continue to go in circles similar to the letter that was addressed to the n-double-a-cp [Applause]
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