This Is A Serious Matter is still here

Hello readers of ThisIsASeriousMatter.com.  It’s been about a month since I added any new posts and I just wanted to say hello and let you know that  I am still here.  This blog is a labor of love on my part, but I do blog part-time and have a full-time day job.  Fortunately (and unfortunately) I have been very busy at that job and with my daughter going back to school.  (Yay! my legacy is a first grader.)  While I am happy to still be employed in this economic climate, I do miss writing on this blog, as well as my other writing ventures.  However, I do have some posts in mind in the coming weeks.  So with that said best wishes to my undergraduate sorors returning back to the  “yard” and to sorors returning to graduate chapters and tending to upcoming service programs, cluster conferences, undergraduate roundups.  To non-BGLO readers thanks and good luck in the fall season.

Danielle

The benefits of joining a black greek-letter organization: Lifelong friendship

A benefit of joining a greek letter organization is always having a network within the organization. (Photo Credit: Ivy Community Charities of Prince George's County)

Lifelong friendship ~ Membership in a black fraternity or sorority creates a network of friends and acquaintances.  Beginning with the initiation process to working together in a chapter, members become affliated with people that they may not have normally had an association.  This contact serves to broadens the member’s perspective, experience, and knowledge.  On top of the fraternal bonds, membership affords a person with a unique advantage because of the sheer numbers of members.  Alpha Kappa Alpha has over 250,000 women who have been initiated into membership.  With this strength, when a sorority member moves to a new location for work or school, there is bound to be a chapter or member in the area.  This serves as a resource for the member to become more familiar with the area.

The benefits of joining a black greek-letter organization

I have been an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. since my initiation in 2004. I attempt to attend as many conferences as economically feasibly. As a result, usually, I have some type of paraphernalia in my possession, whether it is a bag or an ink pen, that identifies me as a member of the sorority.

Purchasing a fraternal license plate is the least of the benefits of joining a black greek letter organization. (Photo Credit: msmail via Flickr)

This insignia readily identifies me as a member of of the first and finest. On occasion, when I am seen with my sorority letters visible, I am approached with questions about Alpha Kappa Alpha. But one of the questions that has stuck in my mind is “What are the benefits of membership in a black greek letter organization?”  After pondering this question for awhile, I have come up with these answers which I will elaborate on in upcoming blog posts.

• Leadership development and training
• Lifelong friendship
• Academic support
• Professional mentorship