-Teddy Roosevelt
Citizenship is a hard concept to grasp when you don't think about it in a political sense. We all know that as citizens of the US, we have certain rights and responsibilities. How do we translate that into the Greek community at Ohio State? We each can argue that we have "rights" as fraternity or sorority members, such as the right of respectful relationships with brothers/sisters, the right to know reasoning behind chapter decisions, and others of the like. Of course, members as well as leaders have responsibilities that extend beyond attending chapter meetings and participating in community programming. But does this translate to PHA-IFC-MCGC-NPHC community?
When looking at chapters and their connection to their governing council, relationships may seem productive when in reality they are not. I cannot comment on any council aside from my own. I don't feel a sense of citizenship when looking at Alpha Chi's relationship with the other sororities or our Executive Board's relationship with PHA Exec.
I wish to see change in regards to how sororities interact with one another. Instead of acting as competing organizations we should be able to engage in activities and discussions that bring us together as Panhellenic women. Attempts at uniting the chapters have been made, most memorably through the Alpha Party (hosting a dinner and team building activities for all chapters that begin with Alpha) but that doesn't seem like enough. How can all of the PHA chapters gain the desire to want to work together to produce a better Panhellenic community? Can relationships between chapters change with one another when their relationship changes with PHA? I’d be interested to see how many chapters would be willing to hold PHA accountable, as well as PHA holding chapters accountable and if a sense of community and citizenship changes….
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