My first blog for HBCU Lifestyle was dedicated to students who are considering membership in a Divine Nine fraternity or sorority. Even though it’s still a beautiful summer, I want to help chapters prepare for the next wave of membership. As someone who places a high value on the contributions of the Divine Nine, it […]
Living the Legacy: Congrats to all Graduating Black Greek Sorors
Felecia Commodore takes the time to celebrate the legacy & scholarly accomplishments of Black sorority members graduating from college all over the country.
Top 10 Divine Nine News Stories, First Quarter of 2015
Members, chapters and the national offices of the Divine Nine are helping communities every day, and I feel strongly that we need to tell those stories. That is why, in 2014, I began tracking news stories from and about the Divine Nine. I want these news stories to accomplish three things. First, I hope we […]
Five Issues Divine Nine Fraternities Must Address in 2015
There was quite some discussion in 2014 about the five issues I felt Divine Nine fraternities should address. As 2015 has rolled in, I realize that one issue seems to never go away while events throughout the course of 2014 gave me perspective on more things to which our fraternities—Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, […]
Top 10 Black Greek Success Stories: 4th Quarter 2014
The news cycle in the last quarter of 2014 was undoubtedly very active with the Black Lives Matter movement. We saw a Black Greek break a major sports record, a chapter’s building win an environmental award, and Black Greeks mentioned as a major teacher recruitment effort. 10. Alpha Phi Alpha chapter at Valdosta State helps […]
Black Greek Apparel: 5 Unique Online Paraphernalia Shops
Whether you are shopping for yourself or purchasing a gift, we’ve done the research to help you find unique Black Greek apparel online.
Black Greek Perceptions: 5 Ways to Boost PR for BGLOs
The furor caused by a CNN iReport social media post assuming that the Missouri Highway Patrol’s Capt. Ron Johnson, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, is a gang member is beyond understandable. At the same time, it shows that we Black Greeks must never assume that our story is understood. I am not saying that […]
Should Black Greeks Care About Others’ Opinions?
The struggle can be quite real for many of us Black Greeks. As proud as we are of our letters, at some point many of us ask, “Does it matter what GDIs think?” GDIs (“gosh darn” individuals) cannot and should not be ignored as much as many of us would like to. There are, however, […]
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