The Fraternal Movement: The Gift and the Curse

Fraternalism is a gift and a curse. Our purpose is for the betterment of individuals and their surrounding communities. We are to serve and live by high standards and encourage others to do so as well. We are to provide opportunities for ourselves and others. Our actions often prohibit our opportunities from being carried out. Though nothing in life is ever truely perfect, there are some things within the fraternal movement that need to be changed so that we may come as close to perfect as possible.
Our Dilemma:

• We are supposed to uplift all people but we often bring them down. This is very evident when membership intake comes into play. People often get turned down for physical reasons when they could be an asset to Greek life. We tend to set these high standards that most of us don't even uphold ourselves.
• We often engage in activities that are not of our values. Becoming Greek did not change the fact that we are human but we must always understand that we chose these letters and with the letters came the responsibility of us being honorable citizens. We cannot expect people to take our letters and values serious if we don't take them serious ourself.
• The general body does not take serious. This goes with the previous point.

The Opportunites of the GREAT FRATERNAL MOVEMENT:

• We have a large population. There is power in numbers and if we all stand on a united front as Greeks alike, we will be able to CONQUER THE WORLD (I know that's a bit extreme but hey, why limit oursleves)
• The BLUEprint of this movement was already set by our founders. All we have to do is carry it out.
• For the most part we seem to have the desire we just need to act on it.

As Greeks I feel that we a lot going for us. There will always be some type of criticism for everything. We have the power to make a change. We shall use the constructive criticism and take all others with a grain of salt.