Citizenship

Alpha Pi's Mud Tug with my DZs! Me and my contestant for Big Man on Campus!






ME & Citizenship
CHAPTER: One of the most important ways in which I display citizenship within my sorority would be through attending chapter. This is one of the simplest ways to participate. Part of citizenship is through voting and sharing your opinion. I hate it(and I’m sure this happens with everyone’s chapter) when people complain about all the things they hate about the chapter, yet they are unwilling to give suggestions of how to solve these problems. I just want to be like if you want things to change you have to take action or run for a position
PHILANTHROPY: Within my chapter I participated in our annual philanthropy Big Man on Campus which is a male beauty pageant. My role was to be a coach and be on stage with my contestant and support them. Furthermore, I’ve participated in numerous other philanthropies of other chapters such as Mud Tug, Derby Days, Alpha Pi/Delta Tau Delta flag football, ATO Casino Night, etc.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Personally, during winter quarter I volunteered at the Columbus Literacy Council every Wednesday night. I also volunteered with some of my sisters at the Habitat for Humanity warehouse.


DZ & Citizenship Me at Sigma Pi's chartering dinner PHA: My chapter shares our opinions by attending president’s meetings, being a part of attending roundtables for each of the chair positions of each chapter, having members of our sorority have leadership positions on PHA.
SOMETHING OF VALUE: Our chapter participated in Something of Value. All of the sororities of PHA were invited. It was a really beneficial event. We learned a lot about personal responsibility and responsibility for the members of our chapter, especially when it comes to planning social events. Personally, I learned a lot from all of the other social chairs of the sororities and during our small talks we all opened up to each other.
INVOLVEMENT: My chapter tries to send members to all the philanthropies hosted by other chapters. Recently my chapter has participated in Alpha Phi/Delta Tau Delta’s flag football, Chi-O’s Moonball, Alpha Chi Omega’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, Kappa Alpha Theta’s 5k, etc. My chapter had members participate in all of the events for Greek Week. What does this look like?
SUPPORTING EACH OTHER: Recently my chapter sent two delegates(me and my president) to Sigma Pi’s chartering reception. It was kind of disappointing to not see a representative from all of the chapters, but I was really glad I attended. We got to see what an actual charter looked like and it was so cool to hear their creed.
CHAPTER RETREAT: Part of showing citizenship within the sorority/fraternity community is through supporting the community through service. My chapter volunteered at Columbus Speech and Hearing last Saturday. It was the day after a tg, but everyone showed up and had a good time. We helped set up for a garage sale to help raise money for Columbus Speech and Hearing and organized some of the classrooms for the children.
COLLABORATION: I know this is one of the other C’s but I think it plays into Citizenship. Our chapter has worked with Delta Theta Sigma to host a Wiffleball philanthropy. Currently, our Chapter is working on a Lacrosse Philanthropy with ATO for next fall.

OSU GREEK COMMUNITY & citizenship
IMPROVEMENT & MAKING PROGRESS: I would say that the fraternity/sorority community could definitely improve on being involved in the university community/ improve their image. I know most chapters participate in Greek Week and Homecoming Week, but I’m not sure if those events really impact the university community in a positive way because I feel as though most chapter focus on the social aspects of those weeks(tgs and socials). I know many chapters have participated in Rock the Block and Community Commitment day, which is good. I know currently PHA is working on an event Capture the Splash, which our chapter is participating in to promote unity within the sorority and campus community. After talking to a few friends on IFC, I know they are making strides to work collaboratively to promote Greek life in general, rather than just for specific fraternities.