Blacks With Power| Make America Great Through Black Power

Black Fraternities and Sororities cannot really claim to be relevant, can they? I don't know if they really matter to those who aren't members... Hell, they might not really matter to those who are members! There are reasons why retention and reclamation is such a huge issue in Divine 9 organizations. Black Fraternities and Sororities Need to Matter But, what does that mean: they need to matter? What would relevance mean for Black fraternities and sororities? I've remained active at the General Organization level in my fraternity (Alpha Phi Alpha). I remain engaged with my Alumni Chapter - even though I'm no longer resident in the State. But I struggle with this idea of relevance. It seems like there's no reason to be active in Black fraternities and sororities...no reason to be engaged - other than to say that you are, ya know? There's gotta be a better reason - right? There's got to be a more virtuous reason for us to remain active and engaged in Black fraternities and sororities than the "shame of not