Michelle
at AFLV

Friday - 10:45-11:45 AM - White River Ballroom 

Handsigns, Stepping, and all those Shrieks. What's It All About v2.0

It's time Panhellenic, IFC and cultural Greek members come together to dispel myths and learn about the "other" members of the Greek community. What is intake? Why do they have numbers on the back of their shirts? And what's up with those colors, shrieks, and hand signs anyway? Come learn and ask all the questions you have been itching to. This session is only for IFC/Panhellenic members and advisors who wish to truly understand what it means to be inclusive when it comes to your Greek community!

Friday 2:15 - 3:30 PM - ICC 126 

I Heard You Were Paper!: Stupid Myths about Hazing

You shouldn’t need reasons not to haze, but we are gonna going to give them to you anyway! There are many myths and misconceptions about the practice of hazing and how it adds value to a fraternity or sorority chapter. One-by-one we will debunk what some may deem “traditions” of intake. This workshop will speak from experience, not only personal from someone who has been hazed, but also as someone who actively took part in these harmful traditions, believing this behavior was an important part of her fraternity/sorority experience.

Friday 4:00-5:15 PM - White River Ballroom J 

From Wishing to Reality: Recruitment 101 for Culturally Based Group

You wish you had bigger intake/pledge classes/lines? You wish you had standing room only for your Interest Meetings/Informationals? Are you cultivating membership or just wishing and praying that people will come to your organization? Stop thinking old school and learn about the new school ways of building your potential membership pool, connecting with your market, and getting the quality membership you have always wanted! We RECRUIT, get over your self! Come learn how to make it happen.

Saturday 9:00-10:30 AM - JW Grand Ballroom 

Get in Control!: Your Role in Making Fraternity and Sorority Life Great

So, now that you’re in a fraternity or sorority, life is great, right? But have you ever stopped to consider how your role in your chapter is making it truly great? Or worse, could your behavior be destroying it? In her typical candid style, Michelle provides a wake-up call to those fraternity and sorority members who are coasting on their status or who are senselessly participating in destructive behavior, like hazing, abusive drinking, assault and poor academics.

Saturday 2:15 - 3:30 PM - 204/205 

Black Sorority Women & White Sorority Women Don't Talk and We Should

Ladies, let’s talk…. No really. We gotta talk! Across difference, across race, across backgrounds because the truth is, there are things we should be talking about as sorority women, but aren’t; mostly because we don’t know how. In this interactive session, we are diving into the top 10 things things white sorority women and black sorority women should ACTUALLY be discussing for the betterment of our sororities, each other, and ourselves. It’s time we have real conversations with each other and here is where we learn how!