We need to learn to say goodbye to the negativity that surrounds the idea of Greek life in general. Too many non-Greeks look at us and think we’re silly, frivolous, and that sorority life means that you’re paying for your friends. We tell them things these aren’t true, and they’re not, but we’re not helping fix the problem by just telling. Just because you tell someone the truth doesn’t mean they’ll believe you. One why we can show them the truth is by acting the way we say we are. We say sororities are meant to empower women but, instead, of building each other up, we created a tier system to tear each other down. How are we supposed to expect non-Greeks to look at us positively, when we look at each other negatively?

We need to learn to say goodbye to the negativity between different organizations. We says it’s all about coming together, but then we make fun of people in other chapters. No those other guys or girls may not be sorority sisters or fraternity brothers, but they’re fellow humans like yourself. For my fellow women we live in a time where women’s rights are being pushed to the forefront. Women all over the world are working to make things better for themselves and their fellow woman, but that’s not what we’re doing. I’m not saying every sorority does this, but I’ve come across enough to see that there is a problem. How can we say we’re for female empowerment if we try to tear a different sorority down just so they’ll remain lower than you in the tier system? Why do we even have a tier system that tells one group of women that they’re not as good as another group of women when that goes exactly against what any of our founders would have wanted?

Lastly, we need to learn how to say goodbye to the negativity in our own chapters. When you are initiated into a chapter, you’re making a promise to that chapter to give everything you have to it. You’re promising that whatever your chapter asks from you to make it your priority because at the end of the day whatever you’re having to do is to help you and the other people in your chapter. If you’re constantly being negative or complaining about what your chapter asks from you then you’re being disrespectful to your sisters or brothers, and you’re breaking the promise you made.

For women, we should remember why our founders started our sororities. It wasn’t so that we could have a group of girls to party with, and it wasn’t so we’d have a place to take naps during the day. Sororities were founded to empower women to give them new opportunities they didn’t have before and to create bonds between sisters.

If we want Greek life to been seen positively, then we need to see ourselves positively and treat others the same. We need to stop trying to tear each other down, and we need to remember what Greek life is really about. We need to get rid of the negative feelings, thoughts, and comments we let plague our Greek experience. Lastly, we need to learn to change our attitude, which in turn can help us change our perspective.