Stand Up! Stand Out! Program
College sororities are taking a stand on the issues that affect women on the campuses of America's colleges and universities. Stand Up! Stand Out! Why Settle For Fitting In When You Were Meant to Stand Out?offers college women a forum to discuss the effects of negative peer pressure and explore ways to make a difference on campus.
There are so many difficult issues facing women today and nowhere is this more evident than on the campuses of American colleges and universities. Ironically, these same campuses are the breeding ground for tomorrow's leaders who will be expected to find ways to address these issues. Furthermore, the Greek system prides itself on developing leadership and promotes the concept of being your best self - in all areas of one's life - to their members.
To date, 24 National Panhellenic Conference groups, including Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Delta Phi Epsilon, Delta Zeta, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu, Phi Sigma Sigma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Delta Tau, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Theta Phi Alpha, and Zeta Tau Alpha have signed on as partners of the program.
"When Kappa Delta joined with Zeta Tau Alpha to create Stand Up! Stand Out!, we hoped that it would become a women's movement, a nationwide opportunity for college women to become empowered and stand up against negative peer pressure," said Melanie Schild, Executive Director of Kappa Delta Sorority. "Now with 24 national sororities banding together, with a combined collegiate membership of over a quarter of a million women, the campus culture can be changed."
The program encourages participants to explore the issues that are particularly relevant to their campus, such as alcohol abuse, hazing, low self-esteem, sexual promiscuity, pressure to overachieve and more. Participants will be challenged to ask themselves, "Why do I and other women make bad decisions when we have been taught better?" They are encouraged to explore their value systems and come up with concrete ways to stand up for what they believe.
For more information contact:
Stand Up! Stand Out!
c/o Kappa Delta Sorority
3205 Players Lane
Memphis, TN 38125
901-748-1897 or 800-536-1897
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