From Letters to Leaders: Redefining New Member Education and Leveraging Belonging to Eliminate Hazing

De: Michael Ayalon

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

This is second book in the "From Letters to Leaders" series!

In this book, we explore ways to eliminate hazing in your chapter, your council, or your fraternity/sorority community by rebuilding your new member education process - even if you feel helpless at the moment.

Have you experienced hazing in your fraternity or sorority, or are there hazing problems in your fraternity/sorority community? You're not alone. When fraternity or sorority is done right, there is no better leadership experience on your campus. You've also seen the newspaper articles when it's done wrong. As leaders, we have an obligation to protect our members and our guests at all times. This book is helpful for college students, college administrators, alumni volunteers, and also national fraternity/sorority headquarters staff.

What if you could turn your chapter, your council, or your entire community around and redefine what new member education looked like on your campus? Collectively, we have spent decades in the fraternity/sorority community and we've seen it all. We know what works and what doesn't. We share with you best practices from hundreds of college campuses, both big and small. This book will show you the practical strategies to address hazing on college campuses today and build a better new member education process by leveraging belonging, which is something that all college students are seeking.

How do we know? We are experienced college speakers that have decades of experience as either student affairs professionals, fraternity/sorority headquarters staff, alumni volunteers, or current campus leaders.

In this book, you'll learn about:

• the history of Collegiate Greek Letter Organizations

• the decline of healthy new member processes

• tools to prevent hazing

• active bystander intervention skills

• the risk of low-level hazing

• the role that legacy plays in your organization

• making connections between new members and the existing chapter

• collaboration between your organization and campus leaders/administration

• the effect of recruitment/intake on your chapter culture

• how to network during new member education and beyond

• how to arm our students with the shield of NO

• what it means to be anti-racist

• new models for member initiation

• Bonus: Contact information for each area expert is included at the end of each chapter for follow up questions with that subject matter expert about your own chapter, council, or campus.

• Bonus: Real stories and case studies to help you apply these concepts to your campus, so you can start making improvements right away.

Whether you are interested in joining a fraternity/sorority as a new member, you are a seasoned member of the organization in a leadership role, you are an alumnus looking to mentor students, or you are a student affairs professional that is currently advising student organizations, this book provides a fresh look at some of the hazing problems and some possible solutions to ensure a stronger future for fraternities and sororities while also protecting our members and our guests.

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CONTRIBUTORS:

Cassie Firebaugh, Dr. Ed Dadez, Edson O'Neale, Greg Vogt, Jamie Devin Wilson, Dr. Jason Meriwether, Joseph Thompson, Dr. Kim Bullington, Dr. Louis Profeta, Melissa Lewis, Dr. Pietro Sasso, Robert Wilson, Dr. Shyam Sriram, Stacy Cavanaugh, Tish Norman, Tricia Benitez, and Michael Ayalon.