Green said that it was a privilege to wear the letters and colors of Sigma Gamma Rho. She detailed going through her Sigma Gamma Rho memorabilia and finding pictures and videos of her probate. It’s just a fun time.”įor Green, her favorite part of Rhovember is taking pride in the organization. The sorors all hold the knife and cut the cake together. Members of Sigma Gamma Rho then invite the fraternity chapter Phi Beta Sigma along with close friends to enjoy the ceremony with.
Hill said that the sorority gets a nice cake with the sorority crest drawn on the icing. One of Hill’s favorite parts of Rhovember is the cake celebration. “We know that we’re in an organization that is bigger than ourselves,” Simon said.Įven through all of the heart-felt history of the sorority, there are still aspects of Rhovember that lighten the mood. Some events in the past week included Pie a Poodle, Find a Poodle and Step with a Poodle.Īccording to Green and Simon, one of the biggest feelings for the sorors when Rhovember rolls around is of achievement. Senior Amy Green said that the first 12 days of November are also known as the 12 days of Sigma or the 12 days of Rhovember.Įach day the Sigma women, also known as Poodles, hold an event in celebration of the sorority’s founders.
“We celebrate on a smaller scale because of how many members are in our organization, but that also makes it very intimate,” Simon said.
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Junior soror Malia Simon, who crossed in spring of 2019, said that Rhovember is the opportunity for Sigma women to take full pride in Sigma Gamma Rho and make their presence on campus known despite the small size of the sorority. was founded at Butler University in Indiana in November of 1922. Hill said that Sigma Gamma Rho has a long and strong history that the sorors, or sorority sisters, continue to uphold during the celebration of Rhovember. “We were founded on a predominantly white institution… and that foundation just helped break some racial tensions that were going on at the time, so we just keep that tradition alive every time we celebrate,” said Sigma Gamma Rho’s co-vice president Mikayla Hill. 12 as part of their founder’s month, also known as “Rhovember” which is meant to honor the seven founders of the organization and its history. celebrated their 97th anniversary on Nov. Wherever you find a group of Sigmas note that their leaving their mark of service throughout the community.Sigma Gamma Rho Inc. continue their mission of Service, Sisterhood, and Scholarship. Soaring to greater heights around the world the women of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. In keeping with the ideals of Sigma Gamma Rho, the sorority has supported the following organizations: NAACP, National Council of Negro Women, National Pan Hellenic Group, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, National Urban League, National Mental Health Association, United Negro College Fund, Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change and Black Women's Agenda. From that cold day in November, Sigma Gamma Rho has progressively evolved into a thriving sisterhood that comprises more than 75,000 college-trained women in more than 400 chapters across the United States, Virgin Islands, Africa, Germany, and the Bahamas. The group became an incorporated collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to Alpha Chapter at Butler University. Sigma Gamma Rho was the first sorority of Black Women on a campus that is not a Historically Black College/University.
was organized on Novemin Indianapolis, Indiana by seven school teachers on the campus of Butler University.
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