[23306] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] HELP!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Bryant)
Tue Dec 17 17:26:48 2002
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:26:42 -0800
Reply-To: Joel Bryant <joelbryant2001@yahoo.com>
From: Joel Bryant <joelbryant2001@yahoo.com>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <b0.31426d74.2b2f5447@aol.com>
Jim,
What you are doing is great, historic and LONG
overdue. Your E-mail is creating a lot of interest and
positive feedback. Keep promoting the meeting among
all Bros. regardless of race or office. The Board
should be at this meeting so they can see how
un neccesary all of this constant confrontation really
is. I sorely regret not being able to attend but you
and everyone else knows that I have contributed to and
am a part of this process even though I'm not allowed
to participate as we try to "SETTLE OUR DISPUTES IN A
MORE REASONABLE MANNER THAN BY WAR". I too pray that
peace will replace fear and mis understanding in this
meeting.
Can you change the meeting to Sat. 12-28? That is a
lot better for several Bros. who are coming only for
this meeting. Are you following Sen. Trent Lott's
situation. We feel that many in APO are just like him
in 2002! I wanted to call you on Mon. but I lost your
#. Call or e-mail it to me. I have some more names and
want to touch bases before the convention.
Don't get tired of this great mission, In due season
it will yield great results for the frat. and those of
us who will see it through will be better as well.
In LF&S
Joel
--- JimBeKind@aol.com wrote:
> Hello Brothers:
>
> Thanks to Joel for providing me some contacts for
> assistance in New Orleans
> at the convention. As a member of the Diversity
> Subcommittee of the National
> Membership and Extension Committee, I have been
> asked to open a dialogue on
> race issues during a workshop on the morning of the
> 29th. I am white. I am
> male. I struggle with this subject, but I will not
> shy away from at least
> starting to talk about where our views clash and
> coincide on what APO
> is/should be.
>
> I would like to have as many Brothers representing
> "Rising Sun" Alumni
> Chapters at the session as possible. NOTE: Most
> students and most volunteer
> staff do not know anything about A-Phi-Ques or their
> history. This session
> will be a primer for them -- a very brief
> introduction to be sure. They will
> react to things as they hear them for the first time
> -- and we will be
> prepared to accept their viewing some parts of APQ
> as "harsh" or
> "out-of-date." We can explain why our campus
> cultures create different
> climates for our chapters and how they operate.
>
> Additionally, we'll do a few exercises to get a
> discussion going on "Race in
> APO." I want people to feel free to be frank, but
> this will not be an
> opportunity to attack our National
> office/staff/officers or APQ
> traditions/members. It will encourage us to begin
> to think about where we
> are headed as a Fraternity, and the role that our
> black Brothers should and
> will have in that future.
>
> Everyone will have to accept the Ground Rules for
> the discussion and be
> prepared to have that discussion address often
> uncomfortable themes. We must,
> though, be focused on using this unique opportunity
> to bridge the gaps of
> years of "silence through absence" by our black
> Brothers toward new and
> meaningful relationships with APO today.
>
> I would ask those of you attending to please bring
> photos/scrapbooks/
> memorabilia to display for this new generation of
> students. They need to know
> of the rich and important Service done by these
> chapters and their alumni.
>
> I am excited about the chance we have here to
> "start" talking, but I need
> your help and support to make certain that this
> session bears positive
> results. Please let me know if you plan to attend
> the convention as a
> registered delegate and can attend the workshop.
> Also feel free to ask me
> anything or provide your general thoughts. I have
> attached the workshop
> description.
>
> In Leadership, Friendship, and Service:
>
> - Brother Jim Hahn (Fall 1983 - Lambda Omicron)
>
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