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What is National Panhellenic Council

Chapter 15
Cases on Strategic Partnerships for Resilient Communities and Schools
The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC) is the auspice organization for the nine (9) historically African-African American fraternities and sororities. It was established in May 1930 at Howard University, Washington D.C. The stated purpose of the organization as written in 1930 is, “Unanimity of thought and action, as far as possible, in the conduct of Greek letter collegiate fraternities and sororities, and to consider problems of mutual interest to its member organizations” (also known as the Divine Nine).
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Fraternal Organizations and Mentoring: Valuable Compacts for Young Black Males
Ursula Thomas (Perimeter College, Georgia State University, USA), Lamarcus J. Hall (Indiana State University, USA), Tyra Good (Chatham University, USA), Ansley A. Booker (Mercer University, USA), and Ghangis D. Carter (Independent Researcher, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3285-0.ch015
Abstract
The involvement of African American males in the community and in school-based service-learning programs has been an ongoing conversation not only within the African American community but in academia. Often, when we hear of African American males, it is encumbered with negative images and negative associations versus positive ones. The primary push for this case study is to examine the critical nature of mentoring for African American male use within school-based mentoring and community-based mentoring through Black Greek-Letter fraternity. The following case study will examine the mentoring and support initiatives of three fraternities within the Divine Nine Greek-Letter organizations and their specific strategies for engaging youth and developing leadership.
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