Week #6

I envision my colony in the future as an established and prominent chapter in our campus community.  I see us as a group of powerful young women who are diverse not just on the cultural level, but diverse on life experiences as well.  My hope is that we become a microcosm of what we want the community in which we live to be.  At this moment, we are a small group of young women who exemplify leadership in all that we do.  One of our alum, Leracia, has always lived by the saying "be the change you hope to see in the world" and I think that she did a great job of living up to that quote.  I think that the best way to lead is by example.  If we have high standards and hopes for our campus community, for our country, and even the world, then I think that we need to live up to those standards ourselves.

First off, I want us to continue to accept women from all walks of life and backgrounds.  I honestly believe that our group functions so well because the women that encompass it are so different from one another.  If we hope for our community to be accepting of all people, then I think that it's great that we are already taking the initiative to make our sorority so diverse.  Second, I want us to grow to a larger size of about 30 women.  Thirty seems like an optimal number to strive for because it allows for networking and collaboration without sacrificing sisterhood and bonding.  Other organizations on our campus do a great job of networking, and I think that that is something that we can really work on.  Last, I envision our sorority as being the top organization in terms of community service.  Although we do have five principles, community service is the one that can impact ourselves personally as well as our community, and I think that this impact can be measurable to some degree.  Our other principles, such as academics and morals & ethics, are just as important, but are more personal.  Principles such as these are subjective and mostly are in place in order for us to grow into well-rounded women.  Sigma Lambda Gamma, The Ohio State University, and my family are catalysts on my journey to becoming a woman of distinction.   I have been lucky enough to have so many people and organizations looking out for me and helping me on this journey.   Our community service principle is one that really sticks out to me because to me this principle tells me that people have helped me on my journey and that now is the time to give back some of that help and to pay it forward.

My personal vision, I imagine, is quite similar to my sisters' because we do have the same Mission, Purpose, and Principles, but actually writing it down helped me truly understand how people can really personalize our sorority and fraternity's values to make them our own.