Honoring the Rich Tradition of the National Pan-Hellenic Council and Celebrating 84 Years of Service and Contributions

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�,O�TN RF y W V {iY O ltl6i 1 J V �" �hNELLtN,L' RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, HONORING THE RICH TRADITION OF THE NATIONAL PAN - HELLENIC COUNCIL AND CELEBRATING 84 YEARS OF SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS 6 the Common Council recognizes that the National Pan- Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative organization of nine (9) historically African- American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities with the permanent organization being formed at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on May 10, 1930; and with these organizations often being referred to as "The Divine Nine "; and NPHC's purpose and mission is the "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" which is promoted through forums, meetings and other mediums for the exchange of information, programming and outreach initiatives; and G}e the local NPHC consists of 7 of the 9 Black Greek Letter Organizations,(BGLOs) namely: Alpha Phi Alpha founded in 1906 at Cornell University; Alpha Kappa Alpha founded in 1908 at Howard University; Kappa Alpha Psi founded in 1911 at Indiana University; Delta Sigma Theta founded in 1913 at Howard University; Phi Beta Sigma founded in 1914 at Howard University; Zeta Phi Beta founded in 1920 at Howard University; and Sigma Gamma Rho founded in 1922 at Butler University; with two other organizations being Omega Psi Phi 1911 and Iota Phi Theta founded in 1963 at Morgan State University; and the local NPHC is well known for its many programming and outreach opportunities with some of these activities including the following: • December 8, 2011, donated monies & equipment to the Boys & Girls Club of America • December 15, 2013, donated monies to Pop Warner to assist in getting cheerleaders to the National Convention in Florida for the first time • February 22, 2014, in collaboration with Delta Sigma Theta and the Trio's Program (Upward Bound) sponsored an education symposium • March 8, 2014, helped sponsor the Healthy Alternatives symposium in collaboration with Sigma Gamma Rho on youth exercise, healthy food and childhood obesity • April 5, 2014, the Black Barbershop initiative took place in collaboration with the St. Joseph Minority Health Coalition to raise awareness of checking for diabetes, promoting health BMI and raising awareness of getting early prostate checks • Annual Greek Divine 9 on the Island event to raise monies for many organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club of America and providing high school hygiene items and other necessities. Section I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, publicly commends and honors the National Pan - Hellenic Council for their eighty -four (84) years of service, outreach and service with many of their national programming activities listed at http://www.nphehq.org/programs / Section II. The Common Council recognizes the local Council's focus on service and scholarship and its promotion of unity and exposure of members to the "service for life" philosophy in order to foster leadership development and scholarship among The Divine Nine chapters which belong to the National Pan- Hellenic Council. Section III. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its ad tion by the Council and approval by the Mayor. Henry Davis, Jr., 2 istrict Council Member John Voorde, City Clerk a6u 12T,# ark Neal, Deputy Mayor of South Bend