Loving Delta Zeta: Guidance and Unity in Action

Fourth in a four part series on how Delta Zeta members show their love of the Sorority by acting upon the ideals found in our Purpose.

…and to develop plans for guidance and unity in action.

When we first undertook this project to outline Delta Zeta’s four pieces of the Purpose, we hoped it would spark some discussion. The Purpose, unlike the Delta Zeta Creed, just doesn’t roll off the tongues of most members. Most collegians don’t sit around dissecting the Purpose during their chapter meetings or sisterhood events. But our members ARE discussing why Delta Zeta exists. We’ve seen grassroots conversations occurring on social media, we’ve see the questions that our Presidents asked at the Presidents Academy this month, we’ve read the news stories that members have submitted to The LAMP, and we know that chapters have put the Purpose of Delta Zeta into action with their reports from recruitment, philanthropy, and other events.

The last part of the Delta Zeta Purpose really speaks to two different areas. Planning for guidance for our chapters and members as well as working together towards a common goal. Delta Zeta has certainly made plans for assisting our members become the best version of themselves possible to meet the goals in our Purpose. We are so very lucky to be able to deliver outstanding programming and experiences for our members. We are also very lucky to have the dedicated support of alumnae volunteers who give of their time, talent and treasure to support the collegiate members of the Sorority. As many members tweeted to us with #WhyDZ, their membership is not for four years, but for a lifetime.

Finally, it seems fitting for unity in action to be the last section of the Purpose we discuss. Delta Zeta’s Founders envisioned a national sisterhood when they founded our dear Sorority. By working together, we can achieve so much more than if we work individually. The energy and enthusiasm that is harnessed by a gathering of sisters is amazing! Remember that feeling of belonging that you felt when you first joined Delta Zeta and had that golden lamp placed above your heart? We belong to something bigger than ourselves now and by working together we will achieve the goals of Delta Zeta, which are to unite our members in the bonds of sincere and lasting friendship, to stimulate one another in the pursuit of knowledge, to promote the moral and social culture of our members, and to develop plans for guidance and unity in action.

What does this last section of the Purpose mean to you?