Feb 23, 2021 / 08:36 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Black Greek organizations have been impacting communities around the world for more than a century.
Black fraternities and sororities started with college-educated people of color, focusing on issues and advocating for the Black community. It’s a bond like no other.
Four sororities and five fraternities make up “The Divine 9.” In Indianapolis, all nine organizations serve together under the National Pan-Hellenic Council to make sure there is community change and betterment.
“Black Greek organizations have always been a source of family and community. When all of our orgs were founded, Black people did not have a voice, like they do today,” said Ezell Marrs lll, member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
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Huntsville Meals On Wheels closed Tuesday and Wednesday
Meals on Wheels is on hold due to winter weather By Nolan Crane | February 16, 2021 at 7:53 PM CST - Updated February 17 at 7:19 AM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - If you have an elderly neighbor who relies on a service like Meals On Wheels, you should check in on them.
Madison County Meals On Wheels is not running February 16th or 17th.
The organization uses volunteer drivers who donât feel safe because of the snow and icy roads.
Although this is very unfortunate for the 250 seniors who receive food from Meals On Wheels, the situation couldâve been a lot worse.
Black sorority event at Rider University targeted by racist Zoom bombing
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
For Khaylin Eley, Feb. 11 was supposed to be a fun night. The Rider University junior and her Zeta Phi Beta sorority sisters had planned a “Galentine’s Day” virtual event, along with another Greek organization on campus, to celebrate friendship.
Five minute before the event’s 9:30 start time, Eley noticed an unusual number of users in the Zoom waiting room. They began admitting people into the meeting, and that’s when things took a turn.
Before Eley knew what was happening, the event was hijacked by uninvited Zoom bombers who bombarded attendees with racist and disturbing content. Attackers began changing their Zoom user names to racist, mocking phrases before taking control of the screen, drawing swastikas and writing racial slurs for Black people across thee slides.
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WASHINGTON It was around dusk when about 15 of Marcia Fudge’s sorority sisters gathered on the deck of a friend’s house in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
It had been a tough day. They had attended the funeral of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a fellow member of Delta Sigma Theta. Fudge, a close friend and former chief of staff for Tubbs Jones, told them that August day in 2008 that some power brokers had urged her to run for the congressional seat.