Blog #2: The Social Change Model in Action

After attending Something of Value, I feel more motivated than ever to do some CP blog work. :) This event was the third time that the presidents of PHA chapters were all together to discuss community wide issues and to work toward solutions and new ideas for positive change. By now, we are all so close that it feels like we've known eachother for years. From this, we are able to have more indepth and personal conversations to truly get to the root of each issue at hand. During our break out session, we mostly voiced concern over the fact that we need to get all of our chapters on the same page; we all meet atleast three times a month and have been able to grasp the same concepts together, but our next obstacle is to bring those views and values home to the chapter. A part of "social change" that I feel has beenr taking place is the simple fact that we all get along so well-- I feel as though in the past chapters weren't as open and interactive with one another as we all are. A part of social change is working together for one major goal, and by coming together and bonding we have taken the first step of moving toward a more unified community. With this unity that we share, we can now work to promote positive relationships among all chapters by using our collective relationships with one another as an example. We, as 16 united PHA presidents, are promoting social change through our action of positive interaction with one another. We plan to bring this to our chapters and want to do this by traveling around to other chapter houses to lead some discussions about things that our members may not recognize as an issue for other chapters too. From my experience working with all of the chapter presidents, I have learned that we are all much more alike than we are different, and together we can truly make a difference. We, as leaders in this community, have worked to bring the communtiy together by starting with ourselves and then branching out to others. I have always believed in community unity and constantly express to my chapter the importance of collaboration with other houses and organizations on campus. I feel that through persistent education and exposure to members to branch out into the community, we can reach our goal of ultimate unity. Once we are all on the same page, we can use our friendships to do some big things in our community!