Many are discovering the Beyond This Place film project for the first time and are asking “How can I (or my chapter) help? I’ve put together a quick list of helpful actions you can take to support the Beyond This Place movement. Beyond This Place is a feature length documentary film that examines the rich culture of African American Fraternities and Sororities, while at the same time posing the question: “What is the role of these organizations in the 21st Century?”
This month, we’re focusing on mentorship since it’s officially National Mentor Month. We’ve talked about 3 ways prophytes can be better mentors, where the lack of deference derives from and now we’re talking to the Neos. Here are 9 truths our Neos need to know, but we rarely get to tell them:
I am so pleased to announce the completion of our first successful fundraising campaign for the Beyond This Place project. I am so thankful for my friends, family, colleagues, complete strangers, Frat, fellow Greeks and others who supported this project financially. I truly appreciate every single dollar you donated! I am excited and encouraged about how the […]
This is it! My five year journey to create Beyond This Place is coming to its apex. Our crowd funding campaign, in which I’m hoping to raise $30,000, will be used so that I may make the first portion of my documentary film about Black Greek Letter Organizations. There are exactly 3 days left to […]
Whats up everyone! I am so excited and energized after coming back from the Harbor Institute Roadtrip conference for Black Greek Letter Organizations. Beyond This Place is coming ya’ll and I can’t wait for you to share in the excitement thats already running through my system. More photos, clips and video will be coming soon. […]
Yesterday I began my teaser campaign for Beyond This Place, but it’s more of an awareness campaign. A campaign that I hope inspires, motivates, encourages and pushes this dream of mine into fruition. Over the last 5 years I have been working on creating a unique film about the visual representations of Black Greek Letter Organizations. I’ve […]
I’m expecting to gain a few more Facebook friends after this weekend. Mostly cute ones, with affiliations which end in Sorority, Inc. 🙂 Last weekend, I traveled down to Atlanta, GA to photograph the 2011 Atlanta Greek Picnic (ATLGP). The resulting trip is going to yield an extremely cool video summary and photo web gallery, […]
Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Oh how I LOVE you. I spent the evening with some of the members of Deltas first chapter as they celebrated their 98th year since being founded on January 13, 1913. The story of Delta is often misunderstood. What most know is that the original Founders were members of […]
That’s right, it’s my return to the ‘HILL’. Howard University has an energy that I haven’t experienced before. My last visit, I was honored and a little dazed to be in the same space where so much history has taken place. Howard University (HU) is known as the “Cradle of Black Greek Civilization”. The nickname was given […]
It’s just about stepping, right? Around the time I was 12 years old, my father took my brother and me into the heart of downtown St. Louis for a Greek show. He told me he wanted to share some of his college experience and cited some similar events that took place at his Alma mater, […]