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When the World Feels Unsteady

There are conversations I’ve had throughout my career that...

Gathering to Do the Work Together

November signals a shift for many of us. We begin turning our attention toward wrapping up the fall semester, reflecting on the needs of our organizations and communities, and considering what lies ahead.

Building the Professional Home

AFA entered the 1980s with a constitution, a newsletter, and as a group unto its own. What it did not yet have was a settled idea of what it would become.

Looking Inward To Find Belief and Unity

Some moments call us to look outward, to understand...

From the Desk of the Executive Director

To the AFA Community and the broader fraternity/sorority life...

Find a Growth Strategy That Fits (Part II): Marketing the Sorority Experience?

College Panhellenic communities are experiencing new challenges around enrollment and growth, some seeing numbers higher than expected or lower than experienced in decades. With...

Find a Growth Strategy That Fits: Part I

Membership growth is vital to our industry. Without growth, many communities will face difficult realities, such as diminishing chapter sizes, fewer community members, and...

Does Size Really Matter? Supporting High-Functioning Micro Chapters

There is no question that organizational growth has been, and always will be, a dominating priority for our fraternity and sorority communities. If we...

Bringing an Equity-Centered Framework to Sorority and Fraternity Campus Professionals

The sorority and fraternity life (SFL) field has dramatically changed since the renewed racial justice awakening that occurred after the brutal murder of George...

From a House to a Home: An educational approach to Fraternity and Sorority Housing

The conversation around fraternity and sorority housing has largely been focused on the management of facilities, day to day operations, and occupancy. As an...

Reimagining FSL: Implementing a Functional Area Based Staffing Structure

It has become imperative to adopt fresh approaches to address the evolving landscape of sorority and fraternity life. With emerging trends and nuances within...
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