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Margaret L. Freeman: What are the details about sorority history beyond the founders?

By admin on December 4, 2020

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17065985/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/191970/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Welcome to episode # 104 of Fraternity Foodie! Today we have with us Margaret L. Freeman, author of the latest book to hit the shelves called Women of Discriminating Taste: White Sororities and the Making of American Ladyhood.

Margaret is a trained writer, researcher, and cultural historian. She completed undergraduate studies in history and anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and received a masters in Public History from North Carolina State University and a doctorate in American Studies from the College of William & Mary. She has taught college courses in American Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Sociology. She also worked as a Jill of all trades in humanities nonprofits.

We find out why Margaret chose UNC Chapel Hill for her undergraduate experience, more about her experience in a NPC sorority, the motivation to examine the role of historically white sororities in the shaping of white womanhood in the twentieth century, the selection of new members on the basis of social class, religion, race, or physical attractiveness, the differences between organizations primarily based in the South versus the North, the history of contemporary sororities’ difficult campus relationships, differences in approach between fraternities and sororities in terms of managing all of this, and her findings on Heterosocializing in White College Sororities in a chapter of a book called Rethinking Campus Life: New Perspectives on the History of College Students in the United States. We also find out her favorite seafood spot in Portland, Maine! Enjoy.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlTkmcq_7Bs

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Anti-Racism and White Allies: What Comes Next?

By admin on June 11, 2020

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14789330/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/191970/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]This was a unique online event held on 6/11/2020 called “Anti-Racism and White Allies: What Comes Next?” in which we have a featured speaker for approximately 30 minutes, we then break into facilitated small group listening sessions for reflective dialogue, and finally we bring everyone back for a conclusion wrap up session. Only the general sessions were recorded, none of the small group listening sessions were recorded (intentionally). We must thank our featured speakers and all of our amazing 22 table hosts for making this event possible.

Dr. Kari Winter speaks on a wide variety of topics tied to gender, race, class and American literature and history. She served as director of the University at Buffalo’s Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender (Gender Institute), which supports research on women and on the intricate connections between gender and other social forces, such as sexuality, race, class, health, age, religion and place.

Robert Lawrence Wilson is a speaker, facilitator, and writer with expertise in diversity and inclusion, multicultural outreach marketing and leadership development. Co-founder of the Culture Shift Team, he leads their diversity strategy development and training across all platforms and markets from higher education and non-profit to corporate.

Edson O’Neale is a speaker for Greek University. He previously served as the Director of Student Activities at Saint Leo University. In that role, he advised the Student Government Union Executive Board and was overseeing the Office of Student Activities which consist of the Campus Activities Board, Clubs and Organizations, Community Engagement, and Greek Life.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6PT1xpSUeM