Swing Phi Swing joins the 50 Million Pound Challenge…...Page 5
Swing Phi Swing suppo rts Y éle Haiti. See how you can help out the p e o p l e o f Haiti…...Page 8
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Looking forward into 2010 with the National President & National Board Chair…...Page 2
Winter 2010
“A Different World” for HBCU’s: A Swing perspective on the state of HBCU’s
How to be fab & fit at 40 Swing has turned 40 and wants to be around for years to come, so we need you! Swing Phi Swing has committed to being a healthier, stronger, and fitter organization. So we are challenging our membership to be the best they can be for 2010 by joining the 50 Million Pound Challenge. See page 5 for contest rules and incentives to join the biggest challenge of them all.
Before there was Dr. Ian, there was our very own Rovenia Brock, better known as Dr. Ro. She was the host of Heart & Soul, the first national health and fitness television show for African American women which aired on BET.
In
By Melonee D. Griggs neers like Booker T. Washington, Mordecai Johnson, Anna Julia Cooper, and Mary McLeod Bethune have been shadowed by contemporary issues of fiscal mismanagement by administration, declining enrollment of promising students, and lackluster support of Black alumni.
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan created the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in an effort to strengthen the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Since that time, nearly 20 HBCU’s have closed their doors, leaving Black students to wonder where they will receive an education that reflects their heritage. The legacy of such Black education pio-
Letter from the President…………………………….. ……..….2 Announcements from National Officers………...……..……….3 The Editor’s Desk……………………………..……….…………4 National News……………………………………….…..….…….5
Swing Phi Swing recently celebrated 40 years in April 2009 and it was a time of reflection for many founders and Sisters who embraced the idea of an afro centric Sisterhood while seeking an education at many prominent HBCU’s. An HBCU education was one of pride and promise to many generation of African Americans – in this nation’s volatile racial history, Blacks were excluded from predominately White institutions and still struggled to receive a quality education even with the passing of Brown vs. The Board of Education of 1954 that disallowed the segrega(Continued on page 7)
Chapter News…………………………..…………….…….……..9 Faith and Spirit……….………………….…...…………………15 Swing Mommies…….……………….……….…...……………..18 Back Swing………….…………………….…..…………………19