The Key Magazine Spring 09 : Page 2
president’s message Kappas Embrace Our Global Community collectively champion a commitment to the larger world. It has been awe-inspiring to learn about the outstanding women and chapters who have generously given of their time and talent to help others less fortunate than they. Before you read about some amazing Kappas in this issue, I want to share with you how our members are working to serve the greater good. I Members from Beta EtaD , Stanford, have returned from a trip to Kenya where they worked with a micro-financing group helping Kenyans and educating communities in America and Kenya on micro-financing. Members of Zeta Omega, Waterloo, continually work on combating the AIDs epidemic. A member from Gamma Phi, SMU, started a nonprofit group to build an orphanage in Uganda. Due to her initial efforts, many of her chapter members have since gone to Uganda to lend their support. Eta Mu, UC Santa Cruz, gives each year to the Invisible Children’s Fund in Africa. We also have members bringing medical care to individuals in El Salvador, teaching in schools in Kenya and fighting for compensation for people in Nicaragua. As an organization, Kappa is recognizing our many members who study abroad. Keys Overseas is an interest group that currently has about 70 women enrolled, representing 30 chapters with women studying in 17 different countries. In March, Kappa hosted our first-ever Keys Overseas event in which undergraduates who are studying in London had the opportunity to meet with Kappa alumnae who are living there. If you are going abroad and want to meet other undergraduates and alumnae who are overseas, please send an e-mail to keysoverseas@kkg.org. In the context of today’s globally minded individuals, Kappa is “Going Blue.” The “blue movement” encompasses green issues such as protecting wetlands and reducing our output of 2 • The Key • Spring 2009 • www.kappa.org n a world filled with medical, financial and emotional needs, members of Kappa Kappa Gamma continue to individually and CO2, but it also includes personal concerns like saving money and spending time with family and friends. “Going Blue” is about personal sustain- ability—taking actions that are good for us, our community and our planet. Here are just a few simple ideas of how Kappas can begin to “Go Blue”: 1) Change all light bulbs to CFLs, which reduce energy and save costs; 2) Install dimmer switches in your homes; 3) Set up recycling in all facilities and set all printers to print double sided; 4) Install water-efficient shower heads. As the “Go Blue” concept unfolds, the Fraternity will be providing more information during the coming months. As an organization, we must continue to celebrate the extraordinary ways our members are engaging with and meeting the needs of individuals throughout our world and continue to strive to make a real difference on our campuses, in our communities and around the world. It is evident with each passing day that we are not only globally connected but we are dependent on the world and how we treat its dwindling resources. Alan Cohen stated, “It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.” Loyally, Denise Rugani, UC Davis Fraternity President drugani@earthlink.net
President’s Message
Kappas Embrace Our Global Community<br /> <br /> In a world filled with medical, financial and emotional needs, members of Kappa Kappa Gamma continue to individually and collectively champion a commitment to the larger world. It has been awe-inspiring to learn about the outstanding women and chapters who have generously given of their time and talent to help others less fortunate than they. Before you read about some amazing Kappas in this issue, I want to share with you how our members are working to serve the greater good.<br /> <br /> Members from Beta EtaD, Stanford, have returned from a trip to Kenya where they worked with a micro-financing group helping Kenyans and educating communities in America and Kenya on micro-financing. Members of Zeta Omega, Waterloo, continually work on combating the AIDs epidemic. A member from Gamma Phi, SMU, started a nonprofit group to build an orphanage in Uganda. Due to her initial efforts, many of her chapter members have since gone to Uganda to lend their support. Eta Mu, UC Santa Cruz, gives each year to the Invisible Children’s Fund in Africa. We also have members bringing medical care to individuals in El Salvador, teaching in schools in Kenya and fighting for compensation for people in Nicaragua.<br /> <br /> As an organization, Kappa is recognizing our many members who study abroad. Keys Overseas is an interest group that currently has about 70 women enrolled, representing 30 chapters with women studying in 17 different countries.<br /> <br /> In March, Kappa hosted our first-ever Keys Overseas event in which undergraduates who are studying in London had the opportunity to meet with Kappa alumnae who are living there.<br /> <br /> If you are going abroad and want to meet other undergraduates and alumnae who are overseas, please send an e-mail to keysoverseas@kkg.org. In the context of today’s globally minded individuals, Kappa is “Going Blue.” The “blue movement” encompasses green issues such as protecting wetlands and reducing our output of CO2, but it also includes personal concerns like saving money and spending time with family and friends. “Going Blue” is about personal sustainability— taking actions that are good for us, our community and our planet.<br /> <br /> Here are just a few simple ideas of how Kappas can begin to “Go Blue”: 1) Change all light bulbs to CFLs, which reduce energy and save costs;<br /> <br /> 2) Install dimmer switches in your homes; 3) Set up recycling in all facilities and set all printers to print double sided; 4) Install water-efficient shower heads. As the “Go Blue” concept unfolds, the Fraternity will be providing more information during the coming months.<br /> <br /> As an organization, we must continue to celebrate the extraordinary ways our members are engaging with and meeting the needs of individuals throughout our world and continue to strive to make a real difference on our campuses, in our communities and around the world. It is evident with each passing day that we are not only globally connected but we are dependent on the world and how we treat its dwindling resources. Alan Cohen stated, “It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.”
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