As we, womxn of color, disaffiliate from our chapters, UR Panhellenic organizations will only become whiter and more affluent.”Ī month after the petition was made, all members of the Panhellenic Council at the University of Richmond resigned, according to the Collegian. It is not broken it was built this way, and has always functioned under its initial purpose. IFC and Panhellenic Greek life was never designed to include BIPOC, the LGBTQ+ community, low-income students, etc. In response to calls for a “reform” of Greek life instead of “abolition,” the letter stated, “This history will always be present, making it a flawed system that is unsafe for the people for whom it was not built. "We have realized, through our personal experiences and those of our peers, that the social power that Panhel and IFC hold is toxic and damaging to the individual, and to the University of Richmond community-but especially those who are not involved with Greek life," the letter stated.Īmid a push to abolish Greek life that has extended nationwide, University of Richmond students pledged to end their membership after an Instagram page, shared stories of “homophobia, misogyny, racism, sexual assault/harassment, rape, etc.” that allegedly happened at sorority events.Īccording to the Collegian, the student newspaper at UR, multiple posts came from anonymous sources and detailed accounts of alleged sexual violence and racism by unnamed members of Greek life.
A petition calling for the abolishment of the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Greek Life (IFCPF) Organizations on the University of Richmond campus has amassed more than 900 signatures.Ī “group of UR BIPOC womxn” wrote an Open Letter of Group Disaffiliation to the UR community that called for the abolishment of Panhellenic and IFC Greek life at the university “due to its misogynistic, racist, classist, ableist, heteronormative, and myriad of other damaging characteristics that are intertwined in its history and existence.”
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