March 1, the first Monday in March, is NPC International Badge Day. It is a day for members to wear their respective NPC badges. If “pin attire” is not worn, then it is perfectly acceptable to wear letters, those articles of clothing sporting the Greek letters.
I’m mentioning this today because I spend the month of May, Women’s History Month – #WHM2021, profiling #NotableSororityWomen.
The National Panhellenic Conference’s International Badge Day began in 1997. In the spring of 1996, Nora M. Ten Broeck wrote an article about her experience after she wore her Alpha Sigma Alpha pin to work one day. The article appeared her sorority’s magazine, The Phoenix, and was titled “A Simple Solution – Wear Your Membership Badge Today.” Her NPC colleagues loved the idea and endorsed the project. The month of March was chosen because it is also National Women’s History Month.
NPC consists of 26 women’s organizations and here are some ideas for celebrating #BadgeDay2021 online from the NPC website:
International Badge Day Celebration Ideas
• Join the International Badge Day event on Facebook. RSVP to the event and share the event from your account or your
College Panhellenic or Alumnae Panhellenic Facebook page. Ask your member associations or chapters to post on
their pages as well.
• Post the International Badge Day logo (download from npcwomen.org) on your Panhellenic website, and ask your
member associations or chapters to post on their pages.
• Change your profile picture on March 1, 2021, to a photo of your sorority’s badge.
• Change your status on Facebook on March 1 to read, “#IWearABadge today to celebrate the sorority experience with
members worldwide.”
• Post a photo of your badge day celebration event on the International Badge Day Facebook event page.
• Share your photos, celebrations and thoughts about International Badge Day on Twitter, Instagram and other social
networks by marking your posts with #BadgeDay21. Tag @NPCWomen for an opportunity to be featured on NPC’s
social media.
• Share your sorority story using #BadgeDay21 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
• Feature stories of sorority women who have made history in your community or from your campus using
#IWearABadge and #BadgeDay21.
Over the years, other Greek-letter organizations have joined in the fun. The more the merrier!
P.S. Be sure to read about the #NotableSororityWomen who have worn badges and in their own ways have performed wise and wide human service. There are links on the right hand side of the page.
A graphic courtesy of Delta Gamma
