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This year our entire world was flipped upside down. Starting in March, our school and chapter eventswent completely virtual. We held chapters on Zoom from March until December. We held a completelyvirtual recruitment and gained a new member class of 105 women. Bid day was held over Zoom and sowas Big/Little Reveal. We wore masks around the house and almost every room in the house wasrearranged to allow for more social distancing. For the first time in a long time, the house was not filledto capacity with live-in members. Sleeping porch rooms were rearranged to allow for less womensleeping in the same space and were converted to two person rooms. House Board worked tirelessly toallow us to safely return to our chapter house in the fall semester. Dividers were put in between sinks inshared bathrooms to allow for physical distancing. Plexiglass was also installed in some sleeping roomsbetween bunk beds. Initiation was held completely virtual as well as all Inspiration Week activities. Theinitiation ceremony was a 35 minute condensed version of normal initiation. Alumni were invited tojoin the Zoom to welcome our legacy members. All 105 new members that we started with wereinitiated over Zoom. Our chapter also raised money for one of our housekeepers, Rosa, as her fatherpassed away from Covid-19 in November. We were able to donate $2,335 to go towards his funeralcosts. Even in a pandemic, we found a way to support one another. We supported the Joyful Heart Foundation for our philanthropy this year. Our normal event is called Hoops for Hope in which we host a basketball tournament to raise money for our organization. It was scheduled for late March of 2020 so unfortunately our event was cancelled. We were still able to donate $12,000 to the organization through jersey sales.This organization was brought to our attention when one of our dear sisters came to us with thisorganization that supports survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. The cause was very nearto her heart and many of our sisters. This organization empowers and educates society to change thenegative perception of survivors of these horrendous events. The organization was started byMariska Hargitay, an actress who plays Olivia Benson on the show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.The contents of the script and the work she did to prepare for the role made her realize she wantedto do more to help women who were victims of sexual assault. The organization’s mission is to“transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors’ healing,and end this violence forever.” As we all may know, on college campuses therate of sexual violence is high. This is a cause we can all get behind as many college womenexperience this or know someone who has. This year our chapter introduced a DEI committee to educate our chapter. They held presentations at chapter meetingto promote diversity and inclusion within our chapter. We educated new members on theimportance of acceptance and love. All members attended the Ross Lawrence presentation whicheducated us on the history of Greek life’s founding. We were educated on the inherent racism in Greek life and how we can work to change it. We also reviewed the importance of accepting the LGBTQ+ community. One of our sisters who is amember of that community, shared some of her experiences with bias against her because of her sexuality and she educated the chapter on the importance of acceptance and inclusion. We also had a presentation on the importance ofmental health. As a chapter we were able to have an open dialogue about our mental health and theimportance of seeking help. This presentation/discussion was led by Zach Westerbeck, a well knownmental health speaker.