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THE THE INFORMER --–SPRING 2015
Inside This Edition
A Message from the Middlesouth
Regional Director…………………2
Congratulations…...………...3
Chartering of Mu Chi Chi
Chapter …………………4 & 5
Developing Healthy Communi-
ties through Advocacy, Collab-
oration, Education and Ser-
vices………………………….6
Are You A Leader?………..7
Middlesouth Regional Officers
for 2016 Elections…………...8
Did You Know?……………...9
The Beta Corner……....10 &11
A Note of Appreciation.........12
Middlesouth Regional Newsletter
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated
Fall/Winter Edition 2015
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The Informer Fall 2015
“Leaders focus on the mission. A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination
is better than being controlled by it.” -Jack Welch
Greetings Sorors and Fraters!
Distractions are the bane of the ineffective leader. Like a hound chasing two rabbits at once, the
unproductive leader changes directions frequently. Consequently, his or her followers become confused
and frustrated. Never knowing exactly what to do, they usually end up doing nothing.
But productive leaders have a single focus. They “chase” one thing at a time. They’ve narrowed their
attention. They know what needs to be done, and they know what they will have to do to accomplish it.
They’ve zeroed in on the mission. They also know what resources are available to carry out the mission.
They know how to gather manpower for the task. Focused leaders usually don’t lack followers. People
with a mind to work naturally gravitate to someone who is able to give them good directions.
Effective leaders understand what team skills are needed. They know who the team specialists are, and
they understand whose individual talents are best suited for the assignment.
Effective leaders are not interested in doing ten good things. They want to do one thing and do it right.
Remember that we are still working together to “Break Barriers, Bridge Gaps, and Build Leaders!”
Glennis P. Gray, MSN, RN-BC
Middlesouth Regional Director
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated
Psi Phi Chapter, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA
Soror Jacquelyn McClain , Theta Eta Chapter, was appointed by Regional Director Glenis Gray to participate as a
member of the National Deans of Membership Committee. Congratulations Soror McClain and we look forward
to hearing about what your committee will be doing in leading the future growth of the organization!
The Informer Fall 2015
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Purposefully directed, persevering and determined, Middlesouth
Region members, Fayrene Tolbert, Linda Tellison and Pearl Fidel were re-
elected to the National Board at Boule 2015. Soror Fayrene Tolbert was
elected as Financial Secretary. Soror Linda Tellison was elected as National
Organizer. Soror Pearl Fidel was elected as National Historian.
Soror Fayrene Tolbert Soror Linda Tellison Soror Pearl Fidel
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The Informer Fall 2015
The Middlesouth Region Makes History Since the Inception of
Chi Eta Phi Sorority Incorporated
The Middlesouth Region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas) is the first region in Chi Eta Phi Sorority,
Incorporated to have chapters in all of our states. Middlesouth Region chapters traveled to Pine Buff ,Arkansas to
support the chartering of Mu Chi Chi Chapter in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 19, 2015. Madame Supreme
Elcedo Bradley, National Organizer Linda Tellison and Middlesouth Regional Director, Glennis Gray, lead the cere-
monial activities. Middlesouth Region Chapters present to support Mu Chi Chi’s chartering included:
Zeta Chi (Houston, TX) 3 Sorors
Lambda Eta (Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) 5 Sorors
Upsilon Eta (Oklahoma City, OK) 1 Soror
Sigma Phi (Waco, TX) 1 Soror
Xi Phi (Dallas, TX) 4 Sorors
Psi Phi (Baton Rouge, LA) 1 Soror
Alpha Chi Chi, of the Middlewest Region (St. Louis, MO) was present with 2 Sorors representing the chapter.
Mu Chi Chi Chapter Members
Soror Channoah Williams will take the lead as chapter
Basileus
National and Regional Chi Eta Phi Sorority Incorporated Members and
Officers In the Photo Below Support Chartering of Mu Chi Chi in
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
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The Informer Fall 2015
Breast Cancer Awareness within the Houston community was provided through the creative theatre presenta-
tion production “Before Time Runs Out” in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine Dan L. Duncan Can-
cer Center. Zeta Chi members participated in facilitating activities of the presentation centering on the chal-
lenges faced by a woman diagnosed with breast cancer. The audience interacted in a question and answer peri-
od with an onsite physician from the Harris Health System at the conclusion of the play. Questionnaires exam-
ining pre and post attitudes and knowledge about breast cancer were completed by the audience and collected.
Zeta Chi Chapter Receives Additional Funding for Childhood Obesity Health
Initiative
In August 2015, the Zeta Chi Chapter (Houston, Texas) was awarded $1,000 by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
to promote Childhood Obesity prevention within the Houston Community. Outcome of program implementa-
tion will be reported in a future edition of the Informer.
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Developing Healthy Communities Through
Collaboration, Education, and Service
The Informer Fall 2015
In the photo above from left to right-Soror Lawanna Hart (Zeta Chi), Soror Patricia
Batteaux (Zeta Chi), Playwright Thomas Meloncon (Truth Theatre Productions), Dr.
Bryan Reed (Martin Luther King Harris Health Center), Soror Margery Watt (Zeta
Chi) and Soror Jocelyn Goffney (Zeta Chi)
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The Informer Fall 2015
After dinner as my family was getting ready to play a game, my four year old grandson
Langston, hollered out: “I want to be the leader.” I asked “Why do you want to be the
leader?” He replied “So I can tell everybody what to do.” Unfortunately that is why
many people want to become a leader. Leading people is an honor that has much more
responsibility than just telling people what do. We are all leaders to some degree.
Therefore, when we assume a leadership role, we become a leader with a position.
I am not talking about management when I say leadership. Management and leadership
are two different functions. Leadership refers to an individual’s ability to influence, mo-
tivate, and enable others to contribute toward organizational success. Influence and in-
spiration separate leaders from managers, not power and control.
If you have the drive and desire to become a leader, then start where you are right now.
Examine your real reasons before throwing your hat in the leadership ring. Ask your-
self: What are my strengths? What can I contribute? Do I know how to get up off the
canvas when faced with adversity? Do I value people? What skills am I missing? Am I
willing to learn from others? Do I have the patience to allow others that I am leading to
grow? Achieving a leadership position is a vision for many nurses and other profession-
als who want to make a difference in the organization and their followers. When you are
a leader, there is a quickening in your heart that spurts out joy and passion that is im-
measurable. Granted, there are difficult days but the joy and the passion that you have
for leadership reel you back in on target.
Contributing Writer,
Mary Holt Ashley, Ph.D, RN (Zeta Chi Chapter)
Author of the book “Leaders-Get Up Off the Canvas”
Are You A Leader?
It’s Time to Examine Where You Are With Becoming A
Leader –The Middlesouth Region Needs Your Passion
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The Informer Fall 2015
“SHARPEN YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO JOIN THE MIDDLESOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM”
UPCOMING MIDDLESOUTH REGIONAL OFFICER POSITIONS TO BE FILLED AT THE
2016 MIDDLESOUTH REGIONAL CONFERENCE April 14-17, 2016 IN LITTLEROCK, ARKANSAS
Regional Director, Grammateus/Epistoleus, and Tamias
To be eligible for any of the above offices, a member must:
a. Be an active member in the local chapter for at least two consecutive years immediately
preceding nomination.
b. Have held an office in the local chapter and financial obligations are met at least two
years immediately preceding nomination.
c. Have attended at least one Boule’ and three Regional meetings in the past four years.
d. Have attended at least one National Leadership Summit within a four year period
preceding election.
e. Have demonstrated leadership ability in one of the following areas:
1. Chapter office
2. Regional office
3. National office
4. Chairman of a National Committee
f. Have participated in chapter, regional and national projects.
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Legislation was introduced on October 7, 2015 to bring advanced practice
nurses under the Sunshine Act, a section of the Affordable Care Act that requires
drug and device makers to tell the government what they give physicians. The idea is
to discourage conflicts of interest that could cause a physician to favor treatments that
are not the best for the patient's health or pocketbook. Advocates of transparency in
the relationship between clinicians and industry (drug and device makers) have called
the omission of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants a significant loophole in
the law. If this legislation is passed, advanced nurse practitioners may be required to
report cash and in-kind payments (such as dinners attended to learn of latest medical
advances and travel) received from pharmaceutical companies to the federal govern-
ment (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services). Reportable information can be
searched and tracked on a federal website.
Did You Know?
Advanced Nurse Practitioners and the Sunshine Act
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Community Service Activities:
YMCA for children
Tour de Pink Breast Cancer Walk
Star of Hope Blessing Breakfast
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Zeta Chi Beta
Representing the Middlesouth Region in
Beta excellence, Melissa Smith of Zeta Chi
Beta was awarded the national Aliene Car-
rington Ewell $5,000 Scholarship at the
2015 Boule. She is an undergraduate nurs-
ing student of Prairie View A & M Univer-
sity.
Scholarship committee chair, Jen-
nifer Goodman and Basileus Nancy
Harris present Prairie View A & M
University nursing students Funanya
Agbo and Kosi Ginigeme with
$1,500 scholarships in the name of
Zeta Chi Chapter charter member
Eunice Pointer on October 16, 2015.
Beta Graduates - May 2015
BETAS (undergraduate chapters)
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
“Before you can make a dream come true, you must first have one”-Ronald
E. McNair, PhD, physicist and National Astronaut
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Zeta Chi Beta
Kosi Ginigeme—working in ICU
Kyonna Watson
Sakari Bluntson– working in ER/Pediatrics
Ifunaya Agbo-working in ICU, ER, L&D
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Lawanna Hart, RN, MSN
Middlesouth Region Newsletter Chair
Zeta Chi Chapter, Houston, Texas
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SORORS AND FRATERS: LET’S CONTINUE TO SHARE THE GREAT
THINGS YOU ARE DOING IN YOUR CHAPTERS WITH OUR REGIONAL
NEWSLETTER TO “BREAK BARRIERS, BRIDGE GAPS AND
BUILD LEADERS”