What Is a Fraternal Organization?

The membership of the "Brotherhood" adopts the voluntary principle. The threshold for admission is based on the payment of membership fees. In the initial period, it was only a secret small assembly used by students to privately degrade their teachers. Also used to discuss academic themes. Now it has evolved into a kind of expanded network, and some have also become public relations places where men and women are sloppy. In the western part of Guangdong, the "Brotherhood of Youth" blossomed everywhere, and the principals of officials also joined.

Basic Information

Chinese name

fraternity

Foreign name

fraternity

National Associations

Brotherhood of American Universities

Subject

Expand your network

Brotherhood of American Universities

Fraternity (sorority) is a student community that usually uses 1-3 Greek letters to represent the name of a fraternity (such as ). The Brotherhood is not compulsory, so students do not have to participate, but participating in the Brotherhood is a shortcut to expand your network. There is a membership fee to join the Brotherhood. Brotherhood Associations hold many parties. Anyone can join as a member, but when you are a rookie (just joined the club), you will be rectified by the old bird ~

The words "fraternity" and "sorority" (from the Latin words frerter and soor, respectively representing "brother" and "sister") can be used to describe many social or charitable organizations, such as "Celebrity Club", "Epsilon · Sigma Alpha, "Flip International", and "Holy Man". In the United States and Canada, "brotherhood" and "sisterhood" are often associations of students with higher education.

Another benefit of joining a fraternity or sisterhood is that you can live in the same apartment as your siblings. Many Greek organizations have their own apartments on or around the campus, and brothers of different grades can live together. Of course, they will make the best use of the apartment, the apartment is not only used to live, but also a great place for parties.

Some siblings will have academic requirements for newcomers, but most organizations require that members be "loyal." So how can you show your determination and loyalty to the organization? Go to the impossible task of the organization! Novices are often asked to steal underwear, streak, and do it on broken glass

Chinese Brotherhood

The amateur community founded by single men in Shanghai in 2000 was originally called the "Single Brotherhood." The Chinese social system is constantly opening up and gradually expanding. In 2001, it expanded to more than a dozen cities. National development through the Internet. The original membership recruitment system was limited to unmarried and divorced men under 30 years of age, and was a purely male society. But as more and more urban communities participate in the development, the definition of celibacy is increasingly contrary to its definition.

In 2005, we started trial runs of various types of parties, sororities, celebrations, etc. on the large scale of Chinese single men and women, and recruited female members. They were well received by single men and women in cities, and responded to the active participation of young men and women Kind of social welfare activities. In 2008, it became the largest social organization in China to deal with the problem of single men and women, and was called by many members: "China Brotherhood".

process status

"Our" Brotherhood "is a platform to help each other", "They ('Brotherhood') are illegal", "'Youth Association' is above the village committee" ... These different voices are all right An evaluation of an organization that is widespread in western Guangdong.

These mysterious organizations, known as "youth associations" or "brotherhoods," have been around for many years. No one can tell exactly how many similar rural youth organizations are on the Western Guangdong map, and no one has counted how many people participate in these organizations, and people's views on them are very different.

The principal also joined

In Suixi, such organizations are often referred to as "XX Brotherhood" and "XX Brotherhood". A Qiang (pseudonym) is a member of the "A Brotherhood" in Chengyue Town, Suixi County. He is also the principal of a primary school.

"A Brotherhood" was founded in April 2010. At the beginning of the establishment, there were 13 members. There were one chairman and one vice chairman. The members were good friends. They often met before the establishment. , So he chose a time to complete the worship service. "

The day of worship has become a regular gathering day for the "A Brotherhood" and all members must participate. In addition, "A Brotherhood" also has 2 or 3 other gatherings each year, but these gatherings do not require members to attend. Generally, when most members are free, the gathering is financed by the membership fee of 100 yuan per person per year and Donations from a few wealthy members.

For A Qiang, when he joined the Brotherhood, he valued the mutual help between members-these help was unconditional. Because "A Brotherhood" stipulates that, whether it is "red things" or "white things", members must make a strong contribution and have money and money.

"Red matter" requires each member to donate 200 yuan, while "white matter" is 108 yuan. This regulation was not written down in words, but was remembered by all members. Even if "white things" happened on the first and second day of the New Year, this rule has not been broken. "(According to superstition) at this time others would not dare to come, but the brotherhood must come." A Qiang said.

The help among the members of the Brotherhood is not only reflected in the "red things" and "white things" of the participating members, but also the mutual care. "A Brotherhood" stipulates that members usually have difficulties and the Brotherhood must provide help. For example, if a member's family is ill, the Brotherhood will send someone to visit; if they don't have time to take care of themselves, the Brotherhood will send free members to take care of them.

In the first month of 2013, A Qiang's wife was hit by a motorcycle. When he had not reached the point of the incident, the brotherhood had sent his wife to a nearby hospital and controlled the perpetrators. This moved A Qiang very much. "Brothers in the Brotherhood are better than their brothers."

Organizations can't be joined casually. Take "Brotherhood A" as an example. It has certain inspection requirements for newly added members. "Able to work, be cheerful, and get along well" is one of the inspection contents. Because of this, the "A Brotherhood" has only absorbed 5 new members after three years of development, and the total number of members has grown from 13 in 2010 to 18 in 2013.

The most famous "Ten Brothers" brothers in Chengyue Town have stricter requirements for new members. The association has been established for many years, but the number of members has remained at 10 people. It s difficult for people outside to join and do nt dare to mess with them. A Qiang said.

A Qiang said that in Chengyue Town, there are more than a dozen brotherhoods and sisters, such as the "A Brotherhood". The earliest establishment has a history of more than 10 years, and many of them have even joined government officials. These organizations are basically in the township area. "Many people in the township area do business from the villages below, and there are few relatives and friends. Joining such organizations can help each other." A Qiang analyzed.

At the same time, Aqiang also said that the members of the fraternity and sisterhood in Chengyue Town are generally about 20 people. In A Qiang's view, such a number of members can better implement the provisions of the Brotherhood, "too many people are not easy to manage, too few people can not do many things."

Overhead Village Committee

In A Qiang's description, the brotherhood he participated in was an organization that helped and helped each other among friends. He also believed that its existence was reasonable and legal. "I don't think such a small organization needs to register with the Civil Affairs Bureau, and we did not pull Gangs are used to bully others, and everything they do is legal. "

But A Qiang's statement is not shared by many people. A local mass believes that these organizations are clearly illegal and, in some places, have a bad reputation. Indeed, in some places in western Guangdong, the negative news of YMCA is frequently seen in newspapers.

On September 7, 2007, 6 people including Li Yawang, a villager from Lijia Village, Yangmei Town, Huazhou City, were accused of besieging and chasing Liang Yicong, Liang Jiawei, etc. of Shuibu Village, a neighboring village. When the police rushed to the scene, Liang Jiawei's hands and feet were cut off, his knee bone was cut off, and a 17-cm-long stab wound was found in the back of the brain. He died of serious injuries and was ineffective. Liang Yicong was severely injured and two other villagers in Shuibu Village were severely injured. Most of the six suspects were the backbone of the village "youth association".

Also in Huazhou, on February 12, 2012, the "Li Miao Village Youth Association" of the Li Miao Village Group in Pingtian Village, Xin'an Town, was reported by the former village team leader that the association was not registered in the civil affairs department and had no office space. , Official seals and rules and regulations, many members usually work outside the field, "Village people donated money and joined the club." What's more, "intervened in village affairs and crack down on revenge against villagers who disagree with them."

Also in the western Guangdong city of Lianjiang, more than 50 of the 256 natural villages in Hengshan Town,

Brotherhoods of the Western Guangdong Youth Association blossom

There are "youth associations" organizations. These "youth associations" have a small size of eight or nine people and large ones of twenty or thirty people. In the name of protecting the village's interests, they gather in trouble and even collect protection fees. Several extortion cases have been committed by YMCA members.

There are many similar youth associations in Wuchuan. A document in the city described it as follows: These youth organizations, without approval and registration, carried out various social group activities under the banner of "Youth Association", "Youth Friendship Association", etc. They interfered in the name of protecting the interests of the village. The village committee works normally and even gathers troubles, causing chaos to the local public security environment. According to Wuchuan Shangchao's introduction to a villager in the village, there is a youth association called "Chaoqing" in the village. The villagers think that it is "not very formal and the village committee can't control it."

A person in charge of the command center of Wuchuan City Public Security Bureau directly stated that some youth association presidents speak more heavily than village chiefs, and youth associations often override village committees or villager groups.

Obviously, the functions of youth organizations such as these are far from being "red and white councils". Therefore, how to properly deal with these organizations has become a problem that the government has to face.

Dissolution and ban

Lin Baijian, Secretary of the Town Committee of Tangzhao Town, Wuchuan City, said that before he came to work in Tangzhang in 2008, Tangzou Town had a "Youth Association". They had both good and bad effects. The bad aspect is that they fight for land interests with the masses through illegal means, participate in dispute settlement, and there is a "youth association" that even takes away the official seal of the village.

However, regardless of whether the "Youth Club" is good or bad, the government's response is usually dissolution and banning.

During the clean-up activities in May 2013, the Wuchuan municipal government banned 56 youth associations, including 42 in Tangzhao Town. On April 26, the heads of the organizations of 42 "youth associations" including Tangcao Youth Association, Duwu Youth Association, and Xiaoyang Youth Association in Tangzho Town were asked to sign a dissolution of the village with the public security, civil affairs, and Tangzhao Town governments "YMCA" organization, a guarantee to stop all illegal activities. These "youth societies" were declared dissolved.

But after the dissolution of these organizations, where the members go, the Wuchuan government does not have a clear plan and practice.

In Hengshan Town, Lianjiang City, the government also banned the "Youth Associations" of the villages, but Lin Guangde, the town's party committee secretary, realized that if a formal organization was not established to provide rural youths as a stage for activities, similar to the "Youth Associations" Organizations will also appear, "The Communist Youth League is a ready-made platform." Lin Guangde said.

Therefore, in Hengshan Town, Lianjiang City, the government's approach to this is to ban the "youth associations" of the villages, then activate the rural youth leagues, encourage these disbanded youth association members to join the league, and provide a stage for rural youth to take part. ^[1]

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