- Contact your chapter president. They have access to your chapter’s attendance record for Greeks Take the Lead and will be able to let you know if you received credit.
Prevention, Outreach and Education Department
Office for Civil Rights and Title IX Education and Compliance
Program Description
The Greeks Take the Lead Program is a mandatory workshop series for all fraternity and sorority chapters that are currently registered student organizations (RSOs) or are hoping to become a RSO. The Greeks Take the Lead Program serves as a way to help fraternity and sorority students feel empowered by providing further education on how they can intervene and end sexual violence in their chapters and greater community. All chapter presidents and a council member involved in risk reduction (or a leadership member interested in risk reduction) participate in leadership-based interactive trainings and all general members are required to choose a workshop focused on a specialized topic.
The "Greeks Take the Lead" Program serves to:
Did you know you can request a workshop that is eligible for GTTL credit?
Below is the list of standard training topics that we offer. Select one of the topics below you would like us to discuss with you and your chapter or council. If you have an idea that is not present on this list, let us know! We'd love to work collaboratively with your chapter.
The Prevention, Outreach and Education Department and Michigan State Fraternity & Sorority Life are looking to capture feedback from fraternity and sorority students on potential topics to include for “Greeks Take the Lead” in this upcoming academic year.
Please fill out this anonymous interest form if you are an undergraduate fraternity or sorority member and would like to provide feedback on topics you'd like to be incorporated into Greeks Take the Lead program. Feedback provided by Monday, October 3rd will be prioritized, but please feel free to fill out this form any time afterwards.
Greeks Take the Lead Resource Guide for Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct (RVSM)
Check out our resource guide specifically designed for students in fraternities and sororities!
This guide provides information on reporting RVSM incidents, supporting survivors of sexual or relationship violence, intervention strategies and support resources for survivors (and co-survivors).
Frequently Asked Questions
Michigan State University is committed to providing equal opportunity
for participation in all programs, services and activities.
Accommodations for persons with disabilities may be requested by
contacting a POE Prevention Specialist at gttl@msu.edu. Requests received will be honored whenever possible.
No, Greeks Take the Lead is a specialized training that is a different
requirement from a SARV Prevention workshop or a Bystander Network
workshop.
All members of Fraternity and Sorority Life are encouraged to attend
workshops that are part of Greeks Take the Lead. If your chapter is a
Registered Student Organization (RSO) you are required to attend a
workshop to maintain your RSO status. If you're still unsure of your
status or whether or not you need to attend, you may send an email to gttl@msu.edu to contact a POE Prevention Specialist.
Greeks Take the Lead is offering an array of workshops on different days
and times to accommodate varying schedules. We encourage you to
register as soon as possible, as workshops will close once they meet
capacity. Do not wait until the last workshop is offered, as it will
fill up quickly.
For the 2021-22 academic year, all general member sessions (except for
the keynote session) will be recorded and shared virtually with
fraternity and sorority members. Contact your chapter president for
detailed instructions on how to engage with recorded sessions for credit
on D2L.
Send a list of members who will be gone during programming to gttl@msu.edu
as soon as possible so that your roster reflects who is in your
chapter. If you fail to send in these names, this could compromise your
RSO status.
Yes, two leaders from your chapter (most often, a President and a Risk
Manager) must attend at least one of the special leadership trainings
provided at the start of the Spring semester in order for your chapter
to maintain or regain their RSO status. Failure to attend these
sessions compromises your chapter’s RSO status.
You can register for another workshop using the registration form and email gttl@msu.edu in order to inform a POE Prevention Specialist of which workshop you plan to attend.
Email your question to gttl@msu.edu in order to a POE Prevention Specialist, and expect a reply within 2 business days.