State of Fraternity Address ‘25 - ‘26
Greetings, and thank you for reading the State of Fraternity Address for the 2025–2026 fiscal year of Omega Sigma Delta Auxiliary Fraternity, Incorporated.
This message is delivered by one of the founders and your current Grand Archon, Markeith Stephan Jackson-Jones, who also serves as Alpha Chapter Advisor and Interim President for Sigma Chapter Graduate Professional.
To speak on the state of our fraternity, we must first acknowledge where we began. Omega Sigma Delta was officially founded in 2023, but our roots extend much further back. The fraternity was birthed by three members of MAFIA Dance Team, Inc.—an organization historically dedicated to bringing HBCU and Black collegiate culture to the North, to Michigan, to Detroit. Over time, MAFIA Dance Team expanded beyond HBCU-style dance into a broader dance company, and later evolved into a fraternal body in its own right. Which the two organizations are now “Federated”. We function with the same national governing bodies, but we seperate on a national and local level. The organizations have their seperated membership joining procedures and prospects are allowed and encouraged to join either or both at any time.
In 2023, myself, along with co-founders Kendall Banks and Xavier Payton, recognized the absence of a fraternity dedicated specifically to the auxiliary arts. We created Omega Sigma Delta as a home for the bond we share through auxiliary traditions: HBCU dance lines, color guard, baton, flag, rifle, saber, and even the art of the drum major. This is our cultural inheritance—and it deserved its own house.
Since our founding, the past two years have been about building: putting policies in place, testing what works, recruiting, learning, serving, and solidifying our vision. Now, in 2025, after multiple inductions, community service initiatives, and the stamping of our brand, the question before us is: Where do we go from here?
The answer lies in a clear set of goals:
1. Strategic Expansion.
We will pursue intentional chapter growth, with a focus on HBCUs across the nation. This does not mean we disregard PWIs or students of color engaging in auxiliary arts outside of HBCUs—they remain essential to our mission. But first, we must establish and solidify our roots in spaces that birthed this culture.
2. Strengthening Connections.
We will deepen relationships with students, faculty, community members, and all who engage in or support auxiliary arts. Omega Sigma Delta exists to build people, which builds communities, which strengthens auxiliaries.
3. Increasing Visibility.
We must expand public awareness of who we are and what we do, while also deepening our bonds with the communities we serve. This will mean traveling—state to state, campus to campus—showing up and supporting auxiliary artists wherever they are.
4. Refined Recruitment.
Our membership process has been updated and is now in effect. Omega Sigma Delta remains an invitation-onlyorganization. There is no public membership application, and there hasn’t been for some time. Those who are interested must make themselves known to us. Once on our radar, you may be given a list of public requirements. Meeting those may qualify you to receive a bid into our Membership Audition Process.
Why this approach? Because Greek life, in many ways, has lost its roots. We are here to restore them. Recruitment, in our view, should not be a matter of casual sign-up. It should require being sought out, striving to be exemplary, and proving your dedication before being considered.
With that being said: if you are interested, reach out. If you want Omega Sigma Delta on your campus, invite us—we will come.
As we move forward, a streamlined process will ensure accessibility while keeping us aligned with our founding mission.
May our brotherhood remain steadfast, our vision sharp, and our purpose anchored in service, excellence, and empowerment.
Thank you for walking with us as we build—brick by brick, bond by bond—in unity and strength.
