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The first step of affiliation is the education process, in which we reveal ourselves to you. You will go through a membership education program that emphasizes personal development as a lifetime objective through total chapter participation. This program is designed to enable us to complete the orientation phase of membership in just a few weeks. We see this affiliation process as the introductory phase of your membership, because learning about SID is a life long process. 
As a new member, you attend all chapter meetings, serve on committees and participate in chapter activities. By seeing the way the chapter functions and actively participating in events, you can become involved in all aspects of the chapter immediately following initiation. A big sister is selected as your mentor to help guide you through your orientation process. You will merit status as an initiated sister by actively participating and by demonstrating your desire to further the goals of the chapter. Through your participation, you will understand that sisterhood is a feeling that develops overtime, through friendship and commitment. 
Each new member is matched with a Big Sister. The big sister is confidant, and a history educator to the new member. The bond formed between the big sister and her little are for a lifetime. We have special activities for the littles and bigs. To this day, big and little families that have graduated come back to visit and see the new members of their family tree.