Tackling Blackout Culture in a New Way with Tastefully Buzzed
Does alcohol education have to be boring? How might women benefit from an enjoyable, progressive and fresh conversation? Women across the country have been craving change in this area, and Delta Gamma Executive Offices has been listening.
Heather Roth, Gamma Alpha-Tennessee, shared that “Going into college...there was no actual conversation about alcohol. We were only taught its dangers….alcohol is everywhere, and it took a lot of my friends, and honestly me too, a long time to learn that we didn’t have to get drunk every time we drank.” Thanks to conversations with Tastefully Buzzed, many Delta Gamma members are realizing that sooner - and with rave reviews.
“I loved the untraditional approach to talking about alcohol. It did not feel like the boring alcohol prevention courses that we have to participate in as freshman orientation.”
“I appreciated how it related to us as college students. It told us to rethink how we drink rather than a lecture telling us not to drink at all!”
“The program beliefs really hit home with me and my sisters. They reminded me that we chose each other and our sisterhood is more important than drinking.”
Melanie Farrell and the Tastefully Buzzed team create a relaxed and comfortable environment where women can discuss alcohol in an authentic, judgment-free way. The Tastefully Buzzed conversations focus on two primary goals:
- Prioritizing quality of friendships over quantity of alcohol
- Empowering women to make drinking a choice, not a necessity
Since 2023, Delta Gamma has provided this experience to over 40 chapters and 4,000 members. The Fraternity will continue to offer this program to chapters during the 2025-2026 academic year.
“Now that we are on the other side, life is so much more enjoyable. We are more closely connected because the activity in and of itself isn’t drinking, but instead community,” added Heather Roth, Gamma Alpha-Tennessee.
We believe women crave intimate friendships, and alcohol often gets in the way too much.
Tastefully Buzzed is a growing movement in the fraternity/sorority industry, working to change
the culture of alcohol consumption in the collegiate member experience in a positive way. The mission is to help students reshape goals, rethink choices and take ownership of their social decisions, especially where alcohol or substances are considered popular and aims to decrease risk-related experiences when consuming alcohol through fun and positive decision-making. Learn more about the program here.
To learn how your chapter can get involved, contact Kollin Fitzpatrick, assistant director for prevention and instructional design, at kollin.fitzpatrick@deltagamma.org.