User talk:Karmenarenas/Watchdog Committee

Watchdog Committee (WDC), also known as Watch Dogg Committee, is an inter-organization dedicated to fostering an undying brotherhood and sisterhood which promotes unity, equality, and peace.

An inter-organization is a group whom almost all members are also members of a different group, organization, fraternity or sorority, club, or society.

Purposes

 * To build an undying brotherhood and sisterhood and create a lifelong bond of friendship.
 * To promote equality regardless of race, gender, social status, and affiliations in different groups.
 * To promote unity and teamwork between different groups, organizations, fraternities and sororities, clubs, and societies and impart that we are more alike than different.
 * To advocate for peace especially between other groups, organizations, fraternities and sororities, clubs, and societies.

Earlier purposes of Watchdog Committee:


 * To build a one true brotherhood between members of the community regardless of race, sex, social status, and other group affiliations.
 * To unite the whole community into one vigorous and homogeneous organization.
 * To serve as defense against all violence and injustices.
 * To provide mutual aid and protection against every want and necessity.

Brief History


Racial discrimination and other forms of oppression exist around the world. In the United States, somewhere in New York, most community members were separated into groups according to their race and social status. Back in the days, life was not easy especially if you don’t have a group you can depend on. It was because of discrimination, oppression, lack of unity, and other forms of injustices why Watchdog was born.

1890, numerous secret and underground African-American groups were formed to protect themselves from being oppressed and attacked by the members of the KKK, an all white American group that uses terrorism, violence and lynching murder towards African-Americans in the United States.

1968, our founding members were influenced by the Black Panthers Party, a militant African-American political party founded in 1965 to end oppression and dominance by Whites, when it reached New York and introduced:


 * Nationalist Ideology.
 * Its policy of "serving the people".
 * Practice of Women's Equality.

1970, inspired by these ideologies, our founding fathers first secretly formed “Underground Neighborhood Watchers or U.N.W” in Crown Heights, New York, U.S.A, as a protection group against racism, marginalization, violence, and oppression.

1985, after the Black Panters Party disbanded, “Watchdog”, which means someone who serves as guardian or protector against any waste, loss, or threats such as oppression, discrimination, marginalization and subordination, was established as a secret society. All members solemnly vowed to protect the weak against the abuse of the powerful (the discrimination of the poor by the rich, oppression towards African-American & Asian-American race, etc.) and to never reveal the existence of our organization. This movement was formed by a group of friends who believed in empowering the unfortunate and oppressed through brotherhood and sisterhood, unity, equality, peace, and justice.

1995, a chapter respelled Watchdog into Watchdogg to give credit to their ghetto heroes who passed away as victims of police brutality and gang violence. D, O, G, and G represent the names of Dave Omar and Gwen Gambion who, together with Wilt Jackson, Bill Jackson and Dan Daniels (A half Filipino-African-American), helped reform the organization. The double G Watch Dogg became much larger but is considered a gang rather than a

1996, Watchdogg or Watchdog, whose names are interchangeable, reached San Francisco Valley in Los Angeles. Members then added the word “Committee” to emphasize that it evolved into an organization wherein members are also members of various groups in the community therefore making it into an inter-organization or inter-fraternity. The abbreviation “WDC” was also introduced.

1997, Watchdog reached the Philippines and was established as a secret society in which members were not allowed to speak about its existence to non-members. The group was widely yet silently active in terms of civil and political rights.

2004, with almost a thousand members and a number of chapters in different neighborhoods in the United States and barrios in the Philippines, WDC re-organized itself and opened its name to the public after 19 years of being a secret society.

August 2009, majority of its members decided to merge the organization with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

November 21, 2009, Watchdog Committee merged with the 'Independent Order of Odd Fellows' with the title 'Watchdog Lodge'.