MC Sorority List - Incomplete?
 

After perusing GC and gathering as many sorority names as possible from this and other websites, I have compiled a list of organizations. These are ALL SORORITIES who make any sort of claim to multiculturalism. I'm doing some research, so if you know of any other sororities who specifically claim multiculturalism (not necessarily in their legal names!) please reply to let me know the ones I've missed as well as their websites.

*Local, Regional or National status doesn't matter to me - just the word "Multicultural"

Alpha Delta Rho
Beta Phi
Chi Sigma Upsilon
Delta Gamma Pi
Delta Lambda Delta
Delta Sigma Chi
Delta Xi Phi
Delta Zeta Xi
Eta Omega Tau
Iota Psi Phi
Lambda Fe Uson
Lambda Phi Xi
Lambda Psi Delta
Lambda Sigma Gamma
Lambda Tau Omega
Mu Sigma Upsilon
Omega Epsilon Society
Omega Phi Chi
Phi Gamma Theta
Tau Epsilon Nu
Theta Chi Omega
Theta Nu
Theta Nu Xi
Sigma Alpha Zeta
Sigma Chi Delta
Sigma Iota Sigma
Sigma Omega Phi
Sigma Theta Psi
Xi Gamma Lambda
Zeta Chi Phi
Zeta Sigma Chi
Zeta Sigma Phi

check out this link to the Multicultural Greek council at my alma mater, Texas State University. There are some member sororities that aren't on your list.

http://www.studentorgs.txstate.edu/mgc/

Amanda Dyer
Delta Gamma alumna

Sigma Lambda Gamma is mulitcultural...I know that they are at Western Illinois University, and I believe that they are national too, but I'm not 100% sure

There are some organizations that are founded as LGLOs, but sometimes claim to be multicultural, depending on who you ask or what the situation is. :confused:

It is probably hard to pin down who is truly founded as multicultural in some cases.

Soror PJ,

When you say, "sororities who specifically claim multiculturalism (not necessarily in their legal names!)," are you referring to those who promote it? I'm thinking that's where you're going. I could be wrong.

I know what multiculturalism means to us. But, I've always been back and forth on this topic when it comes to other GLOs. Can a GLO be considered multicultural if there is a main focus on one culture, even if multiculturalism is claimed? Or are they considered multicultural just because they contain underrepresented people? (This doesn't include any GLOs with multicultural in the name.)

Jeni,

Would you consider an Afro-Latina sorority to be "multicultural?"

If so, Malika Kambe Umfazi. They are mostly African American in membership, but have historically promoted the unity of Black women and Latinas.

I guess that makes them bicultural.

What I'm really looking for is any Sorority whose official name, purpose, mission statement, goals, tenets and/or mottos actually contain the word multicultural.

LOL! I'm not even going to try to define multicultural sororities. I'm just doing research...teeheehee...you'll understand in a few weeks. *grins mischievously* :)

Lambda Theta Nu
and as someone else stated: Sigma Lambda Gamma

Lambda Theta Nu is NOT a Multicultural Sorority. I went on to their website and here's what I found:

The Purpose of Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, shall be to open doors of opportunity to the Latinas of our community. Our primary focus is academic excellence and meeting the needs of Latina women in higher education. Lambda Theta Nu Sorority also promotes the advancement of Latinas through various campus activities and community services, and provides an environment for personal growth within a unit of Sisterhood. Lambda Theta Nu Sorority's priorities, however, will be placed upon academic excellence and community service.


Sigma Lambda Gamma is also a Historically Founded LATINA SORORITY and according to preciousjeni's criteria for a multicutural sorority , LTN and SLG don't fit.

I'm sure I'm going to get flamed for this, but if LTN and SLG are considered Multicultural then that can also be said about LTA, KDX, GAO, STP and all the other historically founded latina sororities.

Ok!!! I'll clarify a little more. :) By the way, thank you to everyone who posted!

Honest-to-goodness multiculturalism includes Latina based sororities because within the Latin community is a wealth of cultures and subcultures. It would be irresponsible of me to lump all Latin/Latina, Asian or African-based sororities into a mold that we've developed in this country.

HOWEVER, for this research, I'm looking for any sorority whose thrusts or identity is multicultural. My immediate project also calls for the following designations among sororities who consider themselves multicultural:

Multicultural means that the ancestry of the majority of members is not restricted to one continent’s set of cultures and sub-cultures

Diverse means that the ancestry of the majority of members is any set of cultures and sub-cultures from one continent

Let me repeat that these designations are for the purpose of my current project and are in no way indicative of the identities of any organization of which I am not a member (since I wouldn't know ANYWAY if I'm not a member!!)

Therefore, an organization like Malika Kambe Umfazi would be considered multicultural by my definition, but this organization does not specifically promote multiculturalism.

I didn't want to "ETA" my previous post because it was too long!

But, I wanted to say that, by the definition provided NPHC organizations would not be multicultural though the majority membership is diverse in that members hail from very different cultures and sub-cultures both here in the United States and in their ancestral continent.

So is this what you are really looking for or are you looking for groups that could be considered multicultural? You have a post down below that seems to contradict this post and it's hella confusing to me.

Oh no! I was trying to explain further, not confuse further! Sorry. :)

1) What I'm looking for is sororities that CLAIM multiculturalism in their names, mission statements, mottos, etc.
- This is what I need your help with.

2) After I collect a list of sororities, I will THEN apply my definition of multiculturalism/diversity to the sororities I find.
- This is what I'll do on my own.

Word. Sorry duder but the Blainer is kinda flowing down vodka street currently so I was like hella confused.

Latinos are as black as Sammy Sosa and as white as Cameron Diaz...

Sorry, heard it from George Lopez, your statement reminded me of this one....

Now back to your regularly schedualed thread

That's OK. I hadn't been drinking and I was still confused.

I would find it interesting if you would break your list up into national/regional/local classifications. I don't know if you even have that kind of information, or have the time to break the list down, but if you do, that'd be cool.

I have the information and it is broken into these classifications.

There is a local sorority at Sac State called Omega Xi Chi... I think. They were a multicultural sorority that used to play in Superbowl with us. However they didn't this year. I don't know if they are still around. I know that they adopted a section of Hwy 50 because every time I go West, I see their name on a sign saying "The section of Hwy 50 adopted by Omega Xi Chi." :confused:

As far as a website, I don't know if they actually had one. Like I said I don't know if they even exist anymore. But if they do... I wanted to add them to your list.

SDSU:

Gamma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Upsilon Kappa Delta Sorority
Sigma Alpha Zeta Sorority
Sigma Theta Psi Sorority
Lambda Sigma Gamma (They're multicutural on our campus. Apparently they were Latina based but chose to switch to MC to compete)

Incorrect
 

Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Inc. is a Latina sorority. I am a member. We do not claim to be a multicultural sorority because as Mommag posted, our purpose is to serve the Latina/o community. However, we welcome any interested, academically qualified woman to pursue our organization, regardless of background.

There are some Latina founded sororities who call themselves "multicultural" on certain campuses, as an earlier poster mentioned with an example.

Lambda Sigma Gamma was founded as a multicultural sorority, and has always been. They do have many Latina sisters on some campuses, but at other campuses they are extremely diverse.

For anyone interested in it, here's a partial list with some of the information I gathered. I'm not going to take the time to post EVERYTHING because then I'd be giving ALL my goodies away!!

Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: November 21, 1981
-National

Lambda Tau Omega Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: 1988
-National

Omega Phi Chi
Founding Date: November 9, 1988
-Regional

Beta Phi Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: December 13, 1989
-Regional

Eta Omega Tau Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: April 24, 1990
-National

Sigma Omega Phi Multicultural Sorority
Founding Date: November 28, 1990
-Regional

Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: March 3, 1991
-National

Sigma Alpha Zeta Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: October 17, 1992
-Regional

Chi Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: November 1, 1993
-Local

Upsilon Kappa Delta Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: December 10, 1993
-Regional

Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: April 20th, 1994
-National

Zeta Sigma Phi
Founding Date: September 16, 1994
-Local

Sigma Iota Sigma Multicultural Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: October 1994
-Regional

Iota Psi Phi Sorority
Founding Date: October 9, 1995
-Regional

Lambda Fe Usöñ Sorority, Incorporated
Founding Date: July 17, 1996
-Local

Lambda Psi Delta Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: March 9, 1997
-National

Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: April 11, 1997
-National

Delta Xi Nu Multicultural Sorority
Founding Date: October 7, 1997
-Regional

Delta Gamma Pi Multicultural Sorority
Founding Date: November 11, 1998
-National

Xi Lambda Gamma
Founding Date: March 11, 1999
-Local

Alpha Delta Rho Multicultural Sorority
Founding Date: April 8, 1999
-Local

Theta Chi Omega Multicultural Sorority
Founding Date: Fall 1999
-Local

Sigma Chi Delta Multicultural Sorority
Founding Date: April 19, 2002
-Local

Omega Epsilon Society, Inc.
Founding Date: April 30, 2002
-Local

Zeta Chi Phi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.
Founding Date: January 30, 2003
-National

Delta Zeta Xi Sorority
Founding Date: August 27, 2003
-Local

Lambda Phi Xi Multicultural Sorority
Founding Date: January 27, 2004
-Regional

I interested in what your purpose was in gathering information about MCGLOs? Is it just a personal interest since Theta Nu Xi is a MCGLO or does it serve an educational purpose?

Just curious

I haven't quite decided how far I'm going to take it. I do know that I want people to realize how many multicultural sororities are out there. :) I think it's also nice, for me personally, to know what's going on in the multicultural world.

On a side note, it's about 3 AM and someone just banged on my door really hard and scared me half to death. When I looked out the peephole no one was there! Scaarryy!!! I went and got my knife and came back to check it out. When I went outside, no one was there.

I'm hoping it was just my drunk friend who called me earlier!

Gamma Delta Chi is a local multicultural sorority in Milwaukee, WI.

I'm curious as well. Are you trying to set up a website devote to MCGLOs. I'm just wondering because most of the information can be found at www.lationogreeks.com

www.latinogreeks.com doesn't list all of them, though. But, I'm not trying to set up a site. :) Just interested in research.

Another one...
 

Delta Xi Nu is a multicultural sorority.

This might be off the subject, but as we can see there are TONS of multicultural sororities and it seems like there is a new one popping up every day. Why are there so many new multicultural sororities starting everyday? Are people creating latino, asian, or indian sororities this often? Are the existing MC sororities around not meeting some type of need that people are looking for? Why start something new when you can be apart of something that already exist? It seems like too much work to start something completely from starch when you and just help an young existing sorority get stronger.

What do you all think?

Re: Another one...
 

The truth is, most multicultural sororities are pretty new and often small. Information isn't readily available and it's scary to attempt to found a chapter of a sorority when you haven't met the members. That's often how chapters are started when you have smaller organizations. There are threads on here about this subject...how would you decide among many sororities when you haven't met the members.


UPDATED SORORITY LIST:

ADR
BF
GDC
DGP
DZX
DXN
DXF
ZDF
ZSF
ZSC
ZCF
HWT
QNX
QCW
IYF
L Fe Usöñ
LTW
LFX
LYD
MSU
XLG
SAZ
SIS
SCD
SWF
UKD
CSU
WE
WFC

Edited to make font a lil bigger!

Also add Delta Xi Nu's brother fraternity, Beta Xi Chi

just wondering how this was going? i'm interested in what you are doing with all the info

A couple more sororities
 

I'm sorry to keep on adding to this list, but I do a lot of research on multicultural sororities.

Delta Chi Phi Multicultural Service
http://www.geocities.com/deltachiphi/


Omicron Lambda Pi Multicultural Sorority
http://www.omicronlambdapi.org

There aren't any more MCGLO's really than NPC or others like them. Maybe some of them will eventually merge or affiliate with one another the way many NPC's did back in the day.

Re: A couple more sororities
 

Thanx!

There are two local multicultural sororities that founded their Alpha Chapters at University of Maryland the same semester (I BELIEVE it was Fall 2003). I can't remember their names exactly, so I won't try to post them and mess it up.

I have to agree with some of the previous posts on this threat--why keep creating new organizations when you can join an existing network? It would be one thing if there were only one, two, or three MCGLOs out there, but there are SOOOO many, its hard to believe that people really need to start a new org every time they get the idea to join a sorority. I know its hard when you don't know much about the sorority or its members, but the internet is a great resource, as well as a good-ole' ROAD TRIP!! Road tripping to events is the best way to see what the sorority is about while getting to know some of the members.

Just my own humble opinion

That's one thing about this day and age...its sooo easy to get information about organizations. Whereas we didn't have this technology in the early 1900s. Not to sound mean, but I don't think all of these organizations will survive. There needs to be some distinguishing characteristics and right now I see very few.

Maybe some will merge like NPC orgs did.

IMO, I don't see this happening to my sorority. As for others, who knows.