Delta Psi Sigma
 

Has anyone heard of Delta Psi Sigma? They seem to be a multicultural sorority (although all their members are Asian, it seems) that was founded in New York in 2001. http://deltapsisigmainc.org/

What would we call these non-collegiate, non-affiliated GLOs? They aren't "local", per se, but I wouldn't call them "national" either. They have girls who aren't college-age, but also have girls who are.

Never heard of them, but...regional?

What's wrong with that right there?

I've heard "community-based" used for orgs whose chapters are generally not affiliated with a college or university. I would probably call them a regional community-based GLO.

Where did they say they were multicultural? I couldn't find that term.

Interesting; I'd always been confused as to what to classify these types of organizations, haha.

@Senruset I: was that addressed to me? I'm sorry if it came off elitist or anything, I didn't mean it. There's nothing particularly wrong with DYS.

@preciousjeni: "Delta Psi Sigma’s founding sisters have established a sisterhood to unite sisters from different cultural backgrounds." It never states explicitly that it is multicultural, but I feel it is sort of implied.

No, you didn't come off as elitist -- I was just saying that I didn't see anything wrong with how you already categorized them: non-collegiate, non-affiliated. Sounds simple enough to me! :)

"The mission of Delta Psi Sigma Sorority is to unite college women from various campuses to encourage & motivate academic achievement & cultural diversity, promote sisterhood, guidance, love and friendship amongst our sisters & to provide service to our community."

I didn't look through the whole site but....What makes you think they aren't a collegiate sorority?

"Delta Psi Sigma is the sole social, and service sorority to have such a diversified founding class. Delta Psi Sigma will be the first sorority to have a founding class from different schools and welcomes any girl who is ambitious and determined to join us in our special vision of sisterhood"

hmmmm okay...NOT!:rolleyes:

Yeah they're pulling the "we're better than those OTHER sororities" thing (FAIL), but I think they're just not tied to one campus.

Wait...what? Their founding class is comprised of people from different schools, and that's the selling point?

Hmm.

@DiamondAthena:
Haha, I'm sorry for the confusion. I was using "collegiate" in the sense of being explicitly affiliated with a specific university. As in, Alpha chapter at University A, Beta chapter at University B, etc. Delta Psi Sigma (DYS) splits its chapters by city instead of university.

@Drolefille: it seems many local sororities start up that way...

This reminds me of this little jem I found on craigslist.

http://elpaso.en.craigslist.org/stp/1812343149.html