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I am a member of a Historically Latina Greek Letter Organization with Multicultural Membership. What does that mean? It means that we were founded by Latinas, for the advancement of Latinas and ALL WOMEN. Further explanation: We, as a nation, have members representing 107 different cultural backgrounds (this is lumping all Native Americans into one group, otherwise it is over 150) and encourage women of all cultural backgrounds to become members of our sisterhood, further, we were founded on 5 principles, one of them being Cultural Awareness, therefore, we do promote not only the Latina culture, but multiculturalism and awareness and action on the part of all cultures.

To address the original question, what has my experience as a member of a LGLO been like?
As a member who has just completed her "Neo Period" (first year), I have seen a lot. My experience within my organization has been wonderful, and I have truly seen it stand up to all of the things I expected and exceed those expectations time and again. We interact with the BGLOs on our campus for many reasons, mostly because we relate to them best, being the only Latina (or mulicultural) sorority on our campus, we relate better to the NPHC orgs than the NPC ones. There has been some friction from time to time, because of the differences chapter size, D - G relations (the call thing, mostly) and other factors, but we are, for the majority, well accepted. Due to recent developments, we may have a change in relations coming, but only time will tell. For now, we enjoy and look forward to continuing to work with our local NPHC.