[audaz49]

to both wrussel &preciousjeni ~
i'm so glad to see intelligent and coherent conversation being posted about a subject which could (and has in some instances) become contorversial and/or a nasty fight. its important to include all of the things which have been discussed into the consideration when figuring out what to call an organization. ultimately, you can't stop an org from calling itself whatever, but you can be aware of how they fit their own given label and what other labels they might fit under instead/as well. my organization in particular has been very careful about what we call ourselves, we weren't founded as a multicultural organization, but we have grown to be one which does concern ourselves with multicultural issues, and have multicultural membership, something that happened in the very very very early days of the org. while i do look around at my chapter and the nearest chapter to us and see primary membership as latina in the past, the current trend is becoming more and more mixed members. other chapters are predominantly black, asian, or white, the chapters are generally a reflection of the women on the chapter's particular campus. depending on the area, the size of the campus, the cultural makeup of the campus, and the number and types of the glos available on the campus, each chapter of any organization is going to have a unique composition and will reflect the region and of course, the membership interest, recruitment success, and quality of the ladies in the potential member pool. speaking for my own chapter, we have only 4 ladies who do not identify as latina in some way, but regardless of their choice of self identification, Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc. and Gamma Chapter of aforementioned organization accepts these ladies as full and respected members of our sisterhood because of the founding principles and the strong bond of our organization. multiculturalism is not just a cause, it is a reality, and a lot of people have yet to learn that.