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Originally posted by rocketgirl
So then at that point, do you change from a Latino org to a multicultural org? I think that is where the whole multicultural org confusion begins, because for most GDIs, programming is what they see as the representation of the organization and what they stand for. If the org is full of African-Americans, Asians, Caucasians, and Latinos, representated at the time, then when do you draw the line and say, we need to focus on the Latino culture our organization was founded to represent vs. we need to represent the membership? I think all orgs are dedicated to having quality membership that lives to their purpose but the question then becomes what is the main purpose the organization was founded on. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most orgs based on one specific culture or another have the purpose of advancing their specific culture or helping that specific community or addressing problems that arise in that specific community or at least to strengthen the bond between people who feel invested in that culture?
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I agree completely. We are Latino-based, thus our focus is going to be Latino culture and the unpbringing and proliferation of that culture. But at the same time, we do say:
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Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity is an international social fraternity that was founded in 1986 at the University of Iowa. It is based on cultural understanding and wisdom. Most noteworthy is that Sigma Lambda Beta was founded by 18 men of whom 16 were of Latin American or Hispanic origin/descent.
We believe in the principles of fairness and opportunity and in the equality of all men no matter what their race, culture, or ethnicity. Our biggest goal is to see that all of society can realize the importance of these three principles. In order to achieve this goal we all strive to model these behaviors and present ourselves in a gentlemanly and educated fashion.
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Thus our focus maybe one thing, but our mission states that we are based in CULTURE, but refuses to deny us the ability to focus on other just as we focus on latin culture. I don't hold SLB up against TNX or your org, because we were not founded on that multicultural stance. We grew into those values, but still do not compare to your total commitment.
For Private I - If we drop that, we drop our letters. We can't lose the first part. We would be a new organization. At least that is my view.