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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
What I'd like to know is why a council (NMGC) specifically founded for multicultural organizations takes culturally-based "multiculturals." It's already hard enough for MCGLOs to explain the difference between a "multicultural GLO" and a "Latina/Asian/AFAM/etc.-based multicultural GLO" because they are different.
It is not an issue of recruitment or publicity because people will be attracted to the org they are attracted to, whatever that may be. It's an issue of identity.
In my opinion, and it is MY opinion, if you want to convert to another type of organization, do it...but drop the single-culture programming focus, single-culture line/pledge names, etc. and state your intentions. It is just creates more confusion in an already confusing Greek world!
Thoughts?
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I think this is my biggest confusion about the NMGC. I never understood why it was comprised of multicultural and cultural based organizations. I agree that some organizations have multiple identities based on not only the person, but the campus. I think that it really is confusing to people not of that organization. I would love to see a council of ONLY multicultural greeks because I think that would be of great assistance to multicultural greek organizations. I think that would help with the already confusing identity of multicultural greeks in today's greek world.
I agree with your opinion 100% Jeni. It is also my personal opinion that organizations that are of a cultural base should state their intentions and be clear. I have seen organizations that say they are multicultural, yet a quick look at the webpage tells of their true identity. I think it is unfortunate that being multicultural is used as a ploy for membership on some campuses instead of a true identity. To me, in order to be honestly multicultural, it has to be reflected in everything, names, purpose/missions/mottos, programming, everything. I sometimes wonder what the Founders of the organizations that claim multicultural in the face of all things looking single cultural base would say. Even more than that, I wonder how people who pursue a single culture organization that is claiming to be multicultural feel when they realize that it is not multicultural.