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This is probably gonna be repetitive of some of the above replies, but here's my story:

I was originally never really interested in Greek life. The Greek life I knew about was things I had seen in MTV's "Sorority Life", which I looked at and knew I didn't want any part of it. I go to school at Rutgers, and despite it supposedly being "diverse", it's not. Yes, there's many religions and ethnic groups represented, but when you look closely: the white people stick with the white people, the Hispanic with the Hispanic... etc. I come from a diverse town that was TRULY diverse - all I had to do was look around at my best friends to see - and I was REALLY missing that multicultural way of life. In addition, I myself, am a whole bunch of nationalities/ethnicities - English, Norwegian, Czech, Spanish, black, and Cherokee, so it was important to me to join an inclusive group rather than an exclusive group. I wasn't black enough to feel comfortable joining a historically black org, nor was I white enough (more in actions/mindset than physicality) to feel comfortable joining a historically white org, and same goes for the Latina orgs.

So I began researching the multicultural organizations on campus. I came across the sororities, and saw how much work they put into the community - Rutgers and New Brunswick, both, and how nearly every single sorority had student leaders in their organizations. I began to realize that maybe this side of Greek life was a different one.

Skipping forward to Lambda Psi Delta - I saw a TRULY diverse, welcoming group of women in them. I always say it, but it really is true, meeting them for the first time and going to their meetings was like coming home for me. I literally mean they reminded me of my hometown, but more importantly, I felt as if I could be myself with these women all while growing with them.

I think that about sums it up - but I also want to say that the small size and alumni involvement was also very important to me. When I was still an interest, I was able to meet a founder, and she took the time to get to know US as people - not just another number. Although when I was an interest there were no alumni from my chapter, through meeting the founder, I was able to see that LpsiD is a LIFE time commitment. Now that we do actually have alumni from our chapter - they're ALWAYS coming back to support our events, and they always show they care - emails, calls, im, even a message on myspace/fb.

And to wrap it up... I love my org... waaaaaaaaa-ooooooooooo-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!