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Originally Posted by L.O.C.K.
Also, does Multicultural come from membership or who their programs are targeted towards?? Just food for thought.
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I can only speak for my org, but I'm sure other MCGLOs will agree, MC for us comes from membership AND the entire focus/purpose of our organization. Multiculturalism is encompassed in our programming, community service, etc, etc. We don't serve just one type of ethnic/racial community, we serve everyone.
Personally, I have a problem with organizations that switch from Latino/a to MC and continue to serve only the Latino community. If you are going to switch, then fine. But switch on a
national level. I have seen many latina sororities on campuses where my sorority is also located do this switch in attempts to increase numbers. It's not cool to me to do that. If you are truly trying to be MC, that's great! But don't switch to increase membership or b/c there seems to be a lack of interest from the Latino community. It's very confusing and frankly, it's not serving the true intent of the org's foundation. Again, switching is fine, but to me it should be done on a national level so that everyone (members and interests) is on the same page.