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Originally Posted by Amanuet3
And if the majority of your members want to change the vision set out by your founders, then to ME…Your in the WRONG org
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I really like this quote
I just get so confused when a lot of Latino organizations say that they are multicultural not by membership but by orientation
Peep a couple of youtube videos by some NALFO orgs and some blatantly say "We are NOT a Latina sorority" or "We are the best multicultural sorority out there". Recruiting wise I had to raise my eyebrow and some methods that were used by some orgs, for example "We started out as a Latino organization but we decided to open it up to everyone", I was like...Latin is in your org name....how are you going to say that? I would think most folks' programming would revolve around Latinos as well..that's what they were founded as but some, due to wanting numbers do not do this at all.
I think it is okay to not always have a cultural event, e.g. if you want to have a self defense workshop or a public dinner i think that's cool, but some of your events should reflect what your org stands for. There is this fear that having an event with "Latino" in the name (and yes I have heard this before), would shrink the amount of probable students showing up to the event (especially if the population is very small), there are ways to advertise to the masses but still put across the point that it focuses on Latinos. We held a faith and culture event not too long ago, I really wanted non-Latinos and non-Muslims (as that was what we were looking at) to attend so we decided to advertise it as an event we can ALL relate to but we will be focusing on the Latino Muslim example...I'm glad to say plenty of non-Latinos and non-Muslims showed up
Case in point, it is understandable that folks want numbers especially where the Latino populations are very small, but please keep in mind what your org was founded on!