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Originally posted by lovelyivy84
I admit to being slightly conflicted about this issue.
If you felt that there is a need for your organization then I am in no ways qualified to tell you that there wasn't. Obviously you and enough of your sisters felt that there was for there to be an organization, and judging from the number of multicultural orgs popping up nationwide y'all are not alone.
I suppose that the issue that members of BGLO's have with it is why you have to use our model? The mutli-cultural org's on our campus were basically BGLO's by another name, without the restrictions we face and without an equal amount of recognition in their communities.
Part of what has always made BGLO's so remarkable to me is the way they took something traditional and made it their own- they created a new sort of business model for fraternities and sororities. There are so MANY differences between us and HWGLO's. A LOT of the MCGLO's are not. They have yet to find their way to make a new model of the sorority and fraternity. I guess that's why some people don't saee the point. Why join something that is EXACTLY like everything else but just goes by another name?
I think that as your org's get older and you get your own ways of doing things and develop stronger traditions and nuances it will be different and people will understand but it will be a loooong road. Good luck!
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As far as a lot of the MCGLO's NOT having major differences from the BGLO's, I am yet to see that. I am in a multicultural org. and BGLO traditions are very different and we do not participate in a lot of the same events/activities. One major difference I see is MCGLO's strive to better community in general and not just the black community. I would venture to say the average person knows little or nothing about MCGLO's or other ethnic greek organizations with the exception of NPHC.