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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
In other parts of the country, my experience from advising in Maryland, AZ and CA is that chapters are NOT excluding women based on race.
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One point I have seen raised in this thread is that removing the possibility of exclusion based on race is not enough to integrate chapters (such as Alabama, for instance) - that more needs to be done to recruit AA members. This is a valid point considering the preparation necessary to participate in a recruitment of this nature.
I looked at the University of Maryland AOII facebook, and did not see AA members (and none among those in white dresses - are these new initiates?).
The Arizona State University Panhellenic Recruitment Guide doesn't reflect NPC chapter membership of AA women either:
http://asupan.com/wp-content/uploads...oklet20121.pdf
Just using those examples as you mentioned these states.
So I guess my question is -- what threshold of AA membership is considered "fully integrated" and sufficient to claim that a chapter is racially diverse?
Do these chapters actively recruit AA women? What have the chapters you advised done to address recruitment of potential members from diverse racial and socio-economic backgrounds?