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Originally Posted by AGDee
To make this a productive conversation- let's ask - What could College Panhellenics do to get more women of color to go through recruitment? Since most schools promote recruitment through the organization fairs at the beginning of the school year or at freshman orientation, what would help?
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I advised on a small commuter campus and when we had open houses/meet the greeks/etc events, the minority members always signed up to host because they wanted girls "who looked like us" to sign up for recruitment. Two out of the three chapters had minority members from a wide variety of backgrounds and ethnicities. The third chapter had a hard time attracting minority members because they didn't have them, it was like a recruitment Catch-22. Minority PMNs didn't want to join a chapter that didn't have girls who looked like them. Granted this was a small campus, but it was interesting to see how PMNs did notice the sorority members who looked like them. So in my experience, promoting what diversity exists, whether it's a little or a lot, does help attract diversity.