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Originally posted by laidbackfella
Just wanted to know how your organization is received by other organizations at your school. I attend a Historically Black University and we don't have any other Greek Letter Organizations other than the Divine Nine here.
I just wanted to know about your experience with it since you've crossed.
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I am a member of Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc., a Latina-based sorority founded in 1990 in NY. I crossed at our Chi chapter, University of Maryland, College Park in Spring 99. I am currenty an active member of our Gamma Alpha chapter, the DC area graduate/professional chapter.
To answer your question, Laidbackfella, I have had a great experience since I crossed. When I crossed, we had the following Greeks on campus:
LGLOs:
Lambda Theta Alpha (Sorority)
Lambda Upsilon Lambda (Fraternity)
BGLOs:
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Kappa Alpha Psi
Delta Sigma Theta
Phi Beta Sigma
Zeta Phi Beta
Sigma Gamma Rho
Iota Phi Theta
My chapter was founded at UMCP in Spring of 1997, and overall we have been received quite well by other Greeks on campus from the beginning. We have held events and programs with the other LGLOs on campus (of course), and we have also held events with almost all the BGLOs as well, including community services, programs, parties, step/stroll shows, etc.
Other than programming, a lot of my chapter sisters (including myself) were friends with a lot of people in the BGLOs (both before and after we/they crossed), so it was pretty easy to have good relationships.
Overall, I think a lot of members of BGLOs are very accepting, welcoming, and friendly to LGLOs (in my experience). I think there is an element of friendly competition (or not so friendly if you are dealing with the wrong people) at times between LGLOs (which is natural), just like there is between BGLOs. However, the element of competition is not really there between a BGLO and an LGLO, I guess because we appeal to different people and reach out to different audiences. So I think the lack of "friendly competition" makes it easy to have really good relationships with each other.
I hope this helps, and if you have more questions please feel free to ask.
