[preciousjeni]

Regarding finding the right organization, I'll also add this. In the world of multicultural sororities, you have sororities that are pretty much founded as Asian/Latina/Indian/etc. Interest Orgs and call themselves multicultural because they ARE actually multicultural. If you look at any culture, there is a great deal of diversity within that culture, therefore, to that extent NPHC orgs are very multicultural. However, from another definition of multiculturalism in these sororities, women are looking for as near equal representations from all cultures as possible (if that sentence even makes sense!! Sorry - my brain is otherwise occupied.)

So, to sum, you have:

Multicultural: Focus of interests and activities is on one or two cultures, but multiculturalism comes in the fact that the cultures themselves are diverse

*The "1st Multicultural Sorority in the Nation," Mu Sigma Upsilon is part of the Upsilon Family, which consists of Mu Sigma Upsilon Multicultural Sorority, Inc. and Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity, Inc.

Multicultural: Focus of interests and activities is extremely broad and multiculturalism means every conceivable culture possible

These are the categories I've found and, if you separate them, there isn't nearly as much perceived homogeneity. In addition, the thrusts of the various orgs are different, not to mention the missions. One thing that really attracted me to Theta Nu Xi was the mission statement:

To promote leadership, multiculturalism, and self-improvement through academic excellence, involvement in and service to the campus and community, as well as being living examples of sisterhood across different races, cultures, religions, backgrounds, and lifestyles.

I bolded the interesting parts. I know that many mission statements cover races, cultures and religions, but I daresay that very few actually state backgrounds and lifestyles.

To say that multicultural organizations are all the same is exactly the same as saying all NPC orgs and all NPHC orgs and all NALFO orgs, etc, are the same.