I cannot speak for other organizations, but I tell you a little about my sorority and how it came to be a Multicultural GLO. In 1988 at Rutgers University, there were many different greek organizations. There were mainstream organizations (predominantly white), historicall black organizations and latino organizations. (Even when I pledged over 9 years ago, Omega Phi Chi Sorority, Inc. was the only multicultural sorority at Rutgers University.)
The Founding Mothers of my sorority are Latina, African-American and Asian, therefore they did not feel like the current organizations available were for them. Being that they are all minorities, they tended to affiliate more with the minority organizations, but wanted to be open to women of all backgrounds, not just minorities.
If you are familiar with mainstream and minority organizations, you know there is a huge difference in how their organizations are run and how new members are initiated. They even have separate National Councils, due to these differences. Therefore, these women were faced with a situation to which they felt the best way to rectify was to create a new organizations.
These women created a process and organization that brought together their diverse backgrounds and celebrated their differences. All of our chapters continue this tradition by working within their schools and communities to reach out to people of all backgrounds.
They hold educational programs, social functions and co-sponser events with all different kinds of cultural and non-cultural organizations. I have been a sister of Omega Phi Chi Sorority, Inc. for over 9 years now and am still involved with our undergraduate and alumnae sisters. I love our ever-expanding sisterhood and love learning about and getting to know my diverse sisters.
Omega Phi Chi Sorority, Inc.
Founded on Diversity!!!