I joined a multi-cultural sorority.
I was born and raised in predominantly white neighborhoods, went to schools of that sort, and always had, and still have, predominantly white friends. Nothing wrong with that...my boyfriends Italian...gotta love it.
I always tended to have a mix of cultures in my friends as I got older because I was introduced to a mixed population at my middle schools and high school. I love the diversity and the different views.
When I came to college all I saw and knew about was the predominantly white sororities, the one striking to me most was Chi Omega. The chapter here at school is very diverse and outgoing and I liked that about them very much. But in time, school became my priority and the social aspect of a sorority dwindled. So did the fact of $7-800 a semester. Financially I just couldnt even think about it, and mommy and daddy (one noly having been partly in the Army and my mother coming from a community college) didn't understand the concept of Greek Life, nor would they fund it for me.
In time my friend was going to pledge Lambda Theta Phi-2 of his brothers were already in the group, and both were dating sisters of Lambda Psi Delta Sorority-so he pushed me towards them. I had met the sisters prior to my first meeting as in Interest, but it never dawned on me until I reunited with them. The group of Sisters and Interests there was so diverse and off the hook that I couldn't even think of any other group. I had found my niche. I stayed with this group because they were reasonable. Also because one of the interests had joined a predominantly white org. and she was booted out and de-lettered after she could not keep up with the financial aspect of it. (Not to say all white org's are like this, but I've heard many shady aspects of the ones here on campus doing somewhat the same thing)
Lambda Psi Delta is about sisters for life. You never lose the sisterhood, you never lose your letters, or your dignity. Financial or not, Active or not, the sorority always caters to you somehow and will always be a prt of you. Thats what I love about this sisterhood the most....just that..the sisterhood...on top of the aspect of its 5 tenets: Intellectual Development, Empowerment of Women, Leadership, Cultural Awareness, Upliftment of the Community.