How much should we teach our members about other GLOs in our conference/council?

[ASTalumna06]

I remember learning about other NPCs for maybe 20 minutes during one of my new member meetings nearly 10 years ago. I remember I. C. Sorosis, and Kappa Alpha Theta being the first greek letter fraternity for women, and Alpha Delta Pi being the first secret society for women, etc. After that, not much else was taught about other NPCs. All we really knew was that there were 26 member sororities.

Last week, I was at a restaurant that I regularly go to, and I found out that one of the girls who bartends is a Phi Mu. I told her I'm an AST, and she said she had never heard of them, and asked if they were a local.

I met someone else a few months ago who was an AGD, and I told her I was also in an NPC sorority. When I told her which one, she said she thought that there were only 8 sororities in the NPC (the 8 that were active at her university).

So.. how much were you taught about other GLOs in your conference/council, and do you think there should be more information provided to new members and brothers/sisters about these GLOs? And do you think that learning more about them would create less of an "us vs. them" mentality for collegiate brothers/sisters?