Recruitment Diversity

[BobraFCD]

We're doing an informal survey:
How many African-Americans, Hispanics or Asian-Americans went through / are going through recruitment on your campus?

Were any invited to pledge? AOII or other houses.

We're wondering if the traditionally white sororities are becoming open to diversity or is there a lack of diverse candidates participating?

[Jill1228]

Not to barge, but I would love to know this too

[AOIIalum]

Jill, honey, you can barge in here any time!!

For starters, some campuses tend to be much more diverse than others. Many sorority chapters on the west coast are extremely diverse, because those campuses are generally ethnically diverse. In other areas of the country, campuses aren't at all ethnically diverse, and I would hypothesize that would carry over to NPC recruitment. My own collegiate chapter is multi-cultural, but the chapter I currently work with does not appear as such. I do not have student ethnicity stats for either school's undergraduate population, or I'd share that with you!

Additional variables you may wish to consider are:

1. Of those African-Americans, Hispanics or Asian-Americans who participate in NPC recruitment, how many choose to withdraw (with active invites) before completing the week?

2. Is the campus receptive to African-Americans, Hispanics or Asian-Americans participating in NPC recruitment?

You may be able to directly contact the Greek Life Offices at various college campuses for the information as well. I don't know if they collect such demographic info from the PNMs, but if they do they may be able to pass it along to you. They can offer factual information for your research purposes.

Simply enough, I don't think I can answer your question, but I'd be interested in the answers you do receive. AOII welcomes all women, regardless of color, ethnicity, shape or size. I love that about us!

Good luck,
Christin

[OleMissGlitter]

There has not been an African-American woman go through Recruitment at Ole Miss since Fall of 1997. The young lady went Phi Mu. Her father was the then basketball coach at Ole Miss. Her older brother was a member of Sigma Chi at Ole Miss. We have had some Asian women go through rush, and they usually pledge in one of the nine houses. However, as far as I know this year, there are no African-American women. The NPHC is very strong at Ole Miss and most African-American women join those groups. There is a white male who is a member of Phi Beta Sigma at Ole Miss.

[AOcutiePi4ever]

less then five african american girls went thru rush at ga state this yr, and two of them are new members of AOII. in fact, tonight was our bid night and we went to a local restaurant. while in the restrooms, a lady came up to us and said, "what is with your sorority?!!!" my sister and i asked what exactly did she mean, and she said "i have NEVER seen a chapter THAT diverse, thats amazing, when you guys came in i was expecting to see MTV cameras bc i was thinking, this CANNOT be real" this was soo cool to hear that from an outsider. our chapter really is SO diverse, and its amazing since AOII isnt considered multicultural specifically. in our chapter we have white girls, black girls, asian girls, a jamacian, spanish/hispanic girls, east indian, native american... dang this list could do on forever!! we are just THAT diverse!!! :-D

[AOII*Azra-elle]

The University of Northern Colorado had a couple of African Americans go through, as well as a handful or so Hispanic, and a couple of ladies that were of Asian decent. Wonderful girls!

[Jill1228]

AOcutiePi4ever and AOII*Azra-elle
Just being nosy, did all the girls (minorities) that went thru rush get bids?

Just being a nosy old ho!

[AOII*Azra-elle]

Originally posted by AOcutiePi4ever
in our chapter we have white girls, black girls, asian girls, a jamacian, spanish/hispanic girls, east indian, native american... dang this list could do on forever!! we are just THAT diverse!!! :-D

Same here, we have a girl from Nigeria, one from Brazil, and a couple of Hawaiians. Not so many as your chapter....Congratulations on your new ladies! We have 2 days to go, pref is tomorrow.

[Sistermadly]

Y'all have to excuse me for barging in, but I'm a little verklempt over here. Thanks in advance for indulging me.

Way back in the day when I went through rush at GSU, I was cut heavily by three of the four sororities. The only one who invited me back was AOII -- but I didn't go back. I was told that the sororities at GSU would "never give a bid to a black girl", and even though AOII invited me back to second round, I let that bad advice affect my decision.

Ultimately, I'm happy to be an Alpha Phi (of course I am! ) but to hear this news coming from my alma mater just sends chills up my spine.

Congratulations to all of the new AOIIs at GSU - you were a great group back in the late 80s, and apparently you're still a fantastic group!

[AOII*Azra-elle]

Originally posted by Jill1228
AOcutiePi4ever and AOII*Azra-elle
Just being nosy, did all the girls (minorities) that went thru rush get bids?

We actually haven't had our bid night at UNC yet, it is Tuesday night. We are keeping our fingers crossed here b/c they are delightful ladies, and are awesome. So, I'm thinking if they don't go AOII they might end up somewhere b/c they could bring alot to whatever chapter they join.

[AOII*Azra-elle]

Originally posted by Sistermadly
Y'all have to excuse me for barging in, but I'm a little verklempt over here. Thanks in advance for indulging me.

Way back in the day when I went through rush at GSU, I was cut heavily by three of the four sororities. The only one who invited me back was AOII -- but I didn't go back. I was told that the sororities at GSU would "never give a bid to a black girl", and even though AOII invited me back to second round, I let that bad advice affect my decision.

Ultimately, I'm happy to be an Alpha Phi (of course I am! ) but to hear this news coming from my alma mater just sends chills up my spine.

Congratulations to all of the new AOIIs at GSU - you were a great group back in the late 80s, and apparently you're still a fantastic group!

Fraternally,
Cici

Cici~
Wow! To hear that from someone else makes me even happier to be an AOII. Thank you. We have an APhi chapter here, and they are great ladies. I actually work with one of their advisors---she cracks me up!