Continuing the conversation...
While I'm not surprised, I am a bit frustrated. I know it's late, but I just found out that the NMGC just accepted Gamma Eta Sorority as a member. This is a self-proclaimed "Latino-based multicultural sorority." The NMGC also includes Mu Sigma Upsilon which calls itself a "multicultural minority Greek sorority" and it is constitutionally bound to a Latino fraternity.
Another similar organization, Sigma Lambda Gamma is a member of NALFO (which makes more sense to me) as it considers itself a Latina-based multicultural org. Though SLG seems to have three identities rolled into one: some members say purely multicultural; some say purely Latina; and other say a "national sorority" that is neither Latina nor multicultural. But the sorority was undeniably founded by Latinas.
What I'd like to know is why a council (NMGC) specifically founded for multicultural organizations takes culturally-based "multiculturals." It's already hard enough for MCGLOs to explain the difference between a "multicultural GLO" and a "Latina/Asian/AFAM/etc.-based multicultural GLO" because they
are different.
It is not an issue of recruitment or publicity because people will be attracted to the org they are attracted to, whatever that may be. It's an issue of identity.
In my opinion, and it is MY opinion, if you want to convert to another type of organization, do it...but drop the single-culture programming focus, single-culture line/pledge names, etc. and state your intentions. It is just creates more confusion in an already confusing Greek world!
Thoughts?
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