Status of all-male chapters

[naraht]

Originally Posted by lisarpotter

I am a member of Omega Phi Alpha, which I assume you all know is based off of A Phi O. I am curious about this situation because I find it strange that nationals would require all chapters to be co-ed. In OPA we are mostly all female chapters, however we do have chapters with male members. We do not discriminate against anyone who wants to join, and yet we are not forced to be co-ed.

Our purpose in OPhiA as far as I know, has always been:

The purpose and goals of this sorority shall be to assemble its members in the fellowship of Omega Phi Alpha, to develop friendship, leadership and cooperation by promoting service to the university-community, to the community-at-large, to the members of the sorority and to the nations of the world.

It does not contain any gender biased language, it simply refers to "members".

It would have been interesting to hear the discussion at convention when this action was voted on. It seems like there could have been a better compromise in the national organization rather than to say make these changes or leave.

By the way... does anyone know if there are any APO chapters still around in Arizona? I went to NAU, and there was a small chapter there when I was still in college, but I don't know if they are still around.

If Omega Phi Alpha is not a social sorority, they are covered by Title IX just as Alpha Phi Omega is.

I would be interested any ideas that you might have as a compromise.

U of Arizona is active and running about 90-100 brothers. Arizona State is under 20 brothers, I think. Northern Arizona University is inactive, however efforts have taken place this semester in trying to bring it back.