I know of people who joined local/regional organizations who later went on to become members of NPHC orgs. I have not worked out how I feel about this personally. I also do not know what they said during their membership pursuit to justify having been in an existing multi/bi-cultural organization.
In one case, the person was actually the founder of her org and it still exists.
My point is that it can be done, and it might even be worth it for you, but many on the outside will always connect you as having been a member of the first org.
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