NALFO Press Releases

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Yep.

Also, someone has updated the NALFO wiki to include previous members, if you're interested Ch2tf.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa..._Organizations

Thanks hun!

[LatinaAlumna]

What happened to Alpha Rho Lambda? I remember the "Apples" were super active in NALFO when it was first being established.

[TotallyWicked]

Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna

What happened to Alpha Rho Lambda? I remember the "Apples" were super active in NALFO when it was first being established.

think they left because of insurance reasons...I'm not going to start a chopping block of nalfo orgs...but some of them def need to be more active if they want to stay in the council...or expand a bit...

[knight_shadow]

Contact:
Sasha Mercedes,
Director of Public Relations
PR@OmegaPhiBeta.org

NEW YORK, New York… April 1, 2010.

Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated (OPBSI) is hosting an initiative entitled “Betas Rock the Planet” during the entire month of April to be held primarily within the New York Metropolitan Area. This national initiative will consist of an educational program, a community service endeavor, and a closing celebratory event, collectively shedding light on the issues affecting our precious planet Earth.

In alignment with one of the seven goals of OPBSI, this initiative will aim to spread awareness and educate people about the need of their involvement in protecting our environment worldwide. As environmental issues continue to escalate, it is critical to focus on preserving the planet we inhabit so that not only we but also our children, grandchildren, and so on can enjoy life on Earth for centuries to come. “There’s no better way to contribute to our own planet than to spend a month in reverence of its beauty,” said Janille Esquilin, Vice President of Programming.

In addition to the aforementioned programs, OPBSI is also launching a recycling contest during which its entities and affiliates across the nation will host a Recycling Drive within their respective communities. All collected recyclables will be deposited and proceeds yielded from these recyclables will be donated to The Nature Conservancy, the leading conservation organization rooted in working to protect land and water around the world, benefiting both the environment and people across the globe.

The initiative will conclude with a commemorative picnic to celebrate forty years of Earth Day as well as the culmination of “Betas Rock the Planet” where sisters, family, and friends will enjoy food, fun activities, and nothing but nature at Riverbank State Park in Manhattan. All waste produced at this event will be recycled and disposed of appropriately.


"Betas Rock the Planet"

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

A national initiative to spread awareness and educate people about the need of their involvement in protecting our environment worldwide.


Earth Wars
Date: Thursday, April 15
Time: 7:30PM
Location: TBA | New York, NY

Details: How much do you know about the Earth and the issues that affect our environment? Put your knowledge to the test at this Family Feud style game show where two teams battle it out for the grand prize!


Clean Up Our Earth Day
Date: Sunday, April 18
Time: 10:00AM
Location: Morningside Park | 112 Street & Morningside Avenue | New York, NY

Details: Get your hands dirty for a great cause while you do your part to help clean up the park! Remember to dress comfortably and appropriately for the weather.


Earth Day Par-tay!
Date: Saturday, May 1
Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM
Location: Riverbank State Park | 135 Street & Riverside Drive | New York, NY

Details: Celebrate 40 years of Earth Day and the culmination of Betas Rock the Planet at this commemorative picnic in the park. Enjoy food, fun activities, and nothing but nature in the company of sisters, family, and friends. All waste produced at this event will be recycled appropriately. If you would like to contribute recyclables of your own, feel free to bring them along! Money accrued from recyclables will be donated to The Nature Conservancy.


Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, a NALFO organization member, is a Latina-oriented sorority founded on March 15, 1989, at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Seventeen women of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds came together to defy the injustices suffered by women, particularly women of color, in the academic, professional and political arenas. The purpose of OPBSI is to serve and educate people of diverse backgrounds through sisterhood, leadership, and guidance. As positive role models, we promote unity of all cultures, focus on the empowerment of our gender and raise the standards of excellence in our academic, social, and personal endeavors. For further information visit: www.OmegaPhiBeta.org.

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. For further information visit: www.nature.org.

[LatinaAlumna]

No worries...I appreciate the reply.

[demasiado]

NAK left years ago due to NALFO's insurance requirements.

ODP and later SLB left because of the no 1st semester freshman rule NALFO instituted.

The reason that 3 fraternities left vs no sororities is because those three felt like they had a backup council, The North-American Interfraternity Conference. All three that left were NIC members as well.

Latina Sororities in general do not have backup council. The female NIC equivalent the NPC is much more restrictive than the NIC.

That's because the NPC, like NALFO, and the NPHC are really governing councils whereas the NIC really is a trade organization. The NIC has guidelines but does not enforce rules on it's member fraternities. The NIC's main purpose is the be the fraternity lobby in Washington.

Now as the the separate question as to whether organization should leave NALFO because they are no longer Latino not likely. ODP, and NAK are definitely Latino organizations. SLB for the most part as well.

However there has been a great push on the internet to de-emphasize the connection with NALFO and LGLO. Most of the NALFO edits on wikipedia were make by a "coquidragon" which suspect is also "Little Dragon."

There is nothing wrong with that. NALFO does not automatically = Latino Greeks, anymore so than NPHC does not automatically = Black Greeks. But obviously there is some sensitivity to the subject.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by demasiado

NAK left years ago due to NALFO's insurance requirements.

ODP and later SLB left because of the no 1st semester freshman rule NALFO instituted.

The reason that 3 fraternities left vs no sororities is because those three felt like they had a backup council, The North-American Interfraternity Conference. All three that left were NIC members as well.

Latina Sororities in general do not have backup council. The female NIC equivalent the NPC is much more restrictive than the NIC.

That's because the NPC, like NALFO, and the NPHC are really governing councils whereas the NIC really is a trade organization. The NIC has guidelines but does not enforce rules on it's member fraternities. The NIC's main purpose is the be the fraternity lobby in Washington.

Now as the the separate question as to whether organization should leave NALFO because they are no longer Latino not likely. ODP, and NAK are definitely Latino organizations. SLB for the most part as well.

However there has been a great push on the internet to de-emphasize the connection with NALFO and LGLO. Most of the NALFO edits on wikipedia were make by a "coquidragon" which suspect is also "Little Dragon."

There is nothing wrong with that. NALFO does not automatically = Latino Greeks, anymore so than NPHC does not automatically = Black Greeks. But obviously there is some sensitivity to the subject.

Please don't speak on ODPhi affairs unless you, yourself, are a member.

Otherwise, thanks for the post. Welcome to GC.

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by demasiado

NALFO does not automatically = Latino Greeks, anymore so than NPHC does not automatically = Black Greeks. But obviously there is some sensitivity to the subject.

When you say this, do you mean the members within the respective orgs are not exclusively latino/a or do you mean that the councils themselves are opening up to non latino/a based organizations?

[demasiado]

No I mean an effort was made to decouple the idea that all Latino orgs must belong to NALFO as all black orgs belong to the NPHC

There are many LGLO's that are not members of NALFO, just as there are BGLO's that are not members of the NPHC.

[Little Dragon]

We are out of the SLB's subject (almost) so I would like to share some ideas, even though they ARE NOT NALFO PRESS RELEASES nor related. I´m sorry to the readers.

Originally Posted by demasiado

Most of the NALFO edits on wikipedia were make by a "coquidragon" which suspect is also "Little Dragon."

Wait, what? This does not add anything to the point of the thread. What do the wikipedia edits have to do with anything? Besides, have you looked at the history of the NALFO article on wikipedia? Coquidragon edits are all in March 2010. The article has over 300 edits dating back to 2005. Do some research before stating facts that are NOT TRUE. In addition, those edits deal mainly with formatting issues, few with contents.

Originally Posted by demasiado

NAK left years ago due to NALFO's insurance requirements.
ODP ... left because of the no 1st semester freshman rule NALFO instituted.

Do you know this for a fact? Are you a member of these orgs? That is not what your signature says.

Originally Posted by demasiado

SLB left because of the no 1st semester freshman rule NALFO instituted.

That reason was not given in the press release. Still, if it were, it would not be the only reason. There are a series of reasons for SLB's decision and they cannot be reduced to "Multiculturality" and/or "1st year recruiting prohibition". Since you are NOT SLB, you wouldn´t know that.

Originally Posted by demasiado

However there has been a great push on the internet to de-emphasize the connection with NALFO and LGLO...

Really? I haven´t read anything on the internet about it. I am not saying that it is not true what you are saying, just that this is the first I hear.

Originally Posted by demasiado

NALFO does not automatically = Latino Greeks, anymore so than NPHC does not automatically = Black Greeks.

Of course they don´t. Who is saying that?

What I will say is that there are over 50 LGLO´s to my count, as you can see in the thread titled "List of Latino Organizations." The ones that are not members of NALFO, in the majority, don´t meet NALFO's requirements for membership. Same goes for BGLO's not members of NPHC. Would they like to be members? I don´t know and won´t speak for them.

Also, although it is true that not all LGLO's and BGLO's are members of the two councils, nationally, these two councils do represent the largest and most establish orgs. They do have the official voice for both Greek movements. Members of these councils have it easier to expand to universities and probably, they will be the ones to survive, or at least, solidify their base. No disrespect intended to these smaller orgs, but this is just how it works. This comment doesn´t include NAK, ODPhi or SLB for obvious reasons.

What I mean to say is that national recognition is important for many universities when allowing organizations to expand into their campuses, and that recognition often mean National association to these councils. Do they all need to be members of them to expand? Obviously not. Will they all die? Not all, but some, as many have. Some will grow. Some will solidify their base on the campuses they actually are and live for a long time. It all depends on their membership and their organization´s goals.

On a local level, many of these orgs are members of NALFO, NPHC or a multicultural council. The association is not everything, but it is very important.

Finally, I am talking social greeks here. Service, Music and other type of organizations have other dynamics.

I´m sorry for the long reply.

[demasiado]

http://www.eliluminador.com/2010/03/...eeting-re-cap/

[demasiado]

Originally Posted by Little Dragon

Do you know this for a fact? Are you a member of these orgs? That is not what your signature says.

Right after SLB left NALFO coquidragon went to work.

Originally Posted by Little Dragon

That reason was not given in the press release. Still, if it were, it would not be the only reason. There are a series of reasons for SLB's decision and they cannot be reduced to "Multiculturality" and/or "1st year recruiting prohibition". Since you are NOT SLB, you wouldn´t know that.

Your leaders said so here: http://www.eliluminador.com/2010/03/...eeting-re-cap/

"… the increasingly regulatory nature of NALFO namely one of the issues.. the restriction of not allowing of 1st semester freshman..."

Even though more reasons we alluded to, no other reason was mentioned....

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by demasiado

Right after SLB left NALFO coquidragon went to work.





Your leaders said so here: http://www.eliluminador.com/2010/03/...eeting-re-cap/

"… the increasingly regulatory nature of NALFO namely one of the issues.. the restriction of not allowig of 1st semester freshman..."

Even though more reasons we alluded to, no other reason was mentioned....

Welp, he certainly said it.

Although I'm sad I had nothing else to do tonight but listen to this (lol) I'm glad that I did.

This level of transparency is foolhardy.

ETA: He brings up good points about whether these types of organizations should be regulatory or not. I think NALFO has good reasons to be more like NPHC and less like NIC.

He also says there are no hard feelings, but clearly there are.

[Little Dragon]

Originally Posted by demasiado

Right after SLB left NALFO coquidragon went to work.

Once again, this is relevant why? Have you looked at all of coquidragon´s contributions to wikipedia? NALFO, LGLOs, NIC, Cultural Greeks, Christian Greeks, BGLO´s, PFA, Asian Greeks. Also, Puerto Rico, basketball, olympics, ... Contributions going back to January 2008 on many subjects. True, many of the Greeks edits came after SLB left NALFO. And so what? Are you questioning coquidragon´s motives? Has coquidragon done any edits negative to NALFO? Are the other edits on Greek life relevant to NALFO? Maybe SLB´s leaving NALFO was the spark for coquidragon´s curiosity and his desire to contribute on wikipedia´s Greek life series. Have you thought about that? Did you see coquidragon´s Barnstar award for tireless contributions to wikipedia? Yet again, why is this relevant?

Originally Posted by Little Dragon

There are a series of reasons for SLB's decision and they cannot be reduced to "Multiculturality" and/or "1st year recruiting prohibition"

Originally Posted by demasiado

Even though more reasons we alluded to, no other reason was mentioned....

Aren´t we both saying the same thing? More reasons. They were not mentioned. You don´t know them. They exist. I was well aware of the podcast and nothing said in there contradicts what I have said.

[demasiado]

The original question that brought up this discussion was why SLB left NALFO. In whatever form it's asked and answered.

And since it appears that talking about the intentions and motivation of groups that one is not a member of, gets everyone's knickers in a twist... I'll leave it at that.