Latino Greek Letter Organizations

[Animate]

Originally Posted by Amanuet3

I personally think it’s great to see many organizations (Black, Latino and Multicultural) embracing different cultures, through their programming, community service and membership. And I feel that the main concern is not that we are accepting different members within these orgs, but how we are presenting it.
There are many non-African American members in many of the D9 organization… However, they don’t claim to be a Black-multicultural org…WHY? ---Because they will never change the identity or the vision that their founders set for their organization. This is the problem I find---What does Latino-multicultural mean? Multicultural means EVERYONE!---without emphasizing any culture, or shadowing the others.
For some of the “TRUE” multicultural organization, they were founded because there was a need to embrace everyone and a thirst for knowledge about different cultures, religions and backgrounds. This was at a time that there were not many others that were offering this type of sisterhood. The founders for “SOME” of our multicultural organizations didn’t just want to provide service and support to one ethnicity, but to EVERYONE.
The hard work our founders struggled to provide is diminished, when other Non-Multicultural orgs, want to “STAMP” the acceptance of diversity. My Founders knew there was a need and envisioned it…If the vision of your founders was not to embrace all cultures, then to ME…Your not multicultural. And if the majority of your members want to change the vision set out by your founders, then to ME…Your in the WRONG org.

I hate quoting old posts but this jumped out to me (the red lettering helped a bit). What makes your organization "more multicultural" than others? The fact that you say you are multicultural? All of our orgs are multicultural, some of us just don't feel the need to shout it from the mountaintops.

[brownsugar952]

Originally Posted by Animate

I hate quoting old posts but this jumped out to me (the red lettering helped a bit). What makes your organization "more multicultural" than others? The fact that you say you are multicultural? All of our orgs are multicultural, some of us just don't feel the need to shout it from the mountaintops.

Besides having multicultural membership, what makes your organization "multicultural?"

[Animate]

Originally Posted by brownsugar952

Besides having multicultural membership, what makes your organization "multicultural?"

Besides having multicultural membership, what makes your organization "multicultural?"

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by Animate

I hate quoting old posts but this jumped out to me (the red lettering helped a bit). What makes your organization "more multicultural" than others? The fact that you say you are multicultural? All of our orgs are multicultural, some of us just don't feel the need to shout it from the mountaintops.

ZChi4Life provided an answer to this on page 10 when she stated:
"I can only speak for my org, but I'm sure other MCGLOs will agree, MC for us comes from membership AND the entire focus/purpose of our organization. Multiculturalism is encompassed in our programming, community service, etc, etc. We don't serve just one type of ethnic/racial community, we serve everyone."

I'm sure one of the reasons Alpha Phi Alpha isn't shouting it from the mountaintops is that it is not the purpose of your organization. While you have a multicultural membership you have always, and I suspect always will, serve the African American community.

[Animate]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Frat,

First of all, I too believe in the 7.

Anyway.... Multicultural GLOs are organizations that intentionally promote multiculturalism and cultural pluralism through their mission, programs, and history.

There have been lively discussions about the topic prior to you getting to GC, but I can't recall their titles.

Originally Posted by Ch2tf

ZChi4Life provided an answer to this on page 10 when she stated:
"I can only speak for my org, but I'm sure other MCGLOs will agree, MC for us comes from membership AND the entire focus/purpose of our organization. Multiculturalism is encompassed in our programming, community service, etc, etc. We don't serve just one type of ethnic/racial community, we serve everyone."

I'm sure one of the reasons Alpha Phi Alpha isn't shouting it from the mountaintops is that it is not the purpose of your organization. While you have a multicultural membership you have always, and I suspect always will, serve the African American community.

Thank you both for an answer to my original question. I must have overlooked it since it was presented earlier.

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by Ch2tf

ZChi4Life provided an answer to this on page 10 when she stated:
"I can only speak for my org, but I'm sure other MCGLOs will agree, MC for us comes from membership AND the entire focus/purpose of our organization. Multiculturalism is encompassed in our programming, community service, etc, etc. We don't serve just one type of ethnic/racial community, we serve everyone."

I'm sure one of the reasons Alpha Phi Alpha isn't shouting it from the mountaintops is that it is not the purpose of your organization. While you have a multicultural membership you have always, and I suspect always will, serve the African American community.

This is true. As long as the need is great (and I suspect it always will be), our number 1 priority is the African American community although I also suspect that we will serve others more and more. This is happening already since some communities which were once 100% Black are now becoming more diverse. We've also had non-African Americans receive scholarship awards for college so it's just about where the greatest need is and since African Americans are among the greatest in need (and always have been in this country) and because our founders deemed us responsible, we can never lose our focus.