Latino Greek Letter Organizations

[CULater]

okay okay, i don't want to start anything, because I'm just going on here to learn more about orgs and become more open minded and aware of the greek community outside of my schools. I am in a Latin-based org, although a lot of the things we do nowadays are geared towards the empowerment of the Universal Woman, not just Latinas. One of our sayings is "Latin by tradition, not by definition" which I believe encompasses who we are.

I have had conversations and do know sisters who would like Latin to be dropped from our name (personally, i love it and would never want something that the founding mothers incorporated for a reason to be changed unless there is a really important reason) because of the fact that people do perceive us as being latina-exclusive. I've met people who have joined other orgs, and have told me that if they had known we were inclusive, they would have looked into us. I guess I'm asking if a lot of other LGLOs also have had problems trying to educate the public that they aren't exclusive? It isn't because we are focused solely on latin programming, over half of my sisters in my chapter speak a language other than spanish or english, and we have put on programming that isn't catered just towards latinas. ah well, I can only hope as the younger generation are more educated about minority greeks that they'll take the time to learn more about them...

and can i say that the younger generation do come in with more knowledge than we did about greek life? I'm amazed....lol...it just shows how quickly these last few decades of serving our community, especially our minority youth, can increase our exposure.

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by CULater

I have had conversations and do know sisters who would like Latin to be dropped from our name (personally, i love it and would never want something that the founding mothers incorporated for a reason to be changed unless there is a really important reason)

What would be important enough to change something that your Founding Mothers put in place. What was the reason your Founding Mothers created a Latina sorority, and what was the reason they placed "Latina" within the name of the organization?

These are rhetorical questions that I don't expect you to answer here, but questions that should be asked when considering such a drastic change.

Originally Posted by CULater

...because of the fact that people do perceive us as being latina-exclusive. I've met people who have joined other orgs, and have told me that if they had known we were inclusive, they would have looked into us. I guess I'm asking if a lot of other LGLOs also have had problems trying to educate the public that they aren't exclusive? It isn't because we are focused solely on latin programming, over half of my sisters in my chapter speak a language other than spanish or english, and we have put on programming that isn't catered just towards latinas. ah well, I can only hope as the younger generation are more educated about minority greeks that they'll take the time to learn more about them...

You're confusing me here because you assign LTA as an LGLO and a minority GLO within the same paragraph. And in another thread you "informed" me that LTA isn't exclusive to Latinas. So what is it, is LTA an LGLO, is it a minority GLO (I'm working on the definition of Minority GLO that I'm familiar with, and that is one that caters to or is mainly encompassed of minority people), is it open to and geared toward all women?

[CULater]

Originally Posted by Ch2tf

What would be important enough to change something that your Founding Mothers put in place. What was the reason your Founding Mothers created a Latina sorority, and what was the reason they placed "Latina" within the name of the organization?

These are rhetorical questions that I don't expect you to answer here, but questions that should be asked when considering such a drastic change.



You're confusing me here because you assign LTA as an LGLO and a minority GLO within the same paragraph. And in another thread you "informed" me that LTA isn't exclusive to Latinas. So what is it, is LTA an LGLO, is it a minority GLO (I'm working on the definition of Minority GLO that I'm familiar with, and that is one that caters to or is mainly encompassed of minority people), is it open to and geared toward all women?

what, okay, i guess because latinos are taking over america, they should not be considered "minority" anymore. i'm using the word minority in a general sense to relate it to other orgs that also cater to some minority (be it a general minority, a specific minority like asians or blacks) minority does not equal multicultural or else I would have used that specific term.

i just said above that it was inclusive not exclusive. how much clearer can that get

from our national website:
Diversity

Lambda Theta Alpha is not an exclusive group of women. Although our roots are Latin, we have sisters from various cultures, nationalities and races including Caribbean, Caucasian, African American, European, Central and South American, Asian, Middle Eastern, and many more. We are an organization that fights for the empowerment of all women, regardless of their race, color, creed or religion. Latinos as a whole are multicultural and came about through the fusion of three cultures: the Spanish, the Indigenous people dwelling in Latin America and the Africans.