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.