Latino Greek Letter Organizations

[ASTLuxiGX]

I am not a part of a multicultural org. on campus, however I am VP of
our Greek Senate on campus. We have many Latina/o orgs on campus...
My org. (Alpha Sigma Tau) gets along great with majority of them. Just to
throw it out there, I adore Mu Sigma Upsilon.

Sororities :

Mu Sigma Upsilon Latina Sorority, Inc.
Lambda Theta Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Lambda Tau Omegs Sorority, Inc.
Omega Phi Chi Sorority, Inc.
(I know MSU and OPC are multicultural... I think LTO and LTO are Latina)

Fraternities :
Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity, Inc.
Lambda Upsilon Lambda Latino Fraternity, Inc.
Lambda Theta Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Hope this helped!!

[TotallyWicked]

Originally Posted by ASTLuxiGX

Mu Sigma Upsilon Latina Sorority, Inc.

MSU is a Multicultural Sorority I believe.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by TotallyWicked

MSU is a Multicultural Sorority I believe.

It's definitely not Mu Sigma Upsilon Latin Sorority, Inc. But, they call themselves the first "multicultural minority sorority." Being that they are bound to a Latino fraternity, perhaps they are multicultural in the same way that Sigma Lambda Gamma is (a Latina-based multicultural sorority). It's understandable how it could be confusing.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

It's definitely not Mu Sigma Upsilon Latin Sorority, Inc. But, they call themselves the first "minority multicultural sorority." Being that they are bound to a Latino fraternity, perhaps they are multicultural in the same way that Sigma Lambda Gamma is (a Latina-based multicultural sorority). It's understandable how it could be confusing.

I don't think so.... the members I know just consider it a multicultural sorority. Their national website doesn't say "minority multicultural" -- but maybe other sources say that because other sororities before MSU were founded to be non-sectarian and therefore happened to be multicultural.

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I don't think so.... the members I know just consider it a multicultural sorority. Their national website doesn't say "minority multicultural" -- but maybe other sources say that because other sororities before MSU were founded to be non-sectarian and therefore happened to be multicultural.

Although, I've never heard of MSU being for only "minority" women, I think what PJ is refering to is:
http://www.musigmaupsilon.org/present/050604.html

(4th paragraph)

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I don't think so.... the members I know just consider it a multicultural sorority. Their national website doesn't say "minority multicultural" -- but maybe other sources say that because other sororities before MSU were founded to be non-sectarian and therefore happened to be multicultural.

Here's a link as well from the Siksika Chapter - the second chapter founded:

http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/clubs/mus...al_History.htm

By the way, I wasn't suggesting that MSU limits itself to a minority membership. I was talking about the org's history and why they might be confused as a Latina sorority.

[MSU3CelticSpr06]

Originally Posted by TotallyWicked

MSU is a Multicultural Sorority I believe.

We are a MULTICULTURAL sorority.

[soul_anna4]

Maybe someone from MSU can elighten us because I also question the Latino fraternity ties they have, their Spanish motto, and their Spanish founding mothers. In fact, I also see that "multicultural sorority" is not in their official name (Lambda Tau Omega is guilty of this as well), although some local chapters tend to say it does.

Just to add my 4 cents...I believe that national recognition of multicultural status is EXTREMELY important. To me, a true multicultural organization must be deemed so by their national board and not have any affiliations (currently or in the past) to any specific cultures. Programming, membership, and all other efforts must focus on some aspect of multiculturalism, whether it be education of cultures, breaking stereotypes, etc.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by soul_anna4

Maybe someone from MSU can elighten us because I also question the Latino fraternity ties they have, their Spanish motto, and their Spanish founding mothers. In fact, I also see that "multicultural sorority" is not in their official name (Lambda Tau Omega is guilty of this as well), although some local chapters tend to say it does.

Just to add my 4 cents...I believe that national recognition of multicultural status is EXTREMELY important. To me, a true multicultural organization must be deemed so by their national board and not have any affiliations (currently or in the past) to any specific cultures. Programming, membership, and all other efforts must focus on some aspect of multiculturalism, whether it be education of cultures, breaking stereotypes, etc.

I believe that Mu Sigma Upsilon is multicultural without being overbearingly so.

I know many members and I'm familiar with their programming. I think of a Spanish motto for a multicultural sorority is tantamount to a Latin or Greek motto for a more traditional sorority. Why use a foreign language at all? Perhaps the founders (or whoever coined the motto) wanted to look at sorority life with a different lens. Perhaps it could have been Swahili or Chinese instead. To me, it still would have worked because it is a multicultural organization.

I don't know, it just seems like folks are going another direction with this....

[Aduladi]

Originally Posted by soul_anna4

Just to add my 4 cents...I believe that national recognition of multicultural status is EXTREMELY important. To me, a true multicultural organization must be deemed so by their national board and not have any affiliations (currently or in the past) to any specific cultures. Programming, membership, and all other efforts must focus on some aspect of multiculturalism, whether it be education of cultures, breaking stereotypes, etc.

Well said. I've often felt the same way. However, knowing a little about the expansion of Latin Greeks I know that when many of them were founded, they were often considered multicultural by their campuses because they represented a portion of the community that had not previosuly been represented culturally in the Greek world. I guess at this point, it is confusing for aspirants who are looking for a true multicultural organization but find GLO's that focus on one cultural tradition.

[LatinaAlumna]

Originally Posted by soul_anna4

To me, a true multicultural organization must be deemed so by their national board and not have any affiliations (currently or in the past) to any specific cultures. Programming, membership, and all other efforts must focus on some aspect of multiculturalism, whether it be education of cultures, breaking stereotypes, etc.

I agree with you. Very well put.

[SIAsensacion]

Originally Posted by soul_anna4

Maybe someone from MSU can elighten us because I also question the Latino fraternity ties they have, their Spanish motto, and their Spanish founding mothers. In fact, I also see that "multicultural sorority" is not in their official name (Lambda Tau Omega is guilty of this as well), although some local chapters tend to say it does.

Just to add my 4 cents...I believe that national recognition of multicultural status is EXTREMELY important. To me, a true multicultural organization must be deemed so by their national board and not have any affiliations (currently or in the past) to any specific cultures. Programming, membership, and all other efforts must focus on some aspect of multiculturalism, whether it be education of cultures, breaking stereotypes, etc.

I know this post is a little old, but I just got an email that this thread had some new responses, so I started reading (aka procrastinating lol)...

Anyway, I was just wondering if all five of Mu Sigma Upsilon's founding mothers are from SPAIN, as stated in this post??? I have no idea, maybe they are, but I thought that MSU's founders were Latina...maybe a member of MSU can clarify for us

[LatinaAlumna]

^Co-sign with your ENTIRE post. Some of the organizations have DROPPED the word "Latina/o" altogether if you check out their websites. Personally, I joined a LATINA sorority, and thankfully no one has ever suggested that we start calling ourselves anything else. I would be furious if my organization was now calling itself "multicultural with Latina founders" or any other phrasing that we're starting to see. Sometimes I wonder how older members of these orgs. feel.

[Serenity]

Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna

Some of the organizations have DROPPED the word "Latina/o" altogether if you check out their websites.

Wow! I didn't know that. That's deep... I guess for some it's all about the QUANTITY of members and not the QUALITY of members. To some orgs, it's all about the numbers, numbers, numbers. Too bad... It's like some orgs wanna have 150,000 members a minute after their founding. Calm down...

Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna

Personally, I joined a LATINA sorority, and thankfully no one has ever suggested that we start calling ourselves anything else. I would be furious if my organization was now calling itself "multicultural with Latina founders" or any other phrasing that we're starting to see. Sometimes I wonder how older members of these orgs. feel.

AMEN!! That would so not be OK with me. IMO that's just plain shady... If I were a PM, I would definitely think twice about joining an organization that did this. Who's to say what their focus will be in 5, 10, 15 years from now when some new "trend" (for lack of a better word) pops up. What next? Gonna change the focus again?

[Senusret I]

Y'all need to stop pussy-footin and name some names up in here.