Lambda Pi Chi

Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Incorporated () (''also known as Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc.'') is a Latina-based, but not Latina-exclusive Greek letter intercollegiate sorority founded on April 16, 1988, at Cornell University by five women.

The organization is a member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO).

History

Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. was established on April 16, 1988, at Cornell University by Patricia Rivera, Maria Caban, Eva Marie Sosa, Migdalia Franklin and Dr. Irma Almirall-Padamsee. The organization was founded upon three principles: ''La Cultura Latina'' (the Latino Culture), ''La Comunidad'' (the Community), and ''La Hermandad'' (the Sisterhood). The founders of Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. envisioned an organization that would embrace Latina community leaders who wanted to make a positive impact at Cornell and the Latino community at large despite institutional struggles. The main archive URL i
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The sorority was helped heavily in its establishment by the fraternities Lambda Upsilon Lambda and Alpha Phi Alpha (who were also founded at Cornell University) and La Asociacion Latina present on campus.

Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. was the first Latina sorority incorporated in New York state. During the organization's 2015 National Convention, members voted to become trans-inclusive, the first National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) sorority to do so.

On March 25, 2017, Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc., established their first chapter at a historically black college and university (HBCU), North Carolina Central University. The Organization is the first Latina-based, and not exclusive, Sorority on the campus, and the second NALFO sorority to establish a chapter at a HBCU.

Philanthropy

Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority Inc. focuses on serving the Latino community with an emphasis on the Latina, communities of color, and members of other underserved communities. To do this, the sorority partakes in two public service projects: ''L.E.A.A.P: Latinas Educating on AIDS Awareness and Prevention'' and ''Proyecto H.A.C.E.R''. Hacer in Spanish means to make, to build, to do.

On July 14, 2016, Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. announced two scholarship opportunities in honor of deceased Hermanas Fanny D. Carela and Gabby Oberti. The two scholarship opportunities are intended to embody the spirit and passion of the Hermanas and also invest in the advancement and education of ''La Hermanadad'' (the Sisterhood) and ''La Comunidad'' (the Community).

Chapters

Lambda Pi Chi currently has thirty-one undergraduate chapters and fourteen professional/graduate chapters:

Undergraduate chapters

*''Alpha chapter—'' Cornell University / Ithaca College
*''Beta chapter—'' Columbia University / City College of New York
*''Gamma chapter—'' SUNY Albany
*''Delta chapter—'' New York University
*''Epsilon chapter—'' American University / Georgetown University
*''Zeta chapter—'' Syracuse University
*''Eta chapter—'' Wesleyan University
*''Theta chapter—'' George Washington University
*''Iota chapter—'' University of Massachusetts Amherst / Smith College
*''Kappa chapter—'' Duke University
*''Lambda chapter—'' University of Rochester / Rochester Institute of Technology
*''Mu chapter—'' George Mason University
*''Nu chapter—'' Harvard University / Northeastern University / Tufts University
*''Xi chapter—'' St. John's University
*''Omicron chapter—'' University of Delaware
*''Pi chapter—'' Letter reserved for Professional/Graduate chapters.
*''Rho chapter—'' North Carolina State University
*''Sigma chapter—'' Johns Hopkins University
*''Tau chapter—'' Union College
*''Upsilon chapter—'' Long Island University C. W. Post Campus
*''Phi chapter—'' University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
*''Chi chapter—'' University of Chicago
*''Psi chapter—'' St. Thomas Aquinas College
*''Omega chapter—'' Reserved for deceased Hermanas
*''Alpha Alpha chapter—'' Saint Leo University
*''Alpha Beta chapter—'' North Carolina Central University
*''Alpha Gamma chapter—'' Davidson College
*''Alpha Delta chapter—'' Rutgers University-New Brunswick
*''Alpha Epsilon chapter—'' Campbell University
*''Alpha Zeta chapter—'' High Point University
*''Alpha Eta chapter—'' Western Carolina University
*''Rhodes College Provisional chapter—'' Rhodes College
*''Virginia Tech Provisional chapter—'' Virginia Tech

Professional and graduate chapters

The sorority allows for graduate chapters for those seeking participation after college, or for alumnae initiates:
*''Pi Alpha''—New York, New York
*''Pi Beta''—Washington, D.C.
*''Pi Gamma''—Miami, Florida
*''Pi Delta''—Upstate New York
*''Pi Epsilon''—Rochester, New York
*''Pi Zeta''—Southern California
*''Pi Eta''—New Jersey
*''Pi Theta''—Boston, Massachusetts
*''Pi Iota''—North Carolina
*''Pi Kappa''—Long Island, New York
*''Pi Lambda''—Houston, Texas
*''Pi Mu''—Central Florida
*''Pi Nu''—Maryland
*''Pi Xi''—Delaware

References

External links

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{{National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations

Student organizations established in 1988
National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations
Student societies in the United States
Hispanic and Latino organizations
Latino fraternities and sororities
1988 establishments in New York (state)