Abbreviation | NALFO |
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Formation | 1988 |
Type | Trade association |
Headquarters | 462B Lime Rock Road |
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Membership | 17 |
Website | nalfo |
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The National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) is an umbrella council for seventeen American Latino fraternties and sororities. It was established in 1998. The purpose of NALFO is to promote and foster positive interfraternal relations, communication, and development of all Latino fraternal organizations through mutual respect, leadership, honesty, professionalism, and education.
Established in 1998, the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations set out to become the uniting force for Latino-based fraternities and sororities. Latino organizations had developed in different parts of the United States in their early years, and this created difficulties for the organizations to find information on their peer groups to come together.
NALFO primarily consisted of fraternities and sororities that originated in the Midwest and on the West Coast of the United States. A second umbrella organization, the ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas was founded by Phi Iota Alpha and Omega Phi Beta and primarily consisted of Hispanic and Latina-based fraternities and sororities on the East Coast. [1]
In the winter of 2001, the NALFO and ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas merged under the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations name, establishing one umbrella organization for all Latino-based fraternities and sororities in the United States.
Some other organizations have at one time been affiliated with NALFO.
Name | Greek Letters | Type | Membership Start | Membership End | Reason for Membership End |
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Alpha Rho Lambda [5] [2] | ΑΡΛ | Sorority | 1998 | October 2006 | Removed due to non-participation & insurance requirements. [6] |
Beta Lambda Delta [7] | ΒΛΔ | Fraternity | September 1999 | October 2004 | Removed due to defunct status. [6] |
Gamma Alpha Omega | ΓΑΩ | Sorority | October 2000 | 2016 | Reasons unknown. |
Lambda Theta Alpha | ΛΘΑ | Sorority | January 2001 | Winter 2014 | Reasons unknown. |
Lambda Theta Phi [3] | ΛΘΦ | Fraternity | October 2003 | Winter 2014 | NALFO's increasing regulatory nature (i.e. Hazing, GPA requirement, and Membership criteria, etc.). |
Nu Alpha Kappa [2] [3] | ΝΑΚ | Fraternity | 1998 | December 2008 | None given. [8] |
Omega Delta Phi [2] [3] [9] | ΩΔΦ | Fraternity | 1998, June 2001 | June 2000, December 2008 | None given. [8] |
Sigma Delta Alpha [7] | ΣΔΑ | Fraternity | April 2005 | May 2006 | Removed due to non-participation & insurance requirement. [6] |
Sigma Lambda Alpha | ΣΛΑ | Sorority | December 2011 | December 2015 | Reasons unknown. |
Sigma Lambda Beta [3] | ΣΛΒ | Fraternity | October 2003 | March 2010 | Left due to NALFO's increasing regulatory nature due to SLB's increasing multicultural membership. [10] [11] |
Sigma Lambda Gamma | ΣΛΓ | Sorority | January 2001 | May 2010 | Left due to a desire for autonomy and due to SLG's increasing multicultural membership. [12] |
Sigma Lambda Sigma | ΣΛΣ | Sorority | September 1999 | October 2004 | Removed due to defunct status. [6] |
Phi Iota Alpha (ΦΙΑ), established on December 26, 1931, is the oldest Latino Fraternity in existence, and works to motivate people, develop leaders, and create innovative ways to unite the Latino community. The organization has roots that stem back to the late 19th century to the first Latin American fraternity, and the first Latin American student organization in the United States. The brotherhood is composed of undergraduate, graduate, and professional men committed towards the empowerment of the Latin American community by providing intensive social and cultural programs and activities geared towards the appreciation, promotion and preservation of Latin American culture.
Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. (ΛΘΦ) is a Latino non-profit social fraternity in the United States.
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