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Sigma Lambda Gamma

Sigma Lambda Gamma
ΣΛΓ
The official crest of Sigma Lambda Gamma.
Founded April 9, 1990; 26 years ago (1990-04-09)
University of Iowa
Type Cultural
Scope National
Motto Culture is Pride, Pride is Success
Colors      Shocking Pink
     Majestic Purple
Symbol Purple Panther
Flower Pink Rose
Jewel Purple Amethyst
Publication La Mensajera
Chapters 140 undergrad, 14 colonies, 25 alumnae associations
Nickname Gammas, SLG
Headquarters 125 E. Zeller Street Suites D & E
North Liberty, Iowa
USA
Homepage Sigma Lambda Gamma Website

Sigma Lambda Gamma (ΣΛΓ) (also known as Gammas or SLG) is a national multicultural sorority founded on April 9, 1990, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa by five collegiate women who wanted an organization to empower all women. The sorority focuses on five principles - academics, community service, cultural awareness, social interaction, and morals and ethics - to unite their members as sisters for life.

Since its beginnings, Sigma Lambda Gamma has created national national progonal programmings to empower their members and women of the community, such as the Young Women’s Leadership Program and Emotional Intelligence. They have also partnered up with other organizations to improve political, educational, and social conditions in the United States. A sisterhood of over 8,000 members, the sorority believes that Culture is Pride, Pride is Success and explores the richness in the traditions of different cultures. This encompasses the cultural heritages of Native Americans (North, Central and South), Africans, Europeans, Asians and their multiple and interesting mixtures. They celebrate the diversity of the backgrounds of all the members of the sorority, representing over 110 nationalities.

Today, Sigma Lambda Gamma fastest growing multi-cultural organization in chapters and alumnae associations throughout the United States, having expanded to more than 100 universities in less than 20 years. Membership in Sigma Lambda Gamma is open to any woman who meets the membership requirements, regardless of religion, race, or nationality. Women may join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university, or after acquiring a college degree through an alumnae association. The current executive director is Vanessa Jimenez.

Sigma Lambda Gamma strives to be the premier organization committed to providing a mechanism of empowerment to all women. Through a network of close to 10,000 members from collegiate chapters and alumnae associations located across the United States, it promotes academic excellence and higher education through the sorority's principles: academics, community service, cultural awareness, morals and ethics, social interaction-in our daily lives. — Mission Statement

In fall of 1989, a group of women met to form an organization that would provide empowerment to Latina women. With its beginnings at the University of Iowa, the vision was to create a network of academic and social support. Although the first meeting had 19 women, membership fluctuated during the planning process. Under the guidance of Esther Materon Arum and Mary Peterson, the members continued to draft a sorority that would be inclusive and empowering to women. A retreat was held to establish the constitution and the purpose of the organization. They also participated in volunteer projects such as the National Association of Chicano Studies (NACS), as well as on-campus programs such as the Leadership Conference.


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