National APIDA Panhellenic Association

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National APIDA Panhellenic Association
Logo of NAPA.png
AbbreviationNAPA
Founded2005
TypeTrade association
Location
Membership
20 Organizations
Websitewww.napahq.org

The National APIDA Panhellenic Association (NAPA) is an umbrella council for twenty Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American fraternities and sororities (Greek Letter organizations) in universities in the United States.[1]

History[]

In the summer of 2004, 9 fraternal organizations which served Asian and Pacific Islander students at US schools came together to form what was then called the APIA Greek Alliance (AGA), a partnership with APIA Vote aimed at registering voters in advance of the 2004 United States elections. These nine organizations were alpha Kappa Delta Phi, , Delta Phi Lambda, Lambda Phi Epsilon, Kappa Phi Lambda, , Pi Alpha Phi, Pi Delta Psi, and Sigma Psi Zeta.[2]

The success of this partnership led to additional collaboration. The AGA hosted the first ever leadership summit in the summer of 2005 with support from OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates. By the end of this summit, the fraternities and sororities present formed the North American Greek Council (NAGC) which comprised the following seven organizations: alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Gamma, Delta Phi Lambda, Pi Alpha Phi, Pi Delta Psi, Sigma Beta Rho, and Sigma Psi Zeta.

In 2006, the NAGC formalized its constitution and renamed itself to the National APIA Panhellenic Association or National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association (NAPA) and recognized the following 9 organization as charter members: alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Gamma, Delta Phi Lambda, Delta Kappa Delta, Kappa Phi Lambda, Pi Alpha Phi, Pi Delta Psi, Sigma Beta Rho and Sigma Psi Zeta.[3][4]

In 2017, the member organizations unanimously voted to add Desi to its formal name, a word describing people from the Indian subcontinent or South Asia, and in doing so adopted the acronym APIDA, to explicitly reflect their service of groups with South Asian membership. NAPA remains the preferred abbreviation.[5] The organizations at the time were alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Gamma, Beta Chi Theta , , Delta Epsilon Psi, Delta Phi Lambda, Delta Kappa Delta, Delta Phi Omega, Delta Sigma Iota, Iota Nu Delta, Kappa Phi Gamma, Kappa Phi Lambda, Lambda Phi Epsilon, Pi Alpha Phi, Pi Delta Psi, Sigma Beta Rho, Sigma Psi Zeta, and .

NAPA has worked with peer organizations like NALFO, NMGC, NIC, NPC and NPHC on legislative issues. For example, in 2018 they successfully opposed legislation that would ban Greek life across all colleges and universities in Tennessee.[6]

Membership Requirements[]

APIDA requires that its members (organizations) meet Fraternal Information and Programming Group (FIPG) guidelines in Risk management, hazing, and liability insurance. They decision to do so was made in 2006 with then-current groups allowed two years to meet these requirements.[7]

Member organizations[]

The alphabetical list of NAPA member fraternities and sororities. [8]

Organization Name Greek Letters Chapters Date Founded Place Founded Notes
alpha Kappa Delta Phi International Sorority, Inc. αΚΔΦ 58 February 7, 1990 University of California, Berkeley [9]
Alpha Phi Gamma National Sorority, Inc. ΑΦΓ 16 February 1, 1994 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Alpha Sigma Rho National Sorority, Inc. ΑΣΡ 10 April 2, 1998 University of Georgia
Beta Chi Theta National Fraternity, Inc. ΒΧΘ 29 June 2, 1999 University of California, Los Angeles
National Fraternity, Inc. ΧΣΤ 9 September 9, 1999 University of Illinois at Chicago
Delta Epsilon Psi National Fraternity, Inc. ΔΕΨ 35 October 1, 1998 University of Texas at Austin
Delta Kappa Delta National Sorority, Inc. ΔΚΔ 15 October 1, 1999 Texas A&M University
Delta Phi Lambda National Sorority, Inc. ΔΦΛ 22 December 5, 1998 University of Georgia
Delta Phi Omega National Sorority, Inc. ΔΦΩ 49 December 6, 1998 University of Houston
Delta Sigma Iota National Fraternity, Inc. ΔΣΙ 8 August 15, 2000 Pennsylvania State University
Iota Nu Delta National Fraternity, Inc. ΙΝΔ 30 February 7, 1994 Binghamton University
Kappa Phi Gamma National Sorority, Inc. ΚΦΓ 19 November 8, 1998 University of Texas at Austin
Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. ΚΦΛ 37 March 9, 1995 Binghamton University
National Fraternity, Inc. ΚΠΒ 5 March 16, 2000 Northern Illinois University
Lambda Phi Epsilon International Fraternity, Inc. ΛΦΕ 70 February 25, 1981 University of California, Los Angeles
Pi Alpha Phi National Fraternity, Inc. ΠΑΦ 28 February 1, 1929 University of California, Berkeley
Pi Delta Psi National Fraternity, Inc. ΠΔΨ 31 February 20, 1994 Binghamton University
Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, Inc. ΣΒΡ 57 August 16, 1996 University of Pennsylvania
Sigma Psi Zeta National Sorority, Inc. ΣΨΖ 39 March 23, 1994 University at Albany
Sorority, Inc. ΣΣΡ 26 December 10, 1998 St. John's University

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ National APIDA Panhellenic Association Archives – Student Life and Culture Archives – U of I Library, accessed 12 Jun 2021.
  2. ^ Brian Gee; Hannah Seoh (2020). Pietro A. Sasso; J. Patrick Biddix; Mónica Lee Miranda (eds.). Supporting Fraternities and Sororities in the Contemporary Era: Advancements in Practice. Myers Education Press. pp. 225–232. ISBN 978-1-975502-70-6.
  3. ^ Sasso, P. A.; Miranda, M. L. (2019). Foundations, Research, and Assessment of Fraternities and Sororities: Retrospective and Future Considerations (1 ed.). Stylus Publishing, LLC. pp. Section: History of Asian American GreekLetter Organizations. ISBN 9781975502669. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ Founding and organizational information from the NAPA website, accessed 12 Jun 2021.
  5. ^ Noted in a 2016 press release, accessed 12 Jun 2012.
  6. ^ Jones, LaMont (August 24, 2018). "New Semester, Old Challenges for Fraternities, Sororities". Diverse Issues in Higher Education. CMA. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. ^ Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors - Essentials E-Magazine September 2019
  8. ^ From the NAPA website, list of organizations, accessed 12 Jun 2021.
  9. ^ alpha Kappa Delta Phi prefers that the leading "alpha" in their name not be capitalized.
  10. ^ Taylor, Z.W.; McArdle, Arianne (6 Aug 2019). "Tweeting in Greek: How National Fraternities and Sororities Use Twitter". ORACLE: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors. SSRN. 13 (2): 1–17. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  11. ^ Garcia, C. E.; Duran, A. (2021). "Regulating sexualities through gender-based rhetoric: Examining the nuanced realities of queer women of color in culturally based sororities". Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. American Psychological Association (APA). doi:10.1037/dhe0000312.
  12. ^ Badruddin, B. (2017). "Lions, Tigers, and South Asian Greeks: Oh, My! The Opportunity for More Research!". Texas Education Review. 5 (2). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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