List of Latino fraternities and sororities

Latino Greek-letter organizations, in the North American student fraternity and sorority system, refer to general or social organizations oriented to students having a special interest in Latino culture and identity. The first known Latino fraternal organization was Alpha Zeta fraternity, established in 1889 at Cornell University.

In 1898, a group of Latin American students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute organized the Union Hispano Americana (UHA) as a cultural and intellectual secret society based on the ideology of Pan-Americanism. The UHA eventually became Phi Iota Alpha.

The current rise in Latino Greek organizations began in 1975 and is known as the Latino Greek Movement. This movement called for the equality of Latino people in America, and many Greek letter organizations were developed to create solidarity and political empowerment for the Latino community.

In New Jersey on December 1, 1975, Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Kean University in Union Township, New Jersey. With the fraternity's second chapter at Rutgers University–New Brunswick in the fall of 1978, Lambda Theta Phi was well on its way to growing the Latino Greek movement. Shortly afterward, a Latina sorority was established at Kean University; Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. became the first Latina Greek-lettered organization in the country. These two Greek-lettered organizations empowered the Latino Greek Movement's infancy days and gave the Latino community a voice on campus and in the United States.

On the campus of Rutgers University–Livingston campus, Latino Siempre Unidos or Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity, Inc. formed on April 5, 1979. Corazones Unidos Siempre or Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc. formed at Rutgers University–New Brunswick on April 29, 1980. In 1982, Lambda Upsilon Lambda became the first Latino-based fraternity to be chartered at an Ivy League institution.

There are currently more than 45 Latin-oriented fraternities and sororities, seventeen of which are members of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO), an umbrella council of Latino Greek-letter organizations. Six Latino fraternities are affiliated with the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). Five Puerto Rican fraternities and two sororities compose the Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico (CIPR, Puerto Rican Interfraternity Council). The fraternities are also members of the Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida (CIPFI, Puerto Rican Interfraternity Council in Florida).

Sororities Organization SymbolsFounding dateFounding locationAffiliationStatusReferencesAlpha Beta SigmaState University of New York at BuffaloIndependentInactiveAlpha Pi Sigma San Diego State University NALFO ActiveAlpha Sigma OmegaSyracuse UniversityIndependentActiveChi Upsilon Sigma Rutgers University NALFO ActiveDelta Phi MuPurdue UniversityIndependentActiveDelta Tau LambdaUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborIndependentActiveEta Gamma DeltaUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras CampusCIPRActiveGamma Alpha OmegaArizona State UniversityIndependentActiveGamma Phi Omega Indiana UniversityNALFOActiveKappa Delta Chi Texas Tech UniversityNALFOActiveLambda Phi DeltaSUNY BuffaloIndependentInactiveLambda Pi Chi Cornell UniversityNALFOActiveLambda Pi Upsilon SUNY GeneseoNALFO ActiveLambda Theta AlphaKean CollegeIndependentActiveLambda Theta Nu California State University, ChicoNALFO ActiveMalika Kambe UmfaziMKUSUNY BuffaloIndependentActiveMu Alpha PhiUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras CampusCIPRActiveMu Iota UpsilonState University of New York at DelhiIndependentActiveOmega Phi Beta SUNY AlbanyNALFOActiveOmega Pi LambdaUniversity of Wisconsin–WhitewaterIndependentActivePhi Beta Mex1933College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas (now University of Texas at El Paso)IndependentInactivePhi Chi DeltaLouisiana State UniversityIndependentInactivePhi Delta Psi EtaPennsylvania State University - University ParkIndependentInactivePhi Lambda RhoCalifornia State University, StanislausIndependentActivePi Lambda ChiUniversity of Colorado at BoulderIndependentActiveQuetzalQZSonoma State UniversityIndependentInactiveSigma Alpha ChiMissouri State UniversityIndependentInactiveSigma DeltaRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteIndependentInactiveSigma Delta LambdaTexas State University–San MarcosIndependentActiveSigma Iota Alpha NALFO ActiveSigma Lambda AlphaTexas Woman's UniversityIndependentActiveSigma Lambda Upsilon Binghamton University NALFO ActiveSigma Omega Nu NALFO ActiveSigma Pi AlphaUniversity of California, BerkeleyIndependentActive

Fraternities Organization SymbolsFounding dateFounding locationAffiliationStatusReferencesAlpha Beta ChiUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras CampusCIPR, CIPFI ActiveAlpha ZetaCornell UniversityIndependentInactiveDelta Pi RhoPurdue UniversityIndependentActiveGamma Iota OmicronWashington State UniversityIndependentActiveGamma Zeta AlphaCalifornia State University, ChicoNALFOActiveLa Hermandad de o eMe TeOMTWashington State UniversityIndependentActiveLambda Alpha UpsilonSUNY BuffaloNALFOActiveLambda Kappa KappaTexas Wesleyan UniversityIndependentInactiveLambda Sigma Alpha1926University of ArizonaIndependentInactiveRutgers University - New BrunswickNALFO, NICActiveLambda Theta Phi (Chapters) Kean CollegeNICActiveCornell UniversityNALFO ActiveL.I.U.N. (Phi Chi Delta)Louisiana State UniversityIndependentInactiveNu Alpha Kappa NIC ActiveNu Sigma BetaUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras CampusCIPR, CIPFIActiveOmega Delta Phi (Chapters) Texas Tech University NIC ActivePhi Delta GammaUniversity of Puerto Rico at MayagüezCIPR, CIPFIActivePhi Eta MuUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras CampusCIPR, CIPFIActivePhi Iota Alpha (Chapters) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NALFO, NIC ActivePhi Lambda AlphaUniversity of California, BerkeleyIndependentInactivePhi Sigma Alpha University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras CampusCIPR, CIPFIActivePi Delta PhiMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyIndependentInactivePsi Alpha KappaLehigh UniversityIndependentInactiveSigma Delta AlphaSan Jose State UniversityIndependentActiveSigma Delta Alpha (PR)University of Puerto RicoIndependentInactiveSigma IotaLouisiana State UniversityIndependentInactiveSigma Iota Alpha (fraternity) Louisiana State UniversityIndependentInactiveSigma Lambda Beta (Chapters)University of IowaNIC ActiveSigma Phi RhoWagner CollegeIndependentActiveXi Theta PsiUtica University IndependentActive

Coed organizations OrganizationSymbolsFounding dateFounding locationAffiliationStatusReferencesAlpha Psi LambdaOhio State UniversityNALFO ActiveDelta Sigma ChiCalifornia State University, Long BeachIndependentActive

See also College fraternities and sororities Cultural interest fraternities and sororities List of fraternities and sororities in Puerto Rico List of social fraternities List of social sororities and women's fraternities Racism in Greek life

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