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National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations

Facts
Established	1998
Members	16
Continent	North America
Country	United States
Organization type	Trade association

The National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) is an umbrella council for 16 Latino Greek Letter Organizations 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.

History

Established in 1998, the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations, set out to become the uniting force for Latin-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 in an effort to come together. As a result, two different umbrella organizations evolved, the ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas, which primarily consisted of fraternities and sororities on the east coast, and NALFO which primarily consisted of fraternities and sororities that originated on the midwest/west coast. In the winter of 2001 the two groups merged under the NALFO name and made history in developing one umbrella organization for all Latin-based fraternities and sororities.

Member organizations

Organization Name	Type	Founding Date	University	Active Collegiate Groups	Initiates	Alumni Associations	Joined NALFO
Alpha Pi Sigma	Sorority	March 10, 1990	San Diego State University	16			October 2001
Alpha Psi Lambda^[1]	Co-ed Fraternity	February 11, 1985	The Ohio State University	46	3600+		1998
Chi Upsilon Sigma	Sorority	April 29, 1980	Rutgers University	73		9	October 2000
Gamma Phi Omega	Sorority	April 17, 1991	Indiana University	22		4	1998
Gamma Zeta Alpha^[1]	Fraternity	December 3, 1987	Chico State	22			1998
Kappa Delta Chi	Sorority	April 6, 1987	Texas Tech University	74	4000+	25	January 2001
Lambda Alpha Upsilon^[1]	Fraternity	December 10, 1985	SUNY Buffalo	20		6	1998
Lambda Pi Chi	Sorority	April 16, 1988	Cornell University	29		11	April 2000
Lambda Pi Upsilon	Sorority	November 6, 1992	SUNY Geneseo	19		8	April 2000
Lambda Sigma Upsilon^[2]	Fraternity	April 5, 1979	Rutgers University	70		6	October 2003
Lambda Theta Nu^[1]	Sorority	March 11, 1986	Chico State	44			1998
Lambda Upsilon Lambda	Fraternity	February 19, 1982	Cornell University	71		14	September 1999
Omega Phi Beta^[1]	Sorority	March 15, 1989	SUNY Albany	54		14	1998
Phi Iota Alpha^[2]	Fraternity	December 26, 1931	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	82			October 2003
Sigma Iota Alpha	Sorority	September 29, 1990	SUNY Albany, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY New Paltz, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	44			January 2001
Sigma Lambda Upsilon^[1]	Sorority	December 1, 1987	SUNY Binghamton	43		18	1998

Former Member organizations

Some other organizations have at one time been affiliated with NALFO.

Organization	Type	Membership Start	Membership End	Reason for Membership End
Alpha Rho Lambda^[1]	Sorority	1998	October 2006	Removed due to non-participation & insurance requirements.^[3]
Beta Lambda Delta^[4]	Fraternity	September 1999	October 2004	Removed due to defunct status.^[3]
Gamma Alpha Omega	Sorority	October 2000	2016	Reasons unknown.
Lambda Theta Alpha	Sorority	January 2001	Winter 2014	Reasons unknown.
Lambda Theta Phi^[2]	Fraternity	October 2003	Winter 2014	NALFO's increasing regulatory nature (i.e. Hazing, GPA requirement, and Membership criteria, etc.).
Nu Alpha Kappa^[1]^[2]	Fraternity	1998	December 2008	None given.^[5]
Omega Delta Phi^[1]^[2]^[6]	Fraternity	1998, June 2001	June 2000, December 2008	None given.^[5]
Sigma Delta Alpha^[4]	Fraternity	April 2005	May 2006	Removed due to non-participation & insurance requirement.^[3]
Sigma Lambda Alpha	Sorority	December 2011	December 2015	Reasons unknown.
Sigma Lambda Beta^[2]	Fraternity	October 2003	March 2010	Left due to NALFO's increasing regulatory nature (i.e. Intake, GPA and Membership criteria, etc.) and SLB's increasing multicultural membership.^[7]^[8]
Sigma Lambda Gamma	Sorority	January 2001	May 2010	Left due to a desire for autonomy and due to SLG's increasing multicultural membership.^[9]
Sigma Lambda Sigma	Sorority	September 1999	October 2004	Removed due to defunct status.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Founding Member of NALFO.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Member of the North American Interfraternity Conference.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "NALFO National Website – Documents". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
^ ^a ^b Associate member of NALFO.
^ ^a ^b "NALFO membership update" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-21.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ODPhi withdrew from NALFO in June 2000 in order to join the Latino Fraternal Council. When LFC disappeared on June 2001, ODPhi rejoined NALFO. However, 7 years later, ODPhi decided to once again end its membership.
^ "SLB's NALFO membership status". Retrieved 2011-02-21.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Sigma Lambda Beta President Sam Centallas explains leaving NALFO". Retrieved 2010-03-06.
^ "SLG's NALFO membership status". Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2011-02-21.

External links

NALFO Website

[Founding-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Founding Member of NALFO.

[NIC-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Member of the North American Interfraternity Conference.

[Documents-3] "NALFO National Website – Documents". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-02-02.

[Associate-4] Associate member of NALFO.

[update-5] "NALFO membership update" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-21.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] ODPhi withdrew from NALFO in June 2000 in order to join the Latino Fraternal Council. When LFC disappeared on June 2001, ODPhi rejoined NALFO. However, 7 years later, ODPhi decided to once again end its membership.

[7] "SLB's NALFO membership status". Retrieved 2011-02-21.^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] "Sigma Lambda Beta President Sam Centallas explains leaving NALFO". Retrieved 2010-03-06.

[9] "SLG's NALFO membership status". Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2011-02-21.

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 |Alpha Pi Sigma || [[Sorority]] || {{dts|1990-03-10}} || [[San Diego State University]] || 16 ||  ||  || {{dts|October 2001}}
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-|[[Alpha Psi Lambda]]<ref name="Founding">Founding Member of NALFO.</ref> || Co-ed [[Fraternity]] || {{dts|1985-02-11}} || [[Ohio State University|The Ohio State University]] ||  44 || 3600+ || || {{dts|1998}}
+|[[Alpha Psi Lambda]]<ref name="Founding">Founding Member of NALFO.</ref> || Co-ed [[Fraternity]] || {{dts|1985-02-11}} || [[Ohio State University|The Ohio State University]] ||  46 || 3600+ || || {{dts|1998}}
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 |[[Chi Upsilon Sigma]] || [[Sorority]] || {{dts|1980-04-29}} || [[Rutgers–New Brunswick|Rutgers University]] || 73 || ||9|| {{dts|October 2000}}

v t e National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations
Currently active members of NALFO	Alpha Pi Sigma Alpha Psi Lambda Chi Upsilon Sigma Gamma Phi Omega Gamma Zeta Alpha Kappa Delta Chi Lambda Alpha Upsilon Lambda Pi Chi Lambda Pi Upsilon Lambda Sigma Upsilon Lambda Theta Nu Lambda Upsilon Lambda Omega Phi Beta Phi Iota Alpha Sigma Iota Alpha Sigma Lambda Upsilon Sigma Omega Nu
Former members of NALFO	Alpha Rho Lambda Beta Lambda Delta Gamma Alpha Omega Lambda Theta Alpha Lambda Theta Phi Nu Alpha Kappa Omega Delta Phi Sigma Delta Alpha Sigma Lambda Alpha Sigma Lambda Beta Sigma Lambda Gamma Sigma Lambda Sigma