Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/
Sorority, Inc.
Established April 16, 1988 at Cornell
University
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Established October 31, 1998 Duke University University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
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The Kappa Chapter of Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad, Lambda Pi
Chi Sorority, Inc. was founded on October 31, 1998 by five strong, determined
women: Lisbert Avila, Paola Gómez, Joia Pardo, Annette Rodríguez, and Solimar
Santos. Early on in their experiences as undergraduate students, the Kappa
Chapter Hermanas realized that no organization on campus satisfied their
needs for unity among women, pride in the Latino culture, and involvement in
the community. They felt that there was a need for a quality Latina sorority
at Duke University, one that would enrich the campus by promoting these
ideals. Greatly impressed by the
professionalism, unity, and genuine commitment to community service and to
the sorority demonstrated by Hermanas they encountered, these women felt that
a Chapter of Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/ Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc.
would serve the needs of Latinas at Duke University and its surrounding
community. It is with pride that Las Hermanas of Kappa Chapter strive
to offer programming to the larger community in the name of our beautiful
Hermandad, hoping that many strong and dedicated women will continue to build
on the foundation that they have established for years to come. The following year, during
the summer of 1999, Olivia Rivera, Hermana Wahixane, of the Fall 1998 Pledge
Class of Theta Chapter, worked with administration and students at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to establish the Sorority
there. After months of hard work, determination and obstacles, Olivia
Rivera and another student, Dawn Anderson, obtained official recognition for
Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. at UNC-CH. On
October 30, 1999, one day before the first anniversary of Kappa's founding at
Duke University, La Hermandad officially reached the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill with the crossing of the Fall 1999 Pledge Class of
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