National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations

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National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations
Facts
Established	1998
Members	23
Continent	North America
Country	United States
Organization type	Trade association

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The National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) is an umbrella council for 23 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.

[edit] History

Established in 1998, NALFO, 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 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

The merger didn’t come without concerns, however. Four fraternities, who had previously been members of the ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas, held back, maintaining membership in the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) and did not join with the others under the NALFO name. For several years Lambda Theta Phi, Lambda Sigma Upsilon, Phi Iota Alpha, and Sigma Lambda Beta did not seek membership in NALFO. During this time they were the only four Latino members of the NIC and therefore became the Latino Fraternal Caucus (LFC) within the NIC. As NALFO began to build its identity and legitimize itself as an umbrella organization for Latino fraternities and sororities, the LFC chapters began to give consideration to membership. In October of 2003, the four LFC member chapters joined NALFO.

[edit] Member services

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[edit] Member organizations

[edit] See also

• National Multicultural Greek Council
• National Pan-Hellenic Council
• National Panhellenic Conference
• North-American Interfraternity Conference
• Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida

[edit] External links

• NALFO Website
• History of NALFO