| National APIA Panhellenic Association | |
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| Data | |
| Established | 2006 |
| Members | 11 |
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Organization type | Coalition of Members |
The National APIA Panhellenic Association (or NAPA, formerly known as the National Asian Greek Council) is an association of collegiate fraternities and sororities that was formally organized in 2006, although it began in 2005.
The founding organizations officially chartered the National APIA Panhellenic Association on August 12, 2006. The purpose of the association is to create an umbrella organization that can unite Asian Fraternities and Sororities onto common causes and facilitate communication between the various organizations.
NAPA Charter Members
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Jeanette Moy of Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority and Janelle Hu, former Executive Director of APIA Vote, met while being guest speakers for the Chinese American Intercollegiate Conference in the spring of 2004. Realizing that the Asian Greek community can be a great asset in encouraging APIA youth to vote, a campaign was started between 12 organizations with this purpose. As the various Fraternities and Sororities collaborated, they realized an umbrella organization should be created to encourage future projects. Following the success of the APIA Vote campaign (8,000 people were registered to vote), this coalition redirected its energy towards the Asian Tsunami campaign, with one organization raising over $1,600 in just one event.[1]
The various charter Asian Greek organizations were invited to attend the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) National Convention to meet more APIA youth leaders and learn skills to improve their respective campuses. At the convention, representatives decided to name their coalition the National Asian Greek Council to promote a united national front. Alice Siu of Sigma Psi Zeta was appointed the first chair of the National Asian Greek Council. Melissa Montenegro of Delta Phi Lambda and Akash Kuruvilla of Sigma Beta Rho developed the current constitution.
The National Asian Greek Council gained much public notice by being noted as a Silver Sponsor and featured in the brochure of the East Coast Asian American Student Union conference.
As more restructuring was taking place, the name was further changed to National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association (NAPA) to represent a coalition governance in place of a council.[2]
Note: Positions on the Executive Board not listed here includes the Board of Presidents and the Advisory Board.[3]
The members of the National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association are shown below in alphabetical order.
| Official Members | Date/Place Founded | Year Joined |
Active Chapters |
Charters Granted |
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| alpha Kappa Delta Phi | February 7, 1990 University of California, Berkeley |
2006 | 42 | 48 |
| Alpha Phi Gamma | February 1, 1994 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
2006 | 10 | 10 |
| Delta Kappa Delta | October 1, 1999 Texas A&M University |
2006 | 7 | 7 |
| Delta Phi Lambda | December 5, 1998 University of Georgia |
2006 | 12 | 4 |
| Kappa Phi Lambda | March 9, 1995 Binghamton University |
2006 | 28 | 29 |
| Lambda Phi Epsilon | February 25, 1981 University of California, Los Angeles |
2010 | 38 | 49 |
| Pi Alpha Phi | February 1, 1929 University of California at Berkeley |
2006 | 12 | 14 |
| Pi Delta Psi | February 20, 1994 Binghamton University |
2006 | 27 | 28 |
| Sigma Beta Rho | August 16, 1996 University of Pennsylvania |
2006 | 34 | 41 |
| Sigma Omicron Pi | January 1, 1930 San Francisco State University |
2006 | 12 | 13 |
| Sigma Psi Zeta | March 23, 1994 University at Albany, SUNY |
2006 | 19 | 23 |
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