National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations

(Redirected from NALFO) American umbrella organization for Latino organizations

National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations
NALFO

Founded	1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Type	Trade association
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Active
Emphasis	Latino fraternities and sororities
Scope	National
Members	17 organizations active
Headquarters	462B Lime Rock Road Lakeville, Connecticut United States
Website	nalfo.org

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The National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) is an umbrella council for seventeen American Latino fraternties and sororities. It was 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.

In 2001, it merged with the ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas. It includes seventeen organizations. NALFO's headquarters is located in Lakeville, Connecticut.

History

Established in 1998, the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations set out to become the uniting force for Latino-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 to come together.

NALFO primarily consisted of fraternities and sororities that originated in the Midwest and on the West Coast of the United States. A second umbrella organization, the ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas was founded by Phi Iota Alpha and Omega Phi Beta and primarily consisted of Hispanic and Latina-based fraternities and sororities on the East Coast.

In the winter of 2001, the NALFO and ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas merged under the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations name, establishing one umbrella organization for all Latino-based fraternities and sororities in the United States.

The organization's headquarters is located at 462B Lime Rock Road in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Affiliate organizations

Following is a list of the active affiliate member organizations of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations.

Name	Date joined NALFO	Type	Active chapters	Alumni chapters
Alpha Pi Sigma	October 2001	Sorority	16
Alpha Psi Lambda	1998	Co-ed Fraternity	50	7
Chi Upsilon Sigma	October 2000	Sorority	73	9
Gamma Phi Omega	1998	Sorority	27	5
Gamma Zeta Alpha	1998	Fraternity	22
Kappa Delta Chi	January 2001	Sorority	74	25
Lambda Alpha Upsilon	1998	Fraternity	20	6
Lambda Pi Chi	April 2000	Sorority	29	11
Lambda Pi Upsilon	April 2000	Sorority	19	8
Lambda Sigma Upsilon	October 2003	Fraternity	80	6
Lambda Theta Nu	1998	Sorority	44
Lambda Upsilon Lambda	September 1999	Fraternity	78	15
Omega Phi Beta	1998	Sorority	54	14
Phi Iota Alpha	October 2003	Fraternity	82
Sigma Iota Alpha	January 2001	Sorority	44
Sigma Lambda Upsilon	1998	Sorority	46	18
Sigma Omega Nu	October 2021	Sorority	16

Former affiliates

The following fraternities and sororities were previously affiliate members of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations

Name	NALFO membership range	Type	Reason for leaving NALFO
Alpha Rho Lambda	1998–October 2006	Sorority	Removed due to non-participation and insurance requirements
Beta Lambda Delta	September 1999–October 2004	Fraternity	Removed due to defunct status
Gamma Alpha Omega	October 2000–2016	Sorority	Reasons unknown
Lambda Theta Alpha	January 2001–winter 2014	Sorority	Reasons unknown
Lambda Theta Phi	October 2003–winter 2014	Fraternity	NALFO's increasing regulatory nature (i.e. Hazing, GPA requirement, and membership criteria)
Nu Alpha Kappa	1998–December 2008	Fraternity	None given
Omega Delta Phi	1998–June 2000, June 2001–December 2008	Fraternity	Withdrew to join the Latino Fraternal Council. When LFC went defunct, ODPhi rejoined NALFO. However, it ended its membership 7 years later.
Sigma Delta Alpha	April 2005–May 2006	Fraternity	Removed due to non-participation and insurance requirement
Sigma Lambda Alpha	December 2011–December 2015	Sorority	Reasons unknown
Sigma Lambda Beta	October 2003–March 2010	Fraternity	Left due to NALFO's increasing regulatory nature due to SLB's increasing multicultural membership
Sigma Lambda Gamma	January 2001–May 2010	Sorority	Left due to a desire for autonomy and due to SLG's increasing multicultural membership
Sigma Lambda Sigma	September 1999–October 2004	Sorority	Removed due to defunct status

Notes

^ Founding Member of NALFO
^ Member of the North American Interfraternity Conference.
^ Associate member of NALFO.

References

Muñoz, Susana (January 2009). "Nuestra Historia y Futuro (Our History and Future): Latino/A Fraternities and Sororities". Brothers and Sisters: Diversity In...
"New Member of NALFO 2021". Retrieved May 7, 2023.
"Alpha Rho Lambda Sorority, Inc. - Boston - Beta Chapter". www.oocities.org. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
^ "NALFO National Website – Documents". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
"NALFO membership update" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-21.
"SLB's NALFO membership status". Retrieved 2011-02-21.
"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

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

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