VALUES, Symbols and Traditions
Mission Statement
To promote leadership, multiculturalism and self-improvement through academic excellence, involvement in and service to the campus and community, as well as being living examples of sisterhood across different races, cultures, religions, backgrounds and lifestyles.
Objectives
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To incorporate separate cultures into one life.
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To build self-esteem through sisterhood.
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To participate in service activities, especially those concerning diversity in the community.
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To encourage academic excellence and overall self-improvement.
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To promote unity among Greek organizations.
Tenets
What Multiculturalism Means To Us
While part of the Founders’ vision was to create a sisterhood that physically transcended societal boundaries such as race, religion, culture and class, their primary goal was to bring together women who believe in the ideal of multiculturalism and want to promote multiculturalism in their everyday lives.
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While all Greek organizations are and continue to grow more diverse, our Sorority explicitly seeks members with multicultural ideals and interests; we seek to use our Sorority as a vehicle to educate the surrounding campus and community on issues of diversity. We recognize that diversity is not limited to race, and we are proud to have achieved a sisterhood that is not only diverse with respect to race, but ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, and political ideology as well.
Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood, Leadership, Multiculturalism
Motto
Sisters of diversity, together as ONE!
Official Colors
Lavender, Carolina Blue and Black
Symbol
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Flower
Sterling Silver Rose
Theta Woman Poem
Loyal to the cocoon
From where she comes
The Theta Woman rises out of a lavender dawn
To proudly bridge the gaps in her world
With her butterfly wings
With honesty and courage
She lives and loves without conditions
Surrendering to her beauty and power
She gives and receives freely
Remembering her vision, her purpose, her heart
Creator of her own definition
She inspires those around her
To be proud and selfless
To give unselfishly over and over again
Loving herself as she loves others
The butterfly transcends
Taking others with her in her flight
-- Soror Ayodele Carroo, Alpha Chapter, Spring 1998
