- Chi Alpha Delta
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Chi Alpha Delta ΧΑΔCrest coming soon Founded April 5, 1929
University of California, Los AngelesType Social Colors Green and Lavender Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States Homepage Chi Alpha Delta Chi Alpha Delta ΧΑΔ (also XAD or Chis) is the oldest Asian-American cultural interest sorority in the United States founded and chartered at UCLA. The sorority focuses to bring together girls of all different descents together into a close-knit bond of sisterhood to last a lifetime.
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History
Chi Alpha Delta was founded in 1928 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) by Helen Tomio Mizuhara and Alyce Asahi.[1] The sorority originally had 14 Japanese-American students.[2] On April 5, 1929, the sorority was officially recognized by UCLA.[3] In 2002, the sorority had 65 members, of which less than 10% are Japanese.[2]
The sorority was founded due to racism and segregation.[3] The 14 Japanese-American students were rejected from a Panhellenic Greek sorority, so they decided to form one for the Japanese and those of other Asian descents.[2] These women created this sorority because they thought that they "needed a same-sex, same-race organization in order to feel at home in the university."[3]
In the 1940s, during the yearly Faculty Tea, members wore kimonos and used Japanese styles to fix up their hair. During the 1940s, members were primarily second-generation Japanese Americans who conversed in English.[4]
Members of the sorority celebrate their Asian-American identity through food and fashion. They cook foods from different countries and host fashion shows to recruit new members.[5]
In the news
You Heard it First - 1998 Daily Bruin
Greek System Seeks Members - 1998 Daily Bruin
Founding Sisters - 2001 Daily Bruin
Fashionable fundraiser fosters cancer research - 2001 Daily Bruin
Nurturing UCLA Women's Asian Roots and U.S. Lives - LA Times
A Greek Odyssey - 2003 Daily Bruin
Greek life’s fall recruitment to start Zero Week - 2007 Daily BruinNotes
- ^ Lim, p. 13
- ^ a b c Chan, K. Konnie (2002-01-23). "Nurturing UCLA Women's Asian Roots and U.S. Lives". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/23/local/me-chi23. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ a b c Lim, p. 14
- ^ Lim, p.11
- ^ Lee, p.106
References
- Lee, Jennifer; Zhou, Min (2004). Asian American youth: culture, identity, and ethnicity. New York: Routledge. p. 106. ISBN 0415946689. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZfSW8b-f6DsC. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- Lim, Shirley Jennifer (2006). A Feeling of Belonging: Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960. New York: New York University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0814751938. http://books.google.com/books?id=KjLMck69-z8C. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
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