Omega Phi Beta
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Omega Phi Beta Sorority (Ω Φ Β), Incorporated was founded on March 15th, 1989 at the State University of New York at Albany, New York. It was founded by seventeen dedicated women of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
The organization’s goal as its motto—“serving and educating through our diversity”—implies, is to help to create an outlet for all women through its emphasis on multiculturalism. The organization also prides itself on it dedication to both community service and sisterhood. A distinguishing feature of the sorority is that while it is Latina-oriented, it is not Latina-based, further emphasizing its dedication to diversity.
The sorority has twenty-one undergraduate chapters, which are predominately in the East Coast. It is important to highlight, however, the organization’s expansion into both the Midwest and California in the recent years. There are also five undergraduate colonies, three Alumnae chapters, and two Alumnae colonies.
While it is a relatively young organization, it has helped to raise over ten thousand dollars in AIDS research, created youth mentoring groups such as S.O.U.L, or Steppin’ Off to Unite Latinas, created various scholarships, and recently made history on January 1, 2007 as the first Latina sorority to win Step Correct, a traditionally NPHC competition.
