National APIDA Panhellenic Association

{{Infobox fraternity

| name = National APIDA Panhellenic Association

| letters = NAPA

| crest = Logo_of_NAPA.png

| founded = {{date and age|2005}}

| type = Umbrella

| affiliation = Independent

| emphasis = Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi-American fraternities and sororities

| scope = National

| slogan = "The gold standard for APIDA fraternities and sororities"

| members = 20 organizations

| address = 9703 Camino Real

| city = Frisco

| state = Texas

| country = United States

| website = {{url|https://www.napahq.org/}}

| status = Active

}}

The National APIDA Panhellenic Association (NAPA) is an umbrella council for twenty Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American fraternities and sororities (Greek Letter organizations) in universities in the United States.[https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/collections/national-fraternity-collections/napa/ National APIDA Panhellenic Association Archives – Student Life and Culture Archives – U of I Library], accessed 12 Jun 2021.

History

In the summer of 2004, nine fraternal organizations that served Asian and Pacific Islander students at US schools came together to form what was then called the APIA Greek Alliance (AGA), a partnership with APIA Vote aimed at registering voters in advance of the 2004 United States elections. These nine organizations were alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Iota Omicron, Delta Phi Lambda, Lambda Phi Epsilon, Kappa Phi Lambda, Nu Alpha Phi, Pi Alpha Phi, Pi Delta Psi, and Sigma Psi Zeta.{{cite book|editor1=Pietro A. Sasso|editor2=J. Patrick Biddix|editor3=Mónica Lee Miranda|title=Supporting Fraternities and Sororities in the Contemporary Era: Advancements in Practice|pages=225–232|author1=Brian Gee|author2=Hannah Seoh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OF7HDwAAQBAJ|date=2020|publisher=Myers Education Press|isbn=978-1-975502-70-6}}

The success of this partnership led to additional collaboration. The AGA hosted the first-ever leadership summit in the summer of 2005 with support from OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates. By the end of this summit, the fraternities and sororities present formed the North American Greek Council (NAGC) which comprised seven organizations: alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Gamma, Delta Phi Lambda, Pi Alpha Phi, Pi Delta Psi, Sigma Beta Rho, and Sigma Psi Zeta.

In 2006, the NAGC formalized its constitution and renamed itself to the National APIA Panhellenic Association or the National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association (NAPA) and recognized the following nine organizations as charter members:{{cite book |author1=Sasso, P. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjDEDwAAQBAJ |title=Foundations, Research, and Assessment of Fraternities and Sororities: Retrospective and Future Considerations |author2=Miranda, M. L. |date=2019 |publisher=Stylus Publishing, LLC |isbn=9781975502669 |edition=1 |pages=Section: History of Asian American GreekLetter Organizations |access-date=12 June 2021}}Founding and organizational information from the [http://napahq.org NAPA website], accessed 12 Jun 2021.

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alpha Kappa Delta Phi
Alpha Phi Gamma
Delta Phi Lambda
Delta Kappa Delta
Kappa Phi Lambda
Pi Alpha Phi
Pi Delta Psi
Sigma Beta Rho
Sigma Psi Zeta

}}

In 2017, the member organizations unanimously voted to add Desi to its formal name, a word describing people from the Indian subcontinent or South Asia, and in doing so adopted the acronym APIDA, to explicitly reflect their service of groups with South Asian membership. NAPA remains the preferred abbreviation.Noted in a [https://www.napahq.org/napa-name-change-affirms-commitment-desi-community/ 2016 press release], accessed 12 Jun 2012. The organizations at the time were:

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alpha Kappa Delta Phi
Alpha Phi Gamma
Beta Chi Theta
Chi Sigma Tau
Delta Epsilon Psi
Delta Phi Lambda
Delta Kappa Delta
Delta Phi Omega
Delta Sigma Iota
Iota Nu Delta
Kappa Phi Gamma
Kappa Phi Lambda
Lambda Phi Epsilon
Pi Alpha Phi
Pi Delta Psi
Sigma Beta Rho
Sigma Psi Zeta
Sigma Sigma Rho.

}}

Pi Alpha Phi's membership was withdrawn in October 2023 when the fraternity closed its collegiate chapters.{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Suhani |date=2023-10-15 |title=NAPA Announces Departure of Pi Alpha Phi Fraternity, Inc. |url=https://www.napahq.org/departure-pi-alpha-phi/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=National APIDA Panhellenic Association |language=en-US}}

NAPA has worked with peer organizations like NALFO, NMGC, NIC, NPC and NPHC on legislative issues. For example, in 2018 they successfully opposed legislation that would ban Greek life across all colleges and universities in Tennessee.{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=LaMont |title=New Semester, Old Challenges for Fraternities, Sororities |url=https://diverseeducation.com/article/124158/ |website=Diverse Issues in Higher Education |publisher=CMA |access-date=12 June 2021 |date=August 24, 2018}}

Membership Requirements

APIDA requires that its members (organizations) meet Fraternal Information and Programming Group (FIPG) guidelines in Risk management, hazing, and liability insurance. The decision to do so was made in 2006 with then-current groups allowed two years to meet these requirements.[https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.afa1976.org/resource/collection/A603079D-4664-434C-B637-215E424237A6/SeohGee_September2019.pdf Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors - Essentials E-Magazine September 2019]

Member organizations

The alphabetical list of NAPA member fraternities and sororities.From the [https://www.napahq.org/about/#organizations NAPA website, list of organizations], accessed 12 Jun 2021.{{cite web|editor1=William Raimond Baird |editor2=Carroll Lurding |title=Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive), main page. Most NAPA fraternities and sororities are listed; send in a correction with the appropriate details if not. |url=https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/welcome/fraternity-sorority-almanac/ |website=Student Life and Culture Archives |publisher=University of Illinois Archives |access-date=31 December 2021 |location=University of Illinois |language=English}}.

Organization	Symbols !Type	Date founded	Founding location	Chapters	Reference
class="wikitable sortable"
alpha Kappa Delta Phi	{{lang\|grc\|αΚΔΦ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|February 7, 1990}}	University of California, Berkeley	63	alpha Kappa Delta Phi prefers that the leading "alpha" in their name not be capitalized.
Alpha Phi Gamma	{{lang\|grc\|ΑΦΓ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|February 1, 1994}}	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	16
Alpha Sigma Rho	{{lang\|grc\|ΑΣΡ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|April 2, 1998}}	University of Georgia	10
Chi Sigma Tau	{{lang\|grc\|ΧΣΤ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|September 9, 1999}}	University of Illinois at Chicago	9
Delta Epsilon Psi	{{lang\|grc\|ΔΕΨ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|October 1, 1998}}	University of Texas at Austin	35
Delta Kappa Delta	{{lang\|grc\|ΔΚΔ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|October 1, 1999}}	Texas A&M University	15
Delta Phi Lambda	{{lang\|grc\|ΔΦΛ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|December 5, 1998}}	University of Georgia	24
Delta Phi Omega	{{lang\|grc\|ΔΦΩ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|December 6, 1998}}	University of Houston	49
Delta Sigma Iota	{{lang\|grc\|ΔΣΙ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|August 15, 2000}}	Pennsylvania State University	8
Iota Nu Delta	{{lang\|grc\|ΙΝΔ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|February 7, 1994}}	Binghamton University	30
Kappa Phi Gamma	{{lang\|grc\|ΚΦΓ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|November 8, 1998}}	University of Texas at Austin	19
Kappa Phi Lambda	{{lang\|grc\|ΚΦΛ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|March 9, 1995}}	Binghamton University	37
Kappa Pi Beta	{{lang\|grc\|ΚΠΒ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|March 16, 2000}}	Northern Illinois University	5
Lambda Phi Epsilon	{{lang\|grc\|ΛΦΕ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|February 25, 1981}}	University of California, Los Angeles	70
Pi Delta Psi	{{lang\|grc\|ΠΔΨ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|February 20, 1994}}	Binghamton University	31
Sigma Beta Rho	{{lang\|grc\|ΣΒΡ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|August 16, 1996}}	University of Pennsylvania	57
Sigma Psi Zeta	{{lang\|grc\|ΣΨΖ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|March 23, 1994}}	University at Albany	39
Sigma Sigma Rho	{{lang\|grc\|ΣΣΡ}} \|Sorority	{{dts\|December 10, 1998}}	St. John's University	26

Former members of National APIDA or its Predecessors

Organization	Symbols !Type	Date founded	Founding location	Chapters
class="wikitable sortable"
Alpha Iota Omicron	{{lang\|grc\|ΑΙΩ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|October 16, 1998}}	University of Michigan	6
Beta Chi Theta	{{lang\|grc\|ΒΧΘ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|June 2, 1999}}	University of California, Los Angeles	29
Nu Alpha Phi	{{lang\|grc\|ΝΑΦ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|March 18, 1994}}	State University of New York at Albany	9
Pi Alpha Phi	{{lang\|grc\|ΠΑΦ}} \|Fraternity	{{dts\|February 1, 1929}}	University of California, Berkeley	28

External links

[http://napahq.org/ Official website]

References

Category:Student societies in the United States

Category:Multiculturalism in the United States

Category:Greek letter umbrella organizations