National APIA Panhellenic Association

National APIA Panhellenic Association
Data
Established 2006
Members 14
Continent North America
Country United States
Organization type Coalition of Members

The National APIA Panhellenic Association (or NAPA, formerly known as the National Asian Greek Council) is an association of collegiate fraternities and sororities that was formally organized in 2006, although it began in 2005.

The founding organizations officially chartered the National APIA Panhellenic Association on August 12, 2006. The purpose of the association is to create an umbrella organization that can unite Asian Fraternities and Sororities onto common causes and facilitate communication between the various organizations.

History

NAPA members with Gary Locke, former governor of Washington State.

The National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association (NAPA) began in the summer of 2004 when a group of 14 APIA fraternities and sororities joined together to form the APIA Greek Alliance (AGA). Formed as a partnership in a grassroots “Get Out the Vote” campaign with APIA Vote, an organization that promotes civic participation among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, the members of the AGA registered over 8,000 new voters. Seeing the successful collaboration’s potential impact on the APIA community and on college/university campuses, the group collaborated on further projects, including Tsunami Relief and Hurricane Katrina Relief.

In the summer of 2005, with support from OCA, a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans, the AGA hosted the first-ever leadership summit between the various national APIA fraternities and sororities. The summit provided the first in-person opportunity for these organizations’ leaders to engage in serious dialogue about the challenges and future of the APIA fraternity/sorority community. By the end of the summit, recognizing the need for an umbrella organization for APIA fraternities and sororities, the fraternities and sororities in attendance chose to form the foundation for what would become the National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association.[1]

Executive Board

NAPA's Board of Presidents in a meeting session.


Note: Positions on the Executive Board not listed here includes the Board of Presidents and the Advisory Board.[2]

Members

The members of the National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association are shown below in alphabetical order.

Official Members Date/Place Founded Year
Joined		 Active
Chapters		 Charters
Granted
alpha Kappa Delta Phi February 7, 1990
University of California, Berkeley		 2006 46 48
Alpha Phi Gamma February 1, 1994
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona		 2006 11 11
Beta Chi Theta June 2, 1999
University of California, Los Angeles		 2014 19 26
Chi Sigma Tau September 9, 1999
University of Illinois at Chicago		 2012 6 N/A
Delta Kappa Delta October 1, 1999
Texas A&M University		 2006 7 7
Delta Phi Lambda December 5, 1998
University of Georgia		 2006 15 5
Kappa Phi Gamma November 8, 1998; 17 years ago

University of Texas at Austin

 15
Kappa Phi Lambda March 9, 1995
Binghamton University		 2006 28 29
Lambda Phi Epsilon February 25, 1981
University of California, Los Angeles		 2010 40 54
Pi Alpha Phi February 1, 1929
University of California at Berkeley		 2006 20 22
Pi Delta Psi February 20, 1994
Binghamton University		 2006 28 30
Sigma Beta Rho August 16, 1996
University of Pennsylvania		 2006 34 41
Sigma Psi Zeta March 23, 1994
University at Albany, SUNY		 2006 22 26
Sigma Sigma Rho December 10, 1998
St. John's University (New York City)		 2013 6 10

Citations

  1. ↑ "About NAPA". NAPA. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  2. ↑ "NAPA Executive Board". NAPA. Archived from the original on December 29, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

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