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Sigma Pi Alpha

2012

1680 points / 84%

2012 Silver Laurel Chapter

Chapter Information

  • Designation: Lambda Chapter
  • Type: Chicana / Latina Interest
  • Active Members: 17
  • SJSU Founding: 2010
  • National Founding: May 2, 1996 at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley CA
  • 2011 Service / Philanthropy: 1,587 hours of service, $0 raised for charity
  • Scholarship: Fall 2012—2.79, Spring 2012—2.71
  • Colors: Pearl, Onyx, Midnight Green, and Shimmering Gold
  • Flower: Calla Lily
  • Symbol: n/a
  • Motto: "Mujeres con Cultura, Fuerza y Hermandad!"
  • Nickname: Ella

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Annual events

  • Dia De Los Muertos Celebration
  • Breast Cancer Walk

Members of Sigma Pi Alpha

About Sigma Pi Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Our goals are:

  1. To enhance Chicana/Latina heritage within the sorority.
  2. To be involved within campus and our communities.
  3. To promote higher education in future generations.
  4. To address academics, sisterhood, and personal and individual needs.
  5. To create a sisterhood in which we can communicate and express ourselves with trust and security.
  6. To form a sisterhood where we can receive support and a commitment that will last a lifetime.
  7. To follow a code of conduct representative to us as a sorority and as Chicana/Latina women.

The letters we wear represent our sisterhood, our commitment to each other, and to our goals. For ourselves we are a sisterhood of academic and personal support, trust, and understanding. For our campus we sponsor informative and social activities. We support our fellow Raza organizations and network with other campus resources and groups. For our community our priority is to promote higher education through mentoring, tutoring, scholarships and to overall support Chicana/Latina youth. However, we address other community issues as well. We are also involved in political and social issues that directly affect our Latino community.

History of Lambda Chapter

Sigma Pi Alpha is a Chicana/Latina sorority. It was founded in the Spring of 1996 at the University of California at Berkeley by nine women who saw the need to create a close network of Latinas who wanted to make a difference in their communities, starting with addressing the needs of Chicana/Latina women. In 2010 Sigma Pi Alpha sorority expanded to SJSU to fulfill that same need for women on this campus.