National Councils: National APIA Panhellenic Association (NAPA)

We continued our series on National Councils this week, starting by talking about the National Multiculural Greek Council (NMGC.) Today’s focus will the National APIA Panhellenic Association (NAPA.)

The National APIA Panhellenic Association (or NAPA, formerly known as the National Asian Greek Council) is an association of collegiate fraternities and sororities. As more restructuring was taking place, the name was further changed to National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association (NAPA) to represent a coalition governance in place of a council. Although it began  in 2005, it wasn’t formally organized until 2006,

The founding organizations officially chartered the National APIA Panhellenic Association on August 12, 2006.  Today, the charter members include:  alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Gamma, Delta Kappa Delta, Delta Phi Lambda, Kappa Phi Lambda, Pi Alpha Phi, Pi Delta Psi, Sigma Beta Rho, Sigma Omicron Pi, and Sigma Psi Zeta

The purpose of the association is to create an umbrella organization that can unite Asian Fraternities and Sororities onto common causes, like the original APIA Vote campaign that served as a catalyst to beging the council.  In doing so it would also facilitate communication between the various member organizations.

Stay tuned for more about other National umbrella organizations and councils!