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National Sorority History |
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Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. was founded on April 20, 1994, on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus by 15 strong and determined young women. Longing for diversity at UIUC, these women wanted to establish a sisterhood that embraced all ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs, sexual preferences and financial backgrounds. In the spring of 1992, two different groups of women who were seeking to establish a sorority at UIUC learned of each other's intentions. The two groups merged and were known as Women for the Advancement of a Multicultural Society (WAMS). WAMS contacted several sororities on other college campus about establishing a chapter at UIUC. However, none of the sororities possessed what WAMS desired. On April 20, 1993, WAMS decided to stop looking at other sororities and start one of their own. The women of WAMS went though a year long pledge process in which a strong bond of sisterhood and friendship was formed. One year later, WAMS became the founding mothers of the Alpha Chapter of Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority. |
