Alpha Kappa Delta Phi

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alpha Kappa Delta Phi
αΚΔΦ
Founded	February 7, 1990 University of California, Berkeley
Type	Social
Scope	International
Motto	Timeless Friendship Through Sisterhood
Colors	Purple and White
Symbol	Hourglass
Flower	Iris
Mascot	Phoenix
Chapters	48
Homepage	http://www.akdphi.org

alpha Kappa Delta Phi (αΚΔΦ) (also known as aKDPhi) is an Asian American interest sorority founded at the University of California, Berkeley.^[1]

History

alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established at the University of California at Berkeley in the Fall of 1989 and recognized by the College Panhellenic Association on February 7, 1990. There were fourteen founding sisters: Betty Chu, Karin Co, Susan Kim, Nancy Lee, Sherri Leung, Annie Loo, Belinda Ma, Anita Ng, Serene Ngin, Fannie Pon, Josie Sun, Daisy Wu, Jill Yoshimura and Reina Yuan, and they "dedicated themselves to establishing a strong and lasting organization which would provide Asian American women the opportunity to participate in the Greek system".^[1] The National Alumnae Board of alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established in the Fall of 2002 under the initiation of the National Board Alumnae Chair, Sophia Yen, a UC Berkeley alumna.^[1]

Philanthropy

National Philanthropy: They support breast cancer awareness through the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade.^[2][3][4] The mission of alpha Kappa Delta Phi's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign is three-fold:

• To raise funds on a national level to contribute to a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating breast cancer
• To dedicate at least one Service Event per chapter/colony to Breast Cancer Awareness in October (National Breast Cancer Awareness Month)
• To develop a comprehensive page on our national website that provides links to breast cancer resources

alpha Kappa Delta Phi has raised awareness about breast cancer and early detection since its campaign's inception in 1998.^[2] In addition, they host Breast Cancer Awareness banquets, information sessions, workshops, and discussion groups. Throughout the rest of the year, sisters from chapters around the country continue to increase campus and community awareness to the dangers of breast cancer. In 2006, the sorority raised over $30,000 as a national organization for breast cancer awareness.^{[citation needed]} In 2008, the sorority raised and donated over $35,000.^{[citation needed]}

Chapters

The following are the chapters of alpha Kappa Delta Phi.^[5]

Full Fledged

• Α- Berkeley, California
• Β- University of California, Davis
• Γ- University of California, San Diego
• Δ- University of California, Santa Cruz
• Ε- University of California, Riverside
• Ζ- Stanford University
• Η- University of Texas, Austin
• Θ- University of Pennsylvania
• Ι- University of Houston
• Κ- University of California, Irvine
• Λ- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Μ- California State University, Sacramento
• Ν- Pennsylvania State University
• Ξ- San Jose State University
• Ο- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• Π- University of Washington
• Ρ- State University of New York, Buffalo
• Σ- University of Virginia
• T- Cornell University
• Y- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Associate Chapters

• Boston University
• The Johns Hopkins University
• Baylor University
• University of Illinois, Chicago
• State University of New York, Stony Brook
• Rutgers University
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• The Florida State University
• State University of New York, Binghamton
• University of Oklahoma
• University of South Florida
• Duke University
• The City University of New York at Baruch College

Colonies

• Michigan State University
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• University of Maryland, College Park
• James Madison University
• Purdue University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Queens, New York
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• University of Wisconsin, Madison
• University of Florida
• University of Toronto
• University of Chicago
• New York University

References

External links

• alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Inc. National Website
• alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Inc. National Alumnae Website
• alpha Kappa Delta Phi on Greekopedia