Pi Delta Psi - Cultural Awareness

Cultural Awareness

Pi Delta Psi's primary mission is to spread Asian-American Cultural Awareness in an attempt to bridge the gap between various Asian-American subgroups. As a cultural fraternity, Pi Delta Psi tries to educate the community so as to prevent future bias and judgmental conclusions. The fraternity believes that by promoting the education of different cultures,it can expand the horizons of its members and not only better the individual but future generations as well.

At the Chapter level, each Chapter is required to host a set number of Cultural events on campus each year depending on the Chapter’s size; failure to achieve this annual criterion will result in the Chapter losing its Chapter status. Along with hosting cultural events, many members are also leaders or supporters of various cultural student organizations. On top of this, the Pi Delta Psi National Executive Board sponsors and/or promotes a number of large scale cultural events each year that garner participation from chapters throughout the United States.

Examples of Chapter Cultural events

  • Zeta Chapter imPACT Show
  • Theta Chapter Asian Awareness Weekend
  • Kappa Chapter Spoken Word event
  • Lambda Chapter Pride Cultural Dance
  • Mu Chapter Chinese New Year Celebration
  • Xi Chapter Asian Spring Festival
  • Sigma Chapter Asian American Amazing Race
  • Tau Chapter Lion Dancing
  • Phi Chapter Taste of Asia
  • Chi Chapter Journey to the East

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