Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority shines bright on FAMU’s campus, showing its distinct and diverse chapter through acts of service and sisterhood.
A lot of work and academics go into being a FAMU Gamma and it dates back to the very beginning.
The sorority was founded on April 9, 1990, by five Latina women from the University of Iowa and has been on the Hill since 2003. Coming from different cultural backgrounds, the Gammas hold true to their hearts what sisterhood means to them while being located at an HBCU.
Elyssa Martinez, a mechanical engineering major, talks about the different charity work that is done by the sorority and how it revolves around women in the Tallahassee community.
“One of the main pillars is empowering women so we try to help out with things like hygiene drives that are mainly directed towards women,” Martinez said.
The women of SLG strive for success and, while doing so, they support the local women of Tallahassee while also representing FAMU.
“We’ve been trying to get into the works of visiting places like the women’s center that’s here in Tallahassee and FAMU DRS,” Martinez said.
According to the sorority website Sigma Lambda Gamma “is a community of empowered members from all cultural backgrounds that respect each other’s identities and who seek to positively influence their local communities and the world.”
Not only does Sigma Lambda Gamma show its passion for the community around them, they also believe in the power of sisterhood and is what they hold during adversity.
Alexis Wyche, a political science major and member of Sigma Lambda Gamma, believes that’s where the unity comes in for the group.
“It’s the conflicts that bring us closer together and that’s what sisterhood is about,” Wyche said.
Sigma Lambda Gamma has also dealt with different challenges on a day to day basis while being a multicultural organization on an HBCU campus, but it continues to work for their community, lead by example and support their peers.
The Gammas continue to step out of their comfort zone and do their duty as women in a multicultural sorority like volunteering and raising money for charities in spite of the different responses they may get from other organizations, letting their work speak for itself.
“It helps us to grow and who knows where we will be in the future,” Wyche said.