Rho Delta Chi () (also known as "Rhos"), is an Asian-interest, but not Asian exclusive,

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founded at the

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on January 17, 1991. Rho Delta Chi focuses on 4 main pillars which include: Sisterhood, Service, Scholastics, and Social. It is a rapidly growing multicultural sorority that has expanded to over 6 chapters in the U.S. The main archive URL i
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Rho Delta Chi History
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History

Rho Delta Chi was established on as the first Asian American sorority at the University of California, Riverside. The sorority was formed by fourteen women called Founding Mothers.

Founding Mothers

Traditions and Symbolism

The founding mothers of the ''Alpha chapter'' chose the Greek letters in hopes of bringing harmony among all ethnicities. These letters were also chosen to symbolically infer the Latin word "Pax", which means "peace" in English.

Rho Chant

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of attending sorority and fraternity events. The national Rho

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is as follows:

''Who are we?''
:''Rho D.'' ''D. What?''
:''Delta Chi'' ''One-Nine''
:''Nine-One'' ''Rise Together''
''Rhos Forever.''

This sorority chant was drafted at the 2012 Rho Delta Chi National Convention through the collaboration of the ''Alpha'', ''Beta'', ''Delta'', and ''Epsilon chapters''. Although the national Rho Chant is used by every chapter, shorter variations may exist among individual chapters

Philanthropy

In the year of 2016, Rho Delta Chi established a national philanthropy. Rho Delta Chi's national philanthropy is partnered with the American Lung Association (ALA).

Chapters

Rho Delta Chi has four active chapters and one colony. Active chapters are indicated in bold, inactive chapters in ''italics''.

References

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