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Chi Alpha Delta (ΧΑΔ) (also XAD or Chis) is the oldest Asian-American cultural interest sorority in the United States founded and chartered at UCLA. The sorority focuses to bring together girls of all different descents together into a close-knit bond of sisterhood to last a lifetime. ==History== Chi Alpha Delta was founded in 1928 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) by Helen Tomio Mizuhara and Alyce Asahi.〔Lim, p. 13〕 The sorority originally had 14 Japanese-American students. On April 5, 1929, the sorority was officially recognized by UCLA.〔Lim, p. 14〕 In 2002, the sorority had 65 members, of which less than 10% are Japanese.〔 The sorority was founded due to racism and segregation.〔 The 14 Japanese-American students were rejected from a Panhellenic Greek sorority, so they decided to form one for the Japanese and those of other Asian descents.〔 These women created this sorority because they thought that they "needed a same-sex, same-race organization in order to feel at home in the university."〔 In the 1940s, during the yearly Faculty Tea, members wore kimonos and used Japanese styles to fix up their hair. During the 1940s, members were primarily second-generation Japanese Americans who conversed in English.〔Lim, p.11〕 Members of the sorority celebrate their Asian-American identity through food and fashion. They cook foods from different countries and host fashion shows to recruit new members.〔Lee, p.106〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chi Alpha Delta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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