Boulder Betas

influencing its mission amongst all dedicated collegiate men worldwide. Sigma Lambda Beta prides itself in its vast multicultural membership as we believe in the fairness, opportunity, and equality of all men without regard to their race, color, or ethnic background. With an increase of latinos in higher education from the 1970s and 1980s, there was a need to further solidify the need of a sense of family and unity. Unfortunately, many of the same issues we tackle today as people of color are similar of those from yesterday. Creating a unified membership would help ease those struggles and help support people of color in higher education. Therefore, 7 men looked for opportunities in an untraditional matter. A fraternal brotherhood that was slowly establishing itself through out the nation: Sigma Lambda Beta. The fraternity fit the ideals both wanted and needed in the Latino community so the seven men pursued establishment at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Lambda Legacy Chapter was officially founded on April 14, 1991.