National History.

The sisterhood of Sigma Omicron Pi was established at San Francisco State University in 1930 by ten Asian American women pursuing the interest of teaching. They chose the Greek letters S, O and P to represent themselves as the "Sisters of Pedagogy." The Constitution was derived from an existing "Honorary Society of Education." The sorority was active in the Asian Community for the next 15 years.

At the advent of World War II, the organization was forced to become inactive. In 1946, a group of women from the University of California, Berkeley re-established SOP on their campus. Since its inception, SOP has grown in membership with student chapters at:

« Beta Chapter, San Francisco State University, 1988
« Gamma Chapter, San Jose State University, 1992
« Delta Chapter, University of California, Davis, 1993
« Epsilon Chapter, California State University, Sacramento, 1993
« Zeta Chapter, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1995
« Eta Chapter, University of Maryland, 1997
« Theta Chapter, University of California, Irvine, 2001
« Iota Chapter, Pennsylvania State University, 2001
« Kappa Chapter, University of California, San Diego, 2002
« Lambda Chapter, The Johns Hopkins University, 2002
« Mu Chapter, University of California, Riverside, 2003

Though the sorority was no longer centered around the interest of teaching, it still maintained its commitment to the Asian American Community. All of the chapters became extremely involved in their respective communities, volunteering their time at community agencies and raising money to donate to favorable charities. SOP earned respectable reputation as a benefactor to the Asian American cause.

The purpose of SOP is to promote unity, lifelong friendships, leadership, and community service. This organization offers women a supportive network of sisters to achieve academic and social growth. The sisterhood of SOP provides an environment where sisters may utilize and develop their organizational skills.

Each one of our sisters has different interests and aspirations, yet we all share one common ground - SOP . We have based our sisterhood on four objectives:

UNITY, FRIENDSHIP, LEADERSHIP and SERVICE

In addition, has SOP a tradition of lifelong friendship that has prevailed for over 7 decades.

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