Members assist the educational system by providing remedial help for those with academic weaknesses, and work to eradicate illiteracy. Mary McLeod Bethune (Honorary).Programs are designed to help broaden youths’ awareness of career opportunities and to assist in preparing them for the world of work.The National Presidents for Iota Phi Lambda: Scholarships are awarded annually on the chapter, regional, and national levels. Programs provide socialization and development opportunities for youth leadership training, and encourage them to realize their potentials to the fullest. Iota Mothers Assistance Program (IMAP) – Program designed to provide outreach services to meet the needs of teen and disadvantaged mothers (ages 20–40)įuture Iota Leaders (FIL) are preteen and teenage girls and boys who are mentored by members of the Iota family. Toys U Can't Return – A Teen Pregnancy Prevention Project designed to help educate communities about teenage pregnancy and develop effective action agendas for preventing children from having children. Tutorial Services – Members assist the educational system by providing remedial help for those with academic weaknesses, and work to eradicate il literacy. Evans Award (Outstanding Soror of the Year)Ĭareer Exploration – Programs are designed to help broaden youths' awareness of and to assist in preparing them for the "world of work." Parker Award (Outstanding Woman of the Year) Activities focus on efforts to stimulate interest in business education and to give recognition to those who have made outstanding achievements in the field of business.
These skills, in turn, would hopefully ensure a better way of life for tens of thousands of blacks that had migrated northward.Īmerican Education Week – Members work in support of the National Education Association via its national theme to celebrate and embrace America's public schools.īlack History Month – Programs are designed to encourage youth and adults to understand the issues facing and faced by African Americans, to share ideas, reactions, and to recognize those African Americans who have historically impacted America.īusiness Month – Iota's capstone programs occur throughout the month of April. These changes underscored the need for blacks to learn new skills. The founding of the sorority was important for African American women as after World War I there was the " Great Migration" of blacks from the South to the Northern cities, seeking greater opportunities and a more tolerant society. The sorority was founded on Jin Chicago, Illinois by Lola Mercedes Parker. Iota Phi Lambda is not an National Pan Hellenic Council (NPHC) sorority and dual membership within Iota Phi Lambda Sorority and NPHC sororities is allowed. There are now more than 100 chapters with membership numbering more than 1300 in 85 cities and the US Virgin Islands.
( ΙΦΛ) is the first African American Greek-lettered business sorority established by African American business women.
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