About La Unidad Latina
La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc. is a volunteer- driven, Latino fraternal organization founded in 1982 at Cornell University. La Unidad Latina was initially established to address Latino Issues that academic institution often ignored or were unaware of, such as cultural awareness and academic retention. The original 13 founding members of the organization witnessed a lack of services, as well as the absence of a support mechanism for Latino students in college.
It is evident that students will be the future leaders of America. Therefore it is essential that in an institution of higher learning we have organizations which are committed to developing its members and peers into mature, intelligent, socially active, and culturally conscious individuals, who, via mutual support, can excel academically and professionally.
Since its inception, La Unidad Latina has expanded throughout the East Coast, Mid-West, West Coast, and created alumni chapters providing networking opportunities and social events for Hermanos in Texas, Chicago, New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Providence, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. Every undergraduate chapter has become a leading organization on its respective campus, pursing the fraternity's goals of academic excellence, community service, cultural awareness, and social consciousness.
Understanding that today's youth is tomorrow's leadership, La Unidad Latina's mission is to promote leadership development in the Latino community by preparing Latino students to play an active role in their community and to succeed academically and socially.
La Unidad Latina currently has over 1,000 + members nationwide, which include undergraduate and graduate students as well as businessmen, teachers, managers, lawyers, politicians, doctors, engineers, and entrepreneurs. With a high level of quality in its membership and its association with the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the Unites States, La Unidad Latina has become a leading Latino fraternal organization.