MDA1 History​
Maryland Area One (MDA1) was officially created in 2000 and currently consists of six chapters. The Upsilon Chapter at the University of Maryland, College Park is the first chapter to be founded in our area in the Spring of 1995. In Spring 1999, the Beta Kappa Chapter was founded at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Two years later, MDA1 expanded once again to include three new chapters established in Spring 2001. They included Gamma Alpha Chapter at the University of Virginia, Gamma Beta Chapter at Vanderbilt University, and Gamma Gamma Chapter at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Tennessee chapters later went on to create their own area, TNA1 in 2003. In Fall 2001 we welcomed our first alumnae chapter, the Alpha Delta Alumnae Chapter, located in Silver Spring, Maryland.
MDA1 had the opportunity to welcome yet another new state, North Carolina, with Delta Gamma Chapter at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke and Delta Delta Chapter at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington in Spring 2005. MDA1 continued to grow in Fall 2005 with Delta Epsilon Chapter at George Mason University. The Delta Lambda Chapter at West Virginia University was later established in Spring 2007 adding a new state to MDA1. In 2007, North Carolina chapters went on to create a new area, NCA1.
Two years later, we gained another chapter with the founding of Delta Psi Chapter at Towson University. In March 2012, in the midst of restructure we established Alpha Xi Alumnae Chapter in Virginia and expanded to Virginia Commonwealth University, Zeta Alpha Chapter.
In 2014, after 13 years together, it was announced that Virginia Chapters would move on to create VAA1. This left us with five chapters in the area consisting of Upsilon, Beta Kappa, Delta Lambda, Delta Psi and Alpha Delta Alumnae Chapters. In the Spring of 2016, MDA1 got a little bigger and we welcomed the Zeta Pi Chapter at Salisbury University. Not only have we been able to expand our Area, we have also been awarded Area of the Year in 2006-2007, 2012-2013 and 2016-2017.
National History​
Lambda Theta Alpha’s main goals as an Academic Sorority are to achieve scholarly excellence, support and maintain minority unity, and promote cultural and political awareness. We also believe that the success of our respective communities depends on education dispersed through community service and philanthropy. Some of our accomplishments include working with Equal Opportunity Fund Program students, AIDS Walks, ASPIRA recruitment programs, the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, March of Dimes, Women and Breast Cancer, La Marcha in Washington DC, and visiting shelters, hospitals, and soup kitchens, to name a few. Our National Philanthropy is St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
Lambda Theta Alpha is not an exclusive group of women. Although our roots are Latin, we have sisters from various nationalities and races including Caribbean, Caucasian, African American, European, Central and South American, Asian, Middle Eastern, and many more. Although Lambda Theta Alpha was founded as a Latina Sorority, we believe in serving all communities in need. It is an organization that fights for the empowerment of all women, regardless of their race, color, creed, or religion. Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. is proud to state that it is the first and largest Latin Sorority in the nation, founded in 1975. To learn more about our sisterhood, click here.
