Yearly Archives: 2017
Yale Alumna named Boston’s Latino 30 Under 30
Our Beta Pi Chapter Alumna has been named Latino 30 Under 30 by El Mundo Boston Paola Severino is a scientist, bachata lover, and Radiant Sister of Omega Phi Beta and she’s just been named recipient of El Mundo Boston’s 2017 Latino 30 Under 30 Awards…
Alumna’s Documentary Film wins an Emmy
Eta Chapter Alumna Produces and Co-Directs Emmy-Winning Documentary Film: (T)ERROR On October 5th our Eta Chapter Alumna, Lyric R. Cabral, won a News and Documentary Emmy Award in the Outstanding Investigative Documentary category for her film (T)ERROR. Lyric produced and co-directed the documentary, described as…
Alumnae of OPB Come Together for Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief
Alumnae of Omega Phi Beta Come Together for Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief In the wake of several natural disasters hitting the United States, Alumnae Sisters of Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated (OPBSI) have come together to help and uplift our communities! Working with grassroots organizations and creating a network of…
Sister from DePauw Self-Publishes Book of Poetry
Sister from DePauw Self-Publishes Book of Poetry Last January our sister, Greisy Genao, from Psi Chapter at DePauw University self-published a book of poetry which talked of her experience as a Latina queer poet. The book, DESPIERTA, which means “awaken” has gained traction on Amazon and…
Annual Expansion Interest Retreat 2017
Omega Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated’s National Expansion Committee is excited to host our annual Expansion Interest Retreat at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ from Saturday July 22 through Sunday July 23. Each year, the Expansion Interest Retreat brings together interested women across the country committed…
GCG Winner 2017
Meet the 2017 Golden Colibri Grant Recipient! We are pleased to announce that Soror Maria Zepeda from Beta Pi Chapter at Yale University has been selected as this year’s winner for our highly competitive Golden Colibri Grant. “Growing up in poverty and spending my professional experience working with poverty…
RFTG Book Scholarship Winner 2017
Meet the 2017 RFTG Book Scholarship Recipient! We are pleased to announce that Ms. Cecilia Orduña has been selected as this year’s winner for the highly competitive Reach for the Gold Book Scholarship. We received several outstanding applications and equally exceptional recommendations making the selection process very competitive…
“I Like it Like That” the musical
“I Like it Like That” the musical Soror, Caridad De La Luz aka La Bruja debuted in “I like it Like That” the musical. David Maldonado, producer and co-writer, describes I Like It Like That as being “about social conscience. Some people want to escape…