About AFA

Building the Professional Home

AFA entered the 1980s with a constitution, a newsletter, and as a group unto its own. What it did not yet have was a settled idea of what it would become.

Looking Inward To Find Belief and Unity

Some moments call us to look outward, to understand...

From the Desk of the Executive Director

To the AFA Community and the broader fraternity/sorority life...

AFA’s Founding and the Fight for Legitimacy

The idea of AFA did not begin in Williamsburg. It began with a newsletter.

Our Positions

The following are AFA board-affirmed position statements on important topics within the interfraternal community: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access Hazing and the Fraternity/Sorority Experience ...

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access

Position Statement: The Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors recognizes that diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) initiatives are an important facet of the forward progression of...

The Value and Benefit of the Fraternity/Sorority Experience

Position Statement: Institutions of higher education, and society more broadly, continue to reconcile their relationship with fraternities and sororities; this is occurring in concert with...

Student Health, Safety and Well-being

Position Statement: If individuals are not provided access to be physically, emotionally, and mentally safe, they will not be able to access the full extent...

Sexual Assault and Power-based, Gender-based, Interpersonal Violence

Position Statement: The climate around sexual misconduct, assault, power-based, and interpersonal violence on college campuses continues to be of grave concern to the fraternity/sorority profession....

Hazing and the Fraternity/Sorority Experience

Position Statement: Over the years, AFA has made several statements opposing hazing in any form. There have been countless educational programs and resources geared toward...
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