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It is the day Sigma Lambda Gamma was founded.

 April 9, 1990

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The colors of Sigma Lambda Gamma

Shocking Pink and Majestic Purple

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The number of Founding Mothers

5
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Causes that Sigma Lambda Gamma dedicate their philanthropic efforts to 

Breast Cancer Awareness and the TRIO programs

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The flower of Sigma Lambda Gamma

Pink Rose

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The University that Sigma Lambda Gamma was founded in.

The University of Iowa, Iowa City

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The principles of Sigma Lambda Gamma in order

 Academics, Community Service, Cultural Awareness, Social Interaction, and Morals & Ethics

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The sorority that Mary Peterson is apart of?

Tri Delta

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Sigma Lambda Gamma's partnerships

The American Heart Association and the American Red Cross

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The "Brother" Organization to Sigma Lambda Gamma

Sigma Lambda Beta

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The number of women who contributed to the founding of Sigma Lambda Gamma.

19

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The name of the newsletter

La Mensajera

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One of the Founding Mothers has a sister who contributed to the founding of Sigma Lambda Gamma

Founding Mother Guadalupe Temiquel

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An educational program launched to enhanced members' personal and social competencies

The Emotional Intelligence Program

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The meaning of F.I.R.M. family.

First Interracially Mixed Family

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This location held the initial gathering to form Sigma Lambda Gamma and the induction of the first groups of associates.

The Chicano Native America Cultural Center

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Purple Panthers exists here

Gammaland

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This Founding Mother is the only Founding Mother who is not of Mexican-American descent.

Maria Ester Pineda

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A program facilitated by Sigma Lambda Gamma Associations with the goal of providing young girls with self-awareness and self-esteem and introduce them to the principles of Sigma Lambda Gamma. 

The Young Women's Leadership program

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The council that first recognized Sigma Lambda Gamma as a sorority

The Pan Hellenic Council

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These two women performed the initiation ceremony of the Founding Mothers.

Esther MaterĂ³n-Arum and Mary Peterson

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The reason why there are 5 books closed and 1 book open

The 5 closed books for the Founding Mothers and 1 book open for the Founding Grandmother

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This Founding Mother does not have a Gamma Daughter.

Founding Mother Maria Ester Pineda

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The two scholarships offered by the Sigma Lambda Gamma Education Foundation

The Mary L. Peterson scholarship and the Esther Materon-Arum Scholarship

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The average temperature on April 9, 1990, in Iowa City

57 degrees Farinheight

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