About Us | Kpsieucdavis

Our Herstory

Forming a sisterhood that promotes Philippine culture had been a longtime dream for a group of women at California State University, Long Beach. The dream turned into reality when one womyn, Gayle Romasanta, took the initiative to unite these womyn. On March 28, 1996, Kappa Psi Epsilon was born. Twenty-five women formed the Founding Alpha class with the hopes of success and the desire for unity and friendship. Endless days of planning and organizing led to the beginning of a foundation set so strong that nothing could take their dreams away.

Since 1996, Kappa Psi Epsilon has since expanded to various schools in California. Traveling to the Bay Area, sisters expanded to California State University, San Francisco, officially becoming Beta chapter on March 13, 1999. Following that, eleven aspiring women brought this sisterhood to the University of California, Davis. On August 11, 2001, UC Davis was officially declared the Gamma Chapter of Kappa Psi Epsilon. After Gamma chapter, the sisterhood continued to expand to the University of California, Los Angeles and most recently in 2011, to CSU Sacramento. The Sisters of Kappa Psi Epsilon now long to share their experiences, their successes, as well as their struggles with you, hoping you will find the same treasure that they had found in being a part of herstory.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Kappa Psi Epsilon was founded on the symbolism of the KA—an alibata symbol of the ancient Pilipino culture standing for resistance to oppression and the struggle for freedom. It is in this belief that Kappa Psi Epsilon is fully dedicated to studying and analyzing the Pilipino and Pilipino-American past, present, and future. In doing so, the sisters of Kappa Psi Epsilon can learn from history and find their places in present and future struggles for freedom. However, before any type of revolution occurs there must be revolution of self. Kappa Psi Epsilon cultivates this “revolution” through sisterhood, active listening/learning and analyzation of individual and organizational successes and failures. Only in finding this revolutionary self can true inner strength emerge- thus a self that supports the meaning of the KA. Kappa Psi Epsilon is a unity of women thatsupports, as well as understands, the need to resist oppression and to always struggle for freedom, be it within or externally.