I know there is a large number of lodges both GL and PHGL in the NYC area that is rapidly becoming more diverse and I think it s wonderful However this growth is not uniform within the US it d be great to have an international look at this Even New York s neighboring states haven t seen close to the growth For the past five years that I ve attended the GL of Conn I have only seen about a half dozen out of 400 brothers who are not of european descent Also this year I attended a Prince Hall MM Degree that was a multi state convocation here in New Haven with 12 different PHGL s in attendence A great event if I might add Of the 150 brothers there myself and four other brothers from the GL of Conn were the only non african americans there I still wouldn t call an ethnically diverse lodge usual or common As a testiment to Blueboar and the NYC Brothers the most ethnically diverse meeting of masons I have ever attended was seeing the Garibaldi Lodge EA degree in the GL of NY Building That was quite an experience On a side note does anyone know of any varifiable data on this subject Some good source material on this would be great so we don t have to rely on in my GL on at this meeting