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Founded?
January 13, 1913 at Howard University
Mission Statement
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and public service with a primary focus on the Black community.
Motto
Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom
Colors
Crimson and Cream
Flower
African Violet
HQ
1707 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington, DC 20009
Five Programmatic Thrust
- Educational Development
- Economic Development
- International Awareness and Involvement
- Physical and Mental Health
- Political Awareness and Involvement
QuAC Chartered
June 4, 1951
What are the three names of the QuAC Chapter?
- Delta Sigma Theta Chapter
- Long Island Alumnae Chapter
- Queens Alumnae Chapter
Local Deltas
- Mrs. Hall
- Sister Leatrice Smith
- Dr. Chenevert
- Collette V. Smith (1st Black Woman NFL Coach)
- Lindsey Williams
National Deltas
- Dr. Kim (Play Like a Girl)
- Nikki Giovanni (Award Winning Poet)
- Shirley Chisolm (First Black Women Presidential Candidate)
- Sheryl Lee Ralph (Singer & Actress - Dreamgirls to Abbott Elementary)
- Lena Horne (Singer & Actress)
- Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green (Found the Potential Cure to Cancer)
What Delta events have you been to?
- Scholarship Luncheon
- Tax Talk
- It’s a Different World: COVID-19 & Education
Who are the founders?
- Osceola Macarthy Adams
- Marguerite Young Alexander
- Winona Cargile Alexander
- Ethel Cuff Black
- Bertha Pitts Campbell
- Zephyr Chisom Carter
- Edna Brown Coleman
- Jessie McGuire Dent
- Frederica Chase Dodd
- Myra Davis Hemmings
- Olive Claire Jones
- Jimmie Bugg Middleton
- Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
- Vashti Turley Murphy
- Naomi Sewell Richardson
- Mammie Reddy Rose
- Eliza Pearl Shippen
- Florence Letcher Toms
- Ethel Carr Watson
- Wertie Blackwell Weaver
- Madree Penn White
- Edith Motte Young
Who are the charter members?
- Founder Ethel Cuff Black
- Helen Harvey Logue Aubry
- Mae Hubert Brooks
- Myrtle Price Jarmon
- Mary Washington Johnson
- Evelyn Letcher
- Virginia Ross Love
- Emalena Jones Davis-North
- Willa Eaton Pardo Hall
- Gertrude Thompson
- Vivian Williams
How many chapters does Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. have?
Over 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters
In the
- United States, Canada
- Japan (Tokyo & Okinawa)
- Germany
- The Virgin Islands
- Bermuda
- The Bahamas
- Jamaica
- West African
- Southern Africa
- United Arab Emirates
- The Republic of Korea
How many members does Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. have?
Over 300,000 collegiate and alumnae members
Why do you want to be a Delta?
- Deeply resonate with the dedication to sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action
- As a little girl, I felt a calling to be a part and contribute to something bigger than myself, which pushed me to excel personally, academically, and professionally.
- Stepping was introduced to me in the third grade by a members, and it showed me the power of community and collaboration.
- Helping small Black-owned business thrive through helping them with brand marketing
- Mentorship is something I value deeply. I wouldn’t be here without them.
Becoming a member signifies a lifetime commitment to upholding a legacy of Black excellence, social action, scholarship, and public service with like-minded women who are dedicated to making the world a better place.
Economic Development Programming
- Financial Fortitude
Educational Development Programming
- Dr. Betty Shabazz Academy:
Catching the Dreams of Tomorrow, Preparing Young Women for the 21st Century: The Delta Academy - DELTA GEMS (Growing & Empowering Myself Successfully) — Discovering the Brilliance
- EMBODI (Empowering Males to Build Opportunities and Developing Independence)
What is the Financial Fortitude Program?
Financial Fortitude: is a process that will help program participants to set and define goals, develop a plan to achieve them, and to put the plan into action. The process serves as a blueprint to address all aspects of personal finances.
The Financial Fortitude initiative is comprised of ten components and provides a collaboration of information from major economic corporations and other well-known financial institutions. The ten components include: Goal Setting, Financial Planning, Budgeting, Debt Management, Savings & Investments, Retirement Planning, Homeownership, Insurance, Estate Planning, and Entrepreneurship.
The initiative helps members of the Sorority spread financial education throughout their local communities.
What is Dr. Betty Shabazz Academy:
Catching the Dreams of Tomorrow, Preparing Young Women for the 21st Century: The Delta Academy Program?
Created in 1996 out of an urgent sense that bold action was needed to save our young females (ages 11-14) from the perils of academic failure, low self-esteem, and crippled futures. Delta Academy provides an opportunity for local chapters to enrich and enhance the education that our young teens receive in public schools across the nation. Specifically, we augment their scholarship in math, science, and technology, their opportunities to provide service in the form of leadership through service learning defined as the cultivation and maintenance of relationships. A primary goal of the program is to prepare young girls for full participation as leaders in the 21st Century.
What is DELTA GEMS (Growing & Empowering Myself Successfully) — Discovering the Brilliance Program?
An extension of the Dr. Betty Shabazz Academy.
Was created to catch the dreams of African-American at-risk, adolescent girls aged 14-18. Delta GEMS provides the framework to actualize those dreams through the performance of specific tasks that develop a CAN DO attitude. The goals for Delta GEMS are:
- To instill the need to excel academically;
- To provide tools that enable girls to sharpen and enhance their skills to achieve high levels of academic success;
- To assist girls in proper goal setting and planning for their futures in high school and beyond; and
- To create compassionate, caring, and community-minded young women by actively involving them in service learning and community service opportunities.
The Delta GEMS program offers a road map for college and career planning through activities that provide opportunities for self-reflection and individual growth. Delta GEMS, like Delta Academy, is implemented by chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Delta GEMS participants have the opportunity to define and “Discover their individual Brilliance.”
International Awareness & Involvement Programming
- Johannesburg: Adelaide Tambo School for the Physically Challenged
- Swaziland: Delta House/Vasti Village — Orphanage for Children of AIDs Victims
- Durban: Training Resources in Early Education (TREE)
- Kenya — Thika: Mary Help of the Sick Mission Hospital - Maternal Hospital
- Kenya — I Can Fly High School
- Kenya —Mancakos: Muindi Mbinga Secondary School
- Haiti: Ch’erette: Delta Sigma Theta School Elementary School
Physical & Mental Health Programming
Healthy Lifestyle: Total Woman: Mind, Body, and Spirit // DeltaCare