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The Illustrious History of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc.,
was founded on January 13, 1913 at Howard University by 22 undergraduate
women. These young women wanted to use their collective strength to promote
academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc.,
is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide services
and programs to promote human welfare.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,
has a membership of over 250,000 predominately African-American,
college-educated women. The Sorority currently has 900-plus chapters located
in the United States, Japan, Germany, Bermuda, Haiti, Liberia, the Bahamas,
the Republic of Korea and the Virgin Islands.
The major programs of the Sorority
are based
upon the organization's Five-Point Program Thrust:
Delta's Five-Point Program Thrust
p
Economic Development
p
Educational Development
p
International Awareness and Involvement
p
Physical and Mental Health
p
Political Awareness and Involvement.
Please visit
Delta's National Website
regarding further information.
Information composed by Sorors Tammy Davis and Ronesha
Prioleau. |
Distinguished
Distinctive, devoted,
delightful, dedicated
women of distinction,
carrying themselves proud yet humble
as the young girl is surrounded by the elders,
she gazes at these...
women of distinction,
dreaming that someday
she could be like them too
honored, revered,
cherished and loved,
yet with all the love and honoring they receive
they carry themselves with more humility than you and me
those are the women of distinction
they pass through a crowd and stand out
only because they know what it is to live with and without
they know what it is to work hard without recognition
as they rippened on the tree and their flowers bloomed
they hung gently from the tree
suddenly to be noticed by you and me
because that is not what they're all about
but because you can't ignore the doctors, the lawyers,
the dreamers who live the dream
the aspiring women who created hope in us
the women who would not stay on the back of the bus
the warriors when no one else would fight
the leaders when few wanted to follow
This is to say thanks to those who made it possible
for me to be here today,
living my dream among the crop as the cream.
by
Paula Marshall
 
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