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Mission of DREF - ✔✔research and support service programs/projects for family welfare, educational development, increasing international awareness Function/ Purpose Social Action Commission - ✔✔Adress voter education, registration and mobilization 1 Currents emphasis of the social action commission - ✔✔Chapters sponsor state and local "days at the capital" What is the Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair - ✔✔bring and outstanding professor to lecture and teach on a specific campus for a year how do local chapters participate in the Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair program - ✔✔rating funds to carry out the recommendations of professor Goals of Delta Academy - ✔✔provide and opportunity to collaborate or work independently on programs for at-risk young women (11-14) offers mentoring, educational activies/programs Goals of Delta Gems - ✔✔Help Young women (14-18) realize their dreams. provide tools that enable girls to sharpen and enhance there skills too achieve high levels of academic success
what is the LDC - ✔✔established to provide housing for elderly facilitate for programs (youth and communities) and improve life for all citizens how does the LDC touch the 5 programmatic thrust - ✔✔holding programs that include job fairs, mental health and international relationships 3 Delta Sigma Traditional Programs - ✔✔Founders Day, Jabberwock, may week 2 Economic Development Programs - ✔✔Entrepreneurship, Adopt- a - Black Business 2 Educational Development Programs - ✔✔EMBODI, Delta Gems 2 international Awareness - ✔✔Delta House, World Aids Day 2 Physical/ Mental Health - ✔✔ 2 Political Awareness - ✔✔Deltas days at the Nation's Capital Voter Registration 7 regions - ✔✔central, eastern, farwest, midwest, southern, south atlantic southwestern immediate past national President of the Sorority - ✔✔Dr. Paulette C. Walker
4 funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mosses Alexander - ✔✔Housing, sinking, scholarship award, tuition Purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929 - ✔✔all non-active members to dedicate themselves where were the first 2 graduate chapters authorized - ✔✔NYC, Washington DC Writers of Delta National Hymn - ✔✔Alice dunbar- Nelson and Florence Cole-Tolbert who designed the crest - ✔✔F. Ailene Marks and Jeanette Triplett Jones minerva circle components - ✔✔sisterhood, black , college, women, pubic service 3 chapters in attendance at the 1st national convention - ✔✔alpha, gamma, epsilon wrote delta oath - ✔✔Mary Church terrell Name the nine jewels - ✔✔compassion, courtesy, dedication, fellowship, fidelity, honesty, justice, purity, temperance purpose of the national vigilance committee - ✔✔keep in touch with political an dcivic action of the country that effected the negro race in general, vital political mouthpiece for the sorority
mission statement - ✔✔delta sigma theta incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community 5 Point Programmatic Thrust - ✔✔economic development education development international awareness political awareness physical and mental health what is temperance.. who is it dedicated too - ✔✔good balance of emotion, reason, thought and action... national staff both past and present what is purity.... who is it dedicated too - ✔✔to live righteousness and a life based on spiritual principles... deceased sorors of delta sigma theta sorority, inc. what is justice....who is it dedicated too - ✔✔respectfully observance of all that is fair and qual in human relations... ancestors 5 standing committees - ✔✔National executive, finance, nominating, internal audit, scholarship and standards sorority vow - ✔✔membership in delta sigma theta is a lifetime commitment
what is fidelity....who is it dedicated too - ✔✔ what is honesty....who is it dedicated too - ✔✔ how to name collegiate chapters - ✔✔greek alphabet until the end then the second name starts at the beginning to the end how to name alumnae chapter - ✔✔city, state, Almunae or multiple contains locale names greek alphabet - ✔✔alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zet eta theta iota kappa lambda mu nu xi omicron pi rho sigma upsilon phi chi psi omega sorority most sacred trust - ✔✔induction of new members delta hymn adopted under - ✔✔dorothy Pelham Becky 1912 - ✔✔maudree penn presented to myra davis to become a chartered sorority jan 13 1913 - ✔✔delta sigma theta sorroity founded 1935 - ✔✔revise ritual
1930 - ✔✔delta sigma theta was incorporated in dc 1925 - ✔✔iota chapter started jabberwock 1921 - ✔✔may week established 1920 - ✔✔graduate chapter authorized december 1919 - ✔✔first national convention held march 1913 - ✔✔deltas 1st public service act in women suffrage act 1919 - ✔✔1st honorary members inducted (marcy church terrell) what is compassion....who is it dedicated too - ✔✔ what is courtesy....who is it dedicated too - ✔✔genuine respect for the feelings of others consideration for their dignity... mothers of delta members what is dedication....who is it dedicated too - ✔✔humanities highest calling and consecration .. national presidents past and present
