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Delta Sigma Theta was the first national African-American organization to collaborate with Habitat for Humanity International in 1992, during National President Bertha Roddey's administration. [42] Habitat for Humanity builds and rehabilitates homes with the help of selected homeowners, volunteer labor, management expertise, and tax-deductible ...
The national body of Delta Sigma Theta previously met annually, but due to several factors, the main of which is the establishment of regions and regional leadership, the National body currently meets at biennial [every two years] conventions, and regional conferences are held for each region in the years in which conventions are not held.
Below is a list of Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ) members, commonly referred to as Deltas. The sorority was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University [1] and was first incorporated in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1913. [2]
Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ), an international historically Black sorority, was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University.It has more than 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, England, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Liberia, Bermuda, Jamaica, The Bahamas, South Korea and Nigeria.
In the fall of 1914, Delta Sigma Theta was established at Brooklyn College of Pharmacy as an outgrowth of the Mortar and Pestle club (local). There were six founders led by A. Bertram Lemon. The organization was started on December 11, 1915, and one year later was incorporated in New York State as Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. [2]
Shepperd taught history in the segregated high schools of Baltimore from 1927 to 1956. [4] She was eastern regional director of Delta Sigma Theta after college. [5] She was the fifth national president of Delta Sigma Theta, serving as the sorority's leader from 1931 to 1933. [6]
Marsh remained active with Delta Sigma Theta throughout her life, establishing the Berkeley Bay Area Alumnae Chapter in 1934, [6] and was the sorority's seventh national president, from 1935 to 1939. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] During her time as president of Delta Sigma Theta, she organized a traveling library for rural Georgia, and Teen Lift, a program ...
Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority that was founded at Howard University in 1913. [1] Historically, the sorority had collegiate, alumnae, and mixed chapters, with the latter including both graduate or undergraduate members.