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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 10 

Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 

Incorporated. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2013 

Ms. FUDGE (for herself, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. RUSH, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. BEATTY, 

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. RICHMOND, and 

Ms. WILSON of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta 

Sorority, Incorporated. 

Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, was 

founded on January 13, 1913, by 22 college women at 

Howard University; 

Whereas the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, include 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 Jones, 

Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Pauline Oberdorfer Minor, 

Vashti Turley Murphy, Naomi Sewell Richardson, Mamie 


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Reddy Rose, Eliza P. Shippen, Florence Letcher Toms, 

Ethel Carr Watson, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Madree 

Penn White, and Edith Motte Young; 

Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide 

assistance and support through established programs in 

local communities throughout the world; 

Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, is the 

largest African-American Greek letter sorority, a sisterhood of more than 200,000 predominately African-American college-educated women, comprised of over 900 

chapters located in the United States, England, Japan 

(Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Republic of Korea; 

Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has a 

legacy of exercising its collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in 

need; 

Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, uses its 

Five-Point Program Thrust of Economic Development, 

Educational Development, International Awareness and 

Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, and Political 

Awareness and Involvement to uplift, encourage, and develop the global community; 

Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to service by implementing and sustaining programs such as those through 

the Financial Fortitude initiative, which seek to close the 

widening gap between the poor and wealthy, and through 

educational programs, such as the established Dr. Betty 

Shabazz Delta Academy, which provides opportunity for 


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local chapters to enrich and enhance the education that 

young women receive in public schools across the Nation 

to prepare them for full participation as leaders in the 

21st Century; 

Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has demonstrated a steadfast global commitment of service by establishing and maintaining the Mary Help of the Sick 

Mission Hospital in Thika, Kenya, and as evidenced by 

its designation a non-governmental organization to the 

Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and 

its promotion to special consultative status, as a result of 

its volunteer services and humanitarian efforts performed 

to address issues throughout the world; 

Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has remained an active and committed participant in the democratic process by instituting its annual Delta Days at the 

United Nations and Delta Days in the Nation’s Capital; 

Whereas the current members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, stand on the shoulders of giants, such 

as Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman 

Barbara Jordan, Senator Carol Moseley Braun, Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek, Congresswoman Stephanie 

Tubbs Jones, Dr. Dorothy I. Height, and the Honorable 

Patricia Roberts Harris to name a few, who have left an 

incredible imprint on the Nation’s history; and 

Whereas Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated, continues to make 

a difference in American and international communities, 

always following in the footsteps of its Founders and upholding its commitment to be great stewards of sisterhood, scholarship, and service: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) recognizes the centennial anniversary of the 

2 founding of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incor3 porated; and 

4 (2) applauds and honors Delta Sigma Theta 

5 Sorority, Incorporated, and all its members for a 

6 century of fortitude and distinguished service to the 

7 people of the United States and the global commu8 nity. 

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