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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 35 

Recognizing the 112th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 

Incorporated. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2025 

Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania (for herself, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. 

PLASKETT, Ms. CROCKETT, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. 

WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 112th 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 350,000 predominately African-American college-educated women, comprised of over 1,050 

chapters located throughout the United States, the continent of Africa, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Canada, Germany, Jamaica, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), the United 

Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the Virgin Islands, 

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 via personal financial planning initiatives, 


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and through educational programs, such as the established Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy, which provides 

opportunities for 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 to 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, Secretary Marcia Fudge, 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, 

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holding its commitment to be great stewards of sisterhood, scholarship, and service: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the 112th anniversary of the 

3 founding of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incor4 porated; and 

5 (2) applauds and honors Delta Sigma Theta 

6 Sorority, Incorporated, and all its members for more 

7 than a century of fortitude and distinguished service 

8 to the people of the United States and the global 

9 community. 

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