IV 
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 Work-
force 
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, Incor-
porated, 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 pri-
vate, 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 sister-
hood of more than 350,000 predominately African-Amer-
ican college-educated women, comprised of over 1,050 
chapters located throughout the United States, the con-
tinent of Africa, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Canada, Ger-
many, 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 aca-
demic 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 de-
velop the global community; 
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has dem-
onstrated a steadfast commitment to service by imple-
menting 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 estab-
lished 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 dem-
onstrated a steadfast global commitment to service by es-
tablishing 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 re-
mained an active and committed participant in the demo-
cratic 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 Soror-
ity, 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, Con-
gresswoman 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 up-
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