•HRES 10 IH 
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 200,000 predominately African-Amer-
ican college-educated women, comprised of over 900 
chapters located in the United States, England, Japan 
(Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Ber-
muda, Haiti, the Bahamas, 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 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 dem-
onstrated a steadfast global commitment of 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, Senator Carol Moseley Braun, Con-
gresswoman 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 up-
holding its commitment to be great stewards of sister-
hood, scholarship, and service: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) recognizes the centennial anniversary of the 
founding of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incor-
porated; and 
(2) applauds and honors Delta Sigma Theta 
Sorority, Incorporated, and all its members for a 
century of fortitude and distinguished service to the 
people of the United States and the global commu-
nity. 
Æ 
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