Protocol & Traditions
Commissioned and unveiled at Howard University in 1979 as a tribute to the Founders
Fortitude Pin
• Contributions to African American Heritage
Keeper of the Flame Award
The Jewel Courtesy is dedicated to what group?
Mothers of Delta members
The Sorority Flower
African Violet
Entered the Omega Omega Chapter while in office
Cheryl Hickmon
Embodied in the virtues of the Nine Jewels and the Delta Oath
The Fundamental Principles
Commemorates Honorary Member who established home for unwanted babies
Clara M. Hale Humanitarian Award
Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath?
Mary Church Terrell
The Pyramid Flower
The Peppermint Carnation
She launched “Every Delta in the Delta House” DelShare Program 2. She designated the 1988 – 1990 biennium as “The Reclamation Era”
Yvonne Kennedy
Designed by: Madree Penn White • Nine Jewels Represent: Nine Cardinal Virtues
Sorority Pin
Collegiate Chapter with the Highest GPA
Minerva Award for Academic Excellence
This Jewel is dedicated to the deceased sorors of Delta Sigma Theta.
Purity
The first three honorary members
Nannie Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, Mary Church Terrell
On-Line Registration was implemented for the first time in our Sorority’s history for Regional Conference and National Convention registration The Science in Everyday Experiences (SEE) was funded.
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd
Created in recognition of $1000 or more to the Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF)
Diamond Jubilee Pin
Honors outstanding women in Government Service
The Patricia Roberts Harris Award
How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities?
Nine
“Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is a Lifetime Commitment”
The Sacred Vow
She established the Hazing Prevention Task Force and presented the Hazing Prevention Summit
Paulette C. Walker
Symbolizes the public motto and is represented by the red candle during Ritualistic Ceremonies
The Torch of Wisdom
Honors outstanding professionals in the field of communications
The Lillian Award
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable; This Jewel is dedicated to the Honorary Members.
Fidelity
Designed by F. Ailene Marks and Past National President Jeanette Triplett Jones • It is a composite of ideas expressing the Sorority’s public motto “Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom”
The Sorority Crest
The first Executive Director was hired (Patricia Roberts Harris); The Five Point Project (renamed as the Five-Point Programmatic Thrust) was created
Dorothy Irene Height