1975-1979
This President was our 16th National President.
Who is Past President Thelma T. Daley?
This president, our 17th National President, was responsible for reforming the Membership Intake Program (MIT).
Who is Past President Mona Humphries Bailey?
This was launched in 1984 as a program planning and development initiative focusing on pre-school orientation for parents, family reading programs, and literacy issues.
What is School America?
This initiative helps members spread financial education throughout the local communities in order to build wealth and financial security.
What is Financial Fortitude?
Where was the 50th National Convention Held?
Washington, DC
The program was established and designed to bring an outstanding professor to lecture and teach on a specific campus for one year.
What is the Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair?
The Capital Funds Drive was established to make needed improvements to the National Headquarters property and launched this campaign to pay off the debt of the property.
What is Burn The Mortgage Campaign?
This was an initiative to help preserve and beautify national African American landmarks, monuments and historical sites.
What is Project Cherish?
This event was first held in 1992 and was attended by Honorary members Judith Jamison and Nikki Giovanni.
What is Delta Youth Days in the Nation’s Capital?
The name of the Jewel that's dedicated to the deceased sorors of Delta Sigma Theta?
What is Purity
Delta commissioned this sculpture to symbolize black womanhood on the campus of Howard University, and still stands in tribute to Delta’s founders symbolizing courage, hope, wisdom, and strength?
What is Fortitude? Or warmly referred to as “Lady Fortitude”
This official document was revised under the leadership of the 17th National President to reflect changes in the organization and the current times.
What is the Delta Sigma Theta Ritual?
As the 19th National President, she accepted a NAACP Image Award for the sorority’s contributions to the arts and artists in the Black community.
Who is Past President Yvonne Kennedy?
Funded by Delta in 1955, this institution provides prenatal care and treatment for mothers and infants.
What is Thika Memorial Hospital?
We honor the legacy they passed on to us.
Who are the twenty two founders?
This program, currently called the Delta G.E.M.S program, was de-centralized to make the program more accessible to more youth, thus awarding scholarships and financial aid at the local levels.
What is the Teen-Lift Program?
Under the first biennium of the 17th National President, Delta established an ongoing relationship, among many others, with this program, currently headed by Marian Wright Edelman.
What is the Children’s Defense Fund?
What is financial fortitude?
The current Economic Development Program Initiative of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
What Jewel is dedicated to the National Staff?
Temperance.
Local chapter programs such as Right to Read, Skills Banks, Teen-Lift, and more were offered through these established during this time period.
What are Delta Life Development Centers (LDCs)?
This Summit, later became Summit I, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority issued “A Call to Action in Support of Black Women.”
What is Black Women’s Summit?
Project SMART was a global health initiative that focused on this?
What are Seniors Medication and Record Tracking?
This is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation established that focuses on family welfare, educational development, international awareness and voter education and registration, public policy and legislation.
What is the Delta Research and Educational Foundation (The Delta Foundation)?
What Jewel is dedicated to our ancesters, born slaves or freed to struggle, leaving a legacy of achievement and overcoming oppression in the cause of freedom and justice?
What is Justice?