Zeta Iota
November 11, 1968
What is Zeta Iota Charter Day?
January 13, 1913
In what year was Delta Sigma Theta founded?
President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a Founder of Omega Psi Phi.
Who is Edna Brown Coleman?
27th National President of DST Sorority, Inc.
Who is Soror Cheryl A. Hickman?
University campus where Delta Sigma Theta was founded.
What is Howard University?
Zeta Iota's current President.
Who is Big Sister Leah McKnight?
The Jewel Courtesy is dedicated to this group.
Who are Mothers of Delta members?
Designed the ceremony for inducting Honorary Members.
Who is Madree Penn White?
-Economic Development
-Educational Development
-International Awareness and Involvement
-Physical and Mental Health
-Political Awareness and Involvement
What is the Five-Point Programmatic Thrust?
Delta Sigma Theta's National President and CEO.
Who is National President Elsie Cooke Holmes?
The number of members who chartered Zeta Iota.
What is 14?
Honorary Member who wrote the Delta Oath.
Who is Mary Church Terrell?
The 1st President of the Alpha Chapter; active member of the NAACP and NCNW.
Who is Myra Davis Hemmings?
Symbolized the public motto and is represented by the red candle used during ritualistic ceremonies.
What is the Torch of Wisdom?
DST's 21st National President, currently serving as the United State's 18th National Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Who is Marcia Louise Fudge?
This Jewel is dedicated to the deceased Sorors of Delta Sigma Theta.
What is the Jewel Purity?
Last surviving Founder, died in 1993.
Who is Naomi Sewell Richardson?
Embodied in the virtues of the nine Jewels and the Delta Oath.
What are the Fundamental Principles?
"Fortitude" commissioned and presented as a tribute to the Founders under this National President.
Who is the 16th National President, Thelma T. Daley?
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community.
What is the mission statement?
The only Founder to receive a Doctorate Degree.
Who is Eliza Pearl Shippen?
Designed the Sorority Crest.
Who are Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole Talbert McCleave?
The 1st three (3) Honorary members initiated into Delta Sigma Theta.
Who are Nannie Helen Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, and Mary Church Terrell?