Ideals/Principles
What is the Sorority’s Most Sacred Trust?
he Induction of New Members
irst Doctrine published and Leadership Academy established.
What is Hortense Golden Canady
Became a music teacher in the Washington, D.C. school system
what is Olive Claire Jones
Speaks for the Chapter
Chapter President
What are the five (5) points of the Five-Point Programmatic Thrust?
What are Economic Development, Educational Development, International Awareness &
Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, and Political Awareness & Involvement?
A bronze statue of a Black woman – arms are broken.
What is the Sadie T.M. Alexander Award?
Commissioned by the Sorority and unveiled at Howard University in 1979.
What is the Fortitude Pin?
What convention was Grand Chapter created?
what is 1st National Convention
elegates voted to hold National Convention every two years.
What is Ethel Lamay Calimese
The only Founder to receive a doctorate degree.
what is Eliza Pearl Shippen
Speaks for the Sorority
Who is the International President and CEO?
Select two (2) national programs under Economic Development.
What is Job Opportunity Project and Financial Fortitude?
Social Action Award
What is the Althea T.L. Simmons Award
Embodied in the virtues of the Nine Jewels and the Delta Oath.
What are the Fundamental Principles
What are the five (5) components of the Minerva Circle of Identity?
what is Sisterhood, Black, College, Women, Public Service
The National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed
What is Anna Johnson Julian
Taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg, S.C.
what is Edith Motte Young
Select who currently serves as the National Executive Committee
Who is Elsie Cooke-Holmes, Cheryl W. Turner, Sadé Ried, Joi L. Moore, and Rosalyn L. Glenn?
Select two (2) national programs under Educational Development.
What is the Dr. Thelma T. Daley Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair and National Library Project?
Honors work in the field of Civil Rights.
What is Mary Church Terrell Award?
Designed by Soror Madree Penn White and comprised of three Greek letters, Δ (Delta),
Σ (Sigma), Θ (Theta).
What is the Sorority Pin
Name the Nine Jewels.
what is
compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity,
Temperance
Formed partnership with Habitat for Humanity to build 22 homes.
what is Bertha Maxwell Roddey
First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter.
What is Frederica Chase Dodd
What are three (3) current National Committees?
What is Scholarship & Standards, Audit and Corporate Compliance and Membership Services
Select two (2) national programs under International Awareness & Involvement.
What are World AIDS Day and Mission Trips to African Nations
Supports and sustains commitment to HBCUs.
What is Dr. Thelma T. Daley Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair Award?
Created in recognition for contributions of $1000+ for DREF. Can be worn as a
pendant.
What is the Diamond Jubilee Pin
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year?
what is 1930
Appointed to serve on several commissions by Presidents Ford, Johnson, and Nixon.
What is Jeanne L. Noble
First custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first Black social worker with New
York City and county charities.
What is Winona Cargile Alexander
Who is the Executive Director of National Headquarters?
Who is Dorcas Washington
Select two (2) national programs under Physical and Mental Health.
What are My Cry in the Dark and Catching, Coping, and Conquering
Tribute to the Arts & Artists
What is the Osceola Award?
Symbolizes the public motto and is represented by the red candle used during
ritualistic ceremonies.
What is the Torch of Wisdom
The Jewel Courtesy is dedicated to what group?
what is Mothers of Delta members
Omega Omega was established as a Memorial Chapter.
what is G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley
Presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in
1945; had interactions with multiple US Presidents, including William H. Taft and John F.
Kennedy.
Florence Letcher Toms
) What are the seven (7) regions of the Sorority?
What is Central, Midwest, Farwest, Eastern, Southern, South Atlantic, and Southwest
Select two (2) national programs under Political Awareness & Involvement.
What is Delta Days in the Nation’s Capital and Voter Registration?
Outstanding contributions to African American Heritage.
What is the Keeper of the Flame Award?
How do sorors respond after three raps of the gavel during Delta meetings and
ceremonies?
What is Sorors Stand
Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath?
what is Mary Church Terrell
National Boards were created as part of the organizational structure.
What is Gladys Byram Shepperd
Gifted singer and actress who harnessed her vocal powers and sang for TV shows.
What is Zephyr Chishom Carter
Select four (4) countries where Delta Sigma Theta Sorority international chapters are
located?
Bermuda, Korea, United Kingdom, and Canada
Name a Educational Development program done by Gamma Epsilon?
What is Delta Day of Reading?
Collegiate Chapter with highest GPA
What is the Minerva Award for Academic Excellence?
“Scholarship, fellowship, service, and a desire to attain all that would ennoble.
What is the Pyramid Public Motto
t what convention was the Delta Hymn adopted?
what is 6th National Convention
Theme was “Every Delta in the House.”
what is Yvonne Kennedy
he first vice president of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY;
charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter.
What is Ethel Cuff Black
what region are we in
what is the southwest region
What is a program a Program under Physical and Mental Health?
What is Domestic Violence 101 and Red Room Pillow Talk?
Honorary Member established a home for unwanted babies
What is the Clara M. Hale Humanitarian Award
Designed by Epsilon Chapter, Ohio State University and adopted in 1920 at the Second
National Convention.
What is the Pyramid Pin