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Definition
Time Period
Programs under 15th National President
Programs under 16th National President
100
Purity of character, mind and conduct is the supreme goal of human life. To walk in righteousness ad live a life based on spiritual principles is to live a good life and inherit a blessing of purest measure. Everlasting life is promised in the Beatitude: “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.” This Jewel is dedicated to the deceased Sorors of Delta Sigma Theta.
What is the definition of Purity?
100
1971 - 1979
What is the time period that was discussed with this Jewel?
100
DST Telecommunication
What is the corporate entity in which members invested the largest amount of money ever invested in a Black film to produce "Countdown to Kusini"?
100
Designed to bring outstanding professors to an institution who would lecture and teach on campus for a year. They hoped to have a Delta professor and would begin Fall 1977.
What is the Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair, who did they want it to be and when did they want to start?
200
“Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.”
What is the Beatitude mentioned in the definition of Purity?
200
From 1971 - 1975
When did Big Sister Lillian Pierce Benbow serve as President of Delta Sigma Theta?
200
National Commission on Arts and Letters
What is the commission that Lena Horne and Leontyne Price served on as Honorary Co-Chairs?
200
Teen - Lift
What program awards scholarships and financial aid to outstanding undergraduates?
300
Purity of Character, Mind, and Conduct
What is the supreme goal of human life?
300
From 1975 - 1979; over a decade
When did Big Sister Thelma Thomas Daley serve as President of Delta Sigma Theta and how long had she been in a national leadership before becoming president?
300
Awarded for artistic excellence
What is the Osceola Award?
300
Life Development Centers (LDC)
What program provides housing for the elderly, facilities for programs for youth and community organizations, and improves the quality of life for all citizens from early childhood through senior years?
400
Discernment of right and wrong
What does it mean to live a life based on spiritual principles?
400
1972 Regional Conference
The purpose of the pledge period was discussed during which Regional Conference?
400
Educational commitment, especially to Black colleges. A grant of $10,000 for those entering or continuing their college education and continuing on to business, technical, or nursing schools.
What was the grant to Tougaloo College about?
400
Right-to-read, skill banks, job fairs, library services, consumer advocacy, career counseling, political awareness, mental health, aging, voter education, international relationships, leadership training labs, legal aid and tutorial services, teen-lift, and telecommunications
What are a few services offered under LDC (Life Development Centers)?
500
Jewel number 9, Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, it is dedicated to the deceased members of Delta Sigma Theta.
What number jewel is this, name the ones before it, who is it dedicated to, and where on the Minerva Circle of Identity does this Jewel fall?
500
January 13, 1913
When was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated founded?
500
Big Sister Patricia Martin, law student.
Who was the first Sadie T.M. Alexander award recipient and what was she studying?
500
A visible symbol of the celebration of Black womanhood, Delta commissioned the sculpture. It was presented to Howard University and stands in tribute to Delta's Founders. It symbolizes courage, hope, wisdom and strength
What do you know about "Fortitude"?