Acronyms
What is the fourth Acronym of SISTUHS?
Tenacity: Holding Firmly
What woman is associated with Strength? (both names)
Araminta Ross/Harriet Tubman
What are the symbolic numbers of SISTUHS, Incorporated?
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12
What are the primary colors of SISTUHS, Inc.?
- Black & Gold
What is the date that SISTUHS, Incorporated was founded?
- December 3rd, 1992
What is the first Acronym of SISTUHS?
Strength: Enduring a series of trials and tests
Who was Madam CJ Walker? What message does the life she led convey?
Sarah Breedlove
- Sarah Breedlove was born on December 23, 1867, in Delta, Louisiana as the first member of her family to be born free.
- Sarah worked as a laundress for as little as $1.50 a day in order to educate her daughter.
- When Sarah began to lose her hair, she had the idea for a line of hair care products.
- She named her hair care products company Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company
- She would become one of the first African American women of any race or rank to become a millionaire through her own efforts.
What is the significance of the number 5?
Five is associated to biological phenomena
- 5 toes
- 5 fingers
- 5 senses
- 5 appendages.
- Five is the number of freedom.
- Five Elected Officers
- Five Pointed Star
What does the color Green Represent?
- Green is directly related to growth, fertility, and nature, which harnesses the power of life
- Stability and Endurance
- Growth and Hope
- Safety
- Vegetation
- Wadj, the word for green, means to flourish or be healthy
- It is the most restful color for the human eye
Who wrote the SISTUHS’ Song?
- Vanessa Harrington
What is the second Acronym of SISTUHS?
Initiative: The action of taking the first step
Who was Deborah? What message does the life she led convey?
- We meet Deborah during a dark time in Israel’s history in the Book of Judges in chapters 4 and 5
- As a prophetess she spoke on God’s behalf
- Deborah is the only woman who is both prophet and judge alongside two other menMoses and Samuel
- The only woman among the twelve judges in the Old Testament
- Pronounced “most blessed of women” in Judges 5:24
- In this male-dominated culture, Deborah exercised authority collaboratively and as God guided her rather than through her own devices
- The Hebrew word “Deborah” is often translated as ‘bee’
What is the significance of the number 1?
- One represents undivided unity and primacy
- The first, the best, the only
- It has no divisors, no factors, no components, and it is universal, whole, and complete
- One is independent of all other numbers
- There is one president
- Representative of the Circle of Affirmation
What does the color Purple Represent?
- Power
- Nobility
- Luxury
- Wisdom
- Combines the stability of blue and the energy of red
- Conveys wealth and extravagance
- Purple is associated with dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic
What is the motto of Progressive Black Men, Incorporated?
- Collective Knowledge, Collective Effort, Collective Strength (CKES)
What is the sixth Acronym of SISTUHS?
Health: Physical, spiritual, and mental well-bein
Who was Sojourner Truth? What message does the life she led convey?
- Isabella Baumfree
- Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree (also spelled Bomefree) in 1797 on the Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh estate in Swartekill, in Ulster County a Dutch settlement in upstate New York.
- Truth was one of the first most passionate female abolitionists for herself had once been a slave.
- While a traveling preacher, Truth became famous for the speech “Ain’t I A Woman?”
- Truth was self-educated and would later be appointed to the National Freedman’s Relief Association by Abraham Lincoln in 1864
- Where she worked diligently to better conditions for African Americans.
- Sojourner Truth was a powerful orator and worked her whole life for women’s rights and anti-slavery movements.
What is the significance of the number 7?
-7 acronyms in SISTUHS
- 7 letters in the word Advisor
- 7 rays on the sun
- Seven represents perfect completeness and rest. It is the number of rest and the cycle of rest in Jubilee
What does the color Red Represent?
- Red is the color of fire and blood
- Energy
- War
- Danger
- Strength
- Power
- Determination
- Passion
- Desire and Love
What is are the two primary symbols of SISTUHS, Inc.?
- Ankh
- Pyramid
What is the seventh Acronym of SISTUHS?
Substance: The real or essential part of anything essence
Who is Hadiyah-Nicole Green? What message does the life she led convey?
One of the first African American women to earn a Ph.D in Physics
- She is currently an assistant professor at Morehouse School of Medicine in the Department of Surgery
- Recipient of a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Dr. Hadiyah Nicole Green developed a cancer treatment that uses lasers and nanotechnology to kill cancer in mice in just 15 days after a single 10-minute treatment
- She founded a non-profit organization; The Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation
- She developed a 4-in-1 platform for early detection, imaging, targeting, and selective treatment
What is the significance of the number 10?
- The number ten is the start of a whole new order of numbers and the culmination of the numbers that come before it.
- Ten objectives
- Ten Traditions
- Ten Appointed Officers
- Ten National Board of Directors
What does the color Indigo Represent?
- The process of extracting indigo dye is quite complicated and involves a lot of labor
- The plants are soaked in a vat or a sloping tank
- Two to three people actually get into the tank and paddle the water continuously for two or three days
When is the National Conference held?
The national conference is held bi-annually in June at the discretion of the National Board of Directors and is open to all active members