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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 35
Recognizing the 112th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Incorporated.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY13, 2025
Ms. L
EEof Pennsylvania (for herself, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms.
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LASKETT, Ms. CROCKETT, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Ms.
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ILLIAMSof Georgia, and Mr. DAVISof Illinois) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Work-
force
RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 112th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Incorporated.
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, was
founded on January 13, 1913, by 22 college women at
Howard University;
Whereas the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incor-
porated, include Osceola Macarthy Adams, Marguerite
Young Alexander, Winona Cargile Alexander, Ethel Cuff
Black, Bertha Pitts Campbell, Zephyr Chisom Carter,
Edna Brown Coleman, Jessie McGuire Dent, Frederica
Chase Dodd, Myra Davis Hemmings, Olive Jones,
Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Pauline Oberdorfer Minor,
Vashti Turley Murphy, Naomi Sewell Richardson, Mamie
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Reddy Rose, Eliza P. Shippen, Florence Letcher Toms,
Ethel Carr Watson, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Madree
Penn White, and Edith Motte Young;
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, is a pri-
vate, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide
assistance and support through established programs in
local communities throughout the world;
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, is the
largest African-American Greek letter sorority, a sister-
hood of more than 350,000 predominately African-Amer-
ican college-educated women, comprised of over 1,050
chapters located throughout the United States, the con-
tinent of Africa, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Canada, Ger-
many, Jamaica, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), the United
Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the Virgin Islands,
and the Republic of Korea;
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has a
legacy of exercising its collective strength to promote aca-
demic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in
need;
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, uses its
Five-Point Program Thrust of Economic Development,
Educational Development, International Awareness and
Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, and Political
Awareness and Involvement to uplift, encourage, and de-
velop the global community;
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has dem-
onstrated a steadfast commitment to service by imple-
menting and sustaining programs such as those through
the Financial Fortitude initiative, which seek to close the
widening gap via personal financial planning initiatives,
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and through educational programs, such as the estab-
lished Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy, which provides
opportunities for local chapters to enrich and enhance the
education that young women receive in public schools
across the Nation to prepare them for full participation
as leaders in the 21st Century;
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has dem-
onstrated a steadfast global commitment to service by es-
tablishing and maintaining the Mary Help of the Sick
Mission Hospital in Thika, Kenya, and as evidenced by
its designation a non-governmental organization to the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and
its promotion to special consultative status, as a result of
its volunteer services and humanitarian efforts performed
to address issues throughout the world;
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has re-
mained an active and committed participant in the demo-
cratic process by instituting its annual Delta Days at the
United Nations and Delta Days in the Nation’s Capital;
Whereas the current members of Delta Sigma Theta Soror-
ity, Incorporated, stand on the shoulders of giants, such
as Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman
Barbara Jordan, Secretary Marcia Fudge, Senator Carol
Moseley Braun, Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek, Con-
gresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Dr. Dorothy I.
Height, and the Honorable Patricia Roberts Harris to
name a few, who have left an incredible imprint on the
Nation’s history; and
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated, continues to make
a difference in American and international communities,
always following in the footsteps of its Founders and up-
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holding its commitment to be great stewards of sister-
hood, scholarship, and service: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
(1) recognizes the 112th anniversary of the 2
founding of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incor-3
porated; and 4
(2) applauds and honors Delta Sigma Theta 5
Sorority, Incorporated, and all its members for more 6
than a century of fortitude and distinguished service 7
to the people of the United States and the global 8
community. 9
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