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Recognizing and Acknowledging Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on the Occasion of the Annual Delta Day in Philadelphia City Council.
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WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was founded at Howard University on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women with the primary focus of community service and academic excellence de-emphasizing the social side of sorority life. Within weeks after its inception, these founders participated in their first collective act of public service, marching in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C.; and
WHEREAS, The twenty-two founders envisioned a community service sorority that would use their membership's collective efforts to promote academic excellence, provide scholarships, provide assistance to persons in need, educate and stimulate participation in the establishment of positive public policy, and to highlight issues and provide solutions for problems in their communities; and
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated has been incorporated since 1930 and now boasts a membership of more than 200,000 predominately African American college educated women in over 900 chapters located in the United States, England, Japan, Germany, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Republic of Korea; and
WHEREAS, The major programs of the Sorority are based upon the organization's Five Point Programmatic Thrusts of: Economic Development, Educational Development, International Awareness and Involvement, Physical and Mental Health and Political Awareness and Involvement; and
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is highly recognized for their commitment to sisterhood, scholarship, community service, and the creation and implementation of programs that support the mission of Delta; and
WHEREAS, As a national and international body, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated has participated in 21 Delta Days in the Nation's Capital, and in March of 2003 became a Non-Governmental Org...
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