Recognizing the 112th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 35 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 35

   Recognizing the 112th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 
                             Incorporated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2025

 Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania (for herself, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. McClellan, Ms. 
   Plaskett, Ms. Crockett, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
Williams of Georgia, and Mr. Davis of Illinois) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                               Workforce

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                               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, Incorporated, 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 
        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 private, 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 sisterhood of more than 350,000 
        predominately African-American college-educated women, comprised of over 
        1,050 chapters located throughout the United States, the continent of 
        Africa, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Canada, Germany, 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 academic 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 develop the global 
        community;
Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has demonstrated a steadfast 
        commitment to service by implementing and sustaining programs such as 
        those through the Financial Fortitude initiative, which seek to close 
        the widening gap via personal financial planning initiatives, and 
        through educational programs, such as the established 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 demonstrated a steadfast 
        global commitment to service by establishing 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 remained an active and 
        committed participant in the democratic 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 Sorority, 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, Congresswoman 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 upholding its commitment to be great 
        stewards of sisterhood, scholarship, and service: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the 112th anniversary of the founding of 
        Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated; and
            (2) applauds and honors Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 
        Incorporated, and all its members for more than a century of 
        fortitude and distinguished service to the people of the United 
        States and the global community.
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