[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 10 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 10

   Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 
                             Incorporated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2013

 Ms. Fudge (for herself, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Rush, Ms. Norton, 
Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Clay, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Al 
Green of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Richmond, and Ms. Wilson of 
Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Recognizing the 100th 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 200,000 
        predominately African-American college-educated women, comprised of over 
        900 chapters located in the United States, England, Japan (Tokyo and 
        Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Haiti, the Bahamas, 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 between the poor and wealthy, and through educational 
        programs, such as the established Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy, which 
        provides opportunity 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 of 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, 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 centennial 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 a century of fortitude 
        and distinguished service to the people of the United States 
        and the global community.
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