[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H175-H176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Fort Worth, 
Dallas, and Arlington chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 
Incorporated, on their Founders Day for 101 years of dedicated service 
to our communities.
  Founded in 1913 by 22 women on the campus of Howard University, Delta 
Sigma Theta is an organization committed to scholarship, sisterhood, 
and service. Deltas are committed to service and provide assistance and 
support through established programs like Delta GEMS, a program the 
Fort Worth alumnae chapter hosts at T.A. Sims Elementary School each 
month,

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which works to empower high school girls. In Arlington, Deltas help 
fight heart disease through Zumba and line dancing as a part of the Go 
Red Campaign. And in Dallas, Deltas provide free hair styling for 
senior citizens at their Joy Woodfork Beauty Salon.
  I applaud the Dallas/Fort Worth alumnae chapters and the thousands of 
Deltas nationwide for their distinguished service to our country, 
State, and the world, and I wish them many more.

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