[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11439]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.

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                           HON. JOYCE BEATTY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 11, 2013

  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 100th 
anniversary of the founding of my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 
Inc.
  I am a proud member of this sisterhood--a sisterhood of more than 
200,000 predominately Black college-educated women with some 900 
chapters across the United States.
  This week, tens of thousands of my sorors will travel to Washington, 
DC, to honor our sisterhood, which was founded at Howard University on 
January 13, 1913.
   We will trace our journey from the halls of Howard where twenty-two 
visionary undergraduate students created an organization committed to 
fostering a spirit of sisterhood, scholarship, and service among women.
  We come together to honor the memory of all our sorors who came 
before us and contributed to our great Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. legacy.
  We stand on the shoulders of greatness and in the midst of greatness.
  And, I am certain our legacy of leadership, service, and friendship 
will endure for another one hundred years and beyond.

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