[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3253-3254]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY

  (Mrs. LAWRENCE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of my Delta 
Sigma Theta sisters.
  Delta Sigma Theta sorority was founded in January 1913 at Howard 
University by 22 brave young women. They sought to promote academic 
excellence, to provide scholarships, to support the underserved, to 
educate and stimulate participation in the formation of positive public 
policy, and to highlight issues with recommended solutions for problems 
in our communities.
  Since its founding, it has distinguished itself as a public service 
organization that boldly confronts the challenges of African American 
women and all Americans. The women of Delta Sigma Theta continue to 
push for many of these same issues. In fact, they were at the 
confirmation hearing of Loretta Lynch, also a member of Delta Sigma 
Theta.
  They will be in Selma, along with many Members of Congress and the 
administration, for the annual pilgrimage. This journey allows us to 
visit not only the sites of the civil rights movement, but to hear 
firsthand the stories of hope that emerged from the civil rights 
movement.
  Mr. Speaker, this month 102 years ago, the women of Delta Sigma Theta

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marched in the historic suffragette march as the first public act. This 
weekend I will join my sorors again, my congressional colleagues, as we 
cross the bridge to show how we must continue to work, and we still 
have work to do.

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