[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12870]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED

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                            HON. MARK POCAN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 5, 2017

  Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following 
Proclamation.
  Whereas on January 13, 2013, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 
Incorporated, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide 
assistance and support through established programs in local 
communities throughout the world; and
  Whereas the Sorority was founded in 1913 by 22 students at Howard 
University and these young women wanted to use their collective 
strength to promote and provide academic excellence; scholarships; 
support to the underserved; education and participation in the 
establishment of positive public policy; and to highlight issues and 
provide solutions for problems in their communities; and
  Whereas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated is a sisterhood of 
more than 200,000 predominately Black college-educated women and the 
Sorority currently has over 1,000 chapters located in the United 
States, England, Japan, Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the 
Bahamas, the Republic of Korea, and here in Dane County, Wisconsin; and
  Whereas the Madison Alumnae Chapter was chartered on August 27, 1977 
by twenty-two bold and visionary women who saw the urgent need for a 
chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated in Madison, 
Wisconsin to create a collective shift in thinking for African American 
residents; to cultivate and educate the minority community in 
political, educational, cultural, economic and social spheres; and has 
continued to thrive, empower, and lead for forty years using 
sisterhood, scholarship and service as the guide; and
  Whereas the Madison Alumnae Chapter has participated in Delta Days in 
the nation's capital to meet with me and my staff to discuss issues 
surrounding its social action agenda and initiatives; to share concerns 
and seek answers to questions regarding policy issues, including 
incarceration rates, unemployment, housing, economics, and education; 
to have open and transparent conversations about these concerns that 
disproportionately affect the African American community with 
policymakers; and to discuss how we can work together towards 
solutions, and
  Whereas the Madison Alumnae Chapter being Determined Strategic and 
Transcendent has established and maintained a legacy of preeminent 
programming which has been recognized as exemplary at both regional 
conferences and national conventions,
  I, Mark Pocan, Congressman from the great state of Wisconsin 
recognize and congratulate the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 
Incorporated Madison Alumnae Chapter on the significant impact that 
they have made in the lives of the citizens in their service area and 
the tireless work that they do to in the name of public service.

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