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This list of Delta Sigma Theta National Conventions includes dates on which the conventions were held, host cities, and general themes and significant accomplishments of each convention. Number. Location. Dates [a] Significant outcomes. Refs. 1st. Howard University, Washington, D.C. December 27, 1919.
Delta Sigma Theta was the first national African-American organization to collaborate with Habitat for Humanity International in 1992, during National President Bertha Roddey's administration. [42] Habitat for Humanity builds and rehabilitates homes with the help of selected homeowners, volunteer labor, management expertise, and tax-deductible ...
Below is a list of Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ) members, commonly referred to as Deltas. The sorority was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University [1] and was first incorporated in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1913. [2]
Educator. Known for. 2nd national president, Delta Sigma Theta (1923–1926) Relatives. George F. Pelham (uncle) Sara Pelham Speaks (sister) Dorothy Pelham Beckley (May 1897 – August 16, 1959) was an American educator and clubwoman. She was the second national president of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, in office from 1923 to 1926.
Outside of the classroom, Noble served on many boards and commissions. From 1958 to 1963 Noble was the national president of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, a public service organization she joined while an undergraduate at Howard University. [6] Noble later served Delta as chair of its Arts and Letters, and Rituals and Ceremonies Commissions. [4]
Height was an active member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, throughout her life, developing leadership training programs and ecumenical education programs. [13] She was initiated at the Rho Chapter at Columbia University, and served as national president of the sorority from 1947 to 1956. [13]
In 1919, she was elected the first national President of Delta Sigma Theta. Mossell Alexander also served as the legal advisor to Delta Sigma Theta sorority for 35 years. [13] She was in contact with the Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta since 1915 when she arrived at the University of Pennsylvania. However, she needed five students to charter ...
In 1963, White led a Delta Sigma Theta contingent in the march on Washington with several other civil rights groups. In 1966, she was honored by the Cleveland chapter of the League of Women Voters, for her participation in the 1913 inauguration of Woodrow Wilson and her work on a committee headed by Carrie Chatman Catt. [9]