Sisterhood, Scholarship, Service & Social Action
Sorority History
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college-educated women committed to its members’ constructive development and public service with a primary focus on the Black community.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is a private, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. Since its founding, more than 300,000 women have joined the organization.
The organization is a Sisterhood of predominantly black, college-educated women. The Sorority currently has over 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters
located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the United States Virgin Islands, Bermuda, The Bahamas, Jamaica, the Republic of Korea, the Arabian Gulf, Southern Africa, and West Africa. The major programs of the Sorority are based on the organization’s Five-Point Programmatic Thrust:
- Economic Development
- Physical & Mental Health
- Educational Development
- Political Awareness and Involvement
- International Awareness and Involvement
For more information, visit our national website at deltasigmatheta.org.
Chapter History
The Sorority’s 651st chapter, the Nassau, Bahamas Alumnae Chapter was chartered on December 29, 1979. Its 19 charter members were: Albertha Byer, Bessie Mae Bowe-Rolle, Hedda Cleare Smith, Patricia Barrett Mortimer, Mavis Ingraham-Ward, Juieth Knowles Benjamin, Miriam Weir Curling, Leona Christie Henderson, Lynda Crawley Gibson, Dame Dr. Dors Johnson, Marcelle Rhodriguez, Leonie Moultrie-Foulkes, Deanne McKenzie-Huyler, Alma Hutchinson Ingraham Adams, Erma Rahming, Patricia Thompson, Patricia Albury Lightbourne, Sherylee Smith, and Beverly Wallace-Whitfield.
The chartering marked a milestone in Delta’s history, chartering the Sorority’s first international chapter in the English-speaking Caribbean.
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