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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE 112th YEAR FOUNDERS DAY OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a Black Greek-lettered sorority founded on January 13, 1913, by 22 collegiate women at Howard University, established to promote academic excellence, provide assistance to those in need, and address social issues; and,
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was founded by educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community; and,
WHEREAS, the sorority's membership is more than 350,000 strong with over 1,000 chapters located in the Bahamas, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bermuda, Canada, England, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, West Africa and South Africa, South Korea, United Kingdom, and the United States; and,
WHEREAS, Cook County is home to several collegiate and alumnae chapters which are a part of the 125 chapters that make up the "Mighty" Midwest Region; and,
WHEREAS, Chicago was home to Founders Osceola Macarthy Adams and Marguerite Young Alexander. In 1921, seeing the need to establish a chapter for Deltas attending Chicago area schools, Founders Adams and Alexander, along with several members who had been initiated in other chapters, formed a mixed chapter at the University of Chicago, Lambda Chapter. Founder Adams served as the chapter's first president; and,
WHEREAS, the first public act of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was participation in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1913, and has since expanded to programming to improve political, education, and social and economic conditions, particularly within black communities; and,
WHEREAS, of its ever-growing membership, some of the few notable members include: journalists April Ryan and Joy Reid, civil rights activists Dorothy I. Height and Mary McLeod Bethune, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia Keisha Lance Bottoms, the 18th Secretary of HUD and 21st Nati...
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