Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

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NATIONAL HISTORY

On January 13, 1913 on the campus of Howard University twenty-two young, scholarly, and ambitious black women founded what has today become the largest Black Greek Letter Organization for African American women.  These young women wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need.  Our founders were interested in establishing an organization committed to the promotion of high cultural, intellectual, and moral standards among its members for its own benefits as well as for that of the larger society in which it existed.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is dedicated to the ideals of Sisterhood, Scholarship and Public Service. In accordance with these ideals, Delta has established a long and glorious history of educational, cultural, political, and social service in the public's interest. To further its public service goals, Delta Sigma Theta operates under a Five Point Program Thrust:

Delta Sigma Theta's Five-Point Thrust

• Economic Development

• Educational Development

• International Awareness and Involvement

• Physical and Mental Health

• Political Awareness and Involvement

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is a private, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to provide services and programs to promote human welfare. As a public service organization Delta Sigma Theta has traditionally addressed the issues of the time. In 1913, our founders marched among thousands of others in the women's suffrage march. In 1980 Soror Bertha Pitts Campbell, one of our distinguished founders, and 17th National President, Mona Humphries Bailey, led 8,000 Deltas in a reenactment of that historic march in Washington, D.C. On March 26,1995 Deltas also participated in a march commemorating the 75th anniversary of the women's suffrage march of 1913.

Today, our glorious Sisterhood has a membership of over 200,000 predominately African-American, college-educated women. The Sorority currently has 900-plus chapters located in the United States, Japan, Germany, Bermuda, Haiti, Liberia, the Bahamas, the Republic of Korea and the Virgin Islands.

Past National Presidents

MU PHI HISTORY 

The Mu Phi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta was chartered on February 14, 1976 on the Campus of GMI Engineering and Management Institute. Today, about 27 years later, the ladies of Mu Phi continue to strive for excellence in academics and to be a service to all.

Our Chartering Sorors are:

• Theola Barrett

• W. Marie L. Ezell

• Tondelaya B. Fortson

• Cheryle Chapman Hanna

• Joanne Hanna

• Priscilla L. Miller

• Mary Moore

• Cynthina A. Obgurn

• Tonjia Moore Poole

• Mary Powell

• A. Juanita Singleton

• Latanya M. Starnes Jefferys

• Denise Steward