Vol. 51, Issue No. 1 Septemer 2018 VOLUME 51 ISSUE No. 5 JANUARY 2019 A LeGACy of Love: Bridging Sisterhood, & Service in NWI Since 1938 Happy New Year & Happy Founders Day INSIDE THIS ISSUE: The President’s Pen Compassion Corner Fun Facts Good News Committee Reports GAC in Pics Chapter Meeting Sat. Jan. 19, 2019 12:00pm Tolleston Pavilion 1709 Ellsworth Pl. Gary 46404 Start the New Year off With Your Sorors! The 22 Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. On Jan. 13, 1913, 22 collegiate women founded our beloved sisterhood on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. 106 years later, Delta has initiated over 200,000, 1 ,000 collegiate & alumnae chapters located in its seven (7) regions all over the world. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community. Executive Board Members ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2018-2020 Mary Cossey President Yvonne Lucas EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1st Vice President Sandra T. Brown Shana L. Caruthers Adopted School - Yvonne Lucas 2nd Vice President Delta Academy - Christy Lewis Dianne Pratt College Readiness Education Program- Christy Lewis Financial Secretary EMBODI - Deidre Hulett Crystal Melton Delta GEMS - Nicole Musenja & LaConyea Pitts-Thomas Assistant Financial Secretary PEACE Parent Program - Pamela Cook Mechelle Moore Risk Management - Erika Robinson-Watkins Treasurer Scholarship - Angela Price-Moore Tinisha Allen-Greenwell Assistant Treasurer INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS & INVOLVEMENT Maxine Patton-Weaver Shalonda Jones Recording Secretary Trevaughn Davis-Neal PHYSICAL & MENTAL HEALTH Assistant Recording Secretary Shalonda Hall Dr. Li’Toia Kendrick Sexual & Domestic Violence - Nemia Cooper Chaplain IN Emergency Response Team - Jessica L. Bailey Gilvonne Washington-Davis Project 13 - Dierdra Shittu Correspondence Secretaries Deborah Hendricks-Black & POLITICAL AWARENESS & INVOLVEMENT: Sheila Horton Arlene Mitchell-Pearson Heritage & Archives Maxine Miller CHAPLAIN’S COUNCIL: Journalists Gilvonne Washington-Davis Tina Davis-Powell & Companion Sorors– Alva Comer Trevaughn Davis-Neal Audit Committee STANDING COMMITTEES: Lisa Derico Membership Services - Shana Caruthers Parliamentarian Program Planning & Development - Diane Pratt Sonya Scott-Dix & Shelice Tolbert Arts & Letters - Patricia Bailey-Johnson & Irene King Sergeant-At-Arms Ritual & Ceremonies - Jeanette Pike & Sharifa Townsend Sandra Porter Protocol - Sheri Gibbs Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms Policies & Procedures - Aimbrell Holmes Leona Chandler-Felton Delta D.E.A.R.S. - Faye K. Barnes Custodian of the Properties Past Presidents‘ Council (PPC) - Sheila Baker Myrtle Davis Election Chair– Alesia Y. Pritchett Nominating Committee Communication & Information - Tina Davis-Powell Terri Weems- Chairperson Marketing– Danyele L.C. Davis Angela Briggs Technology– Arlene Mitchell-Pearson Natasha Brown Collegiate Transition Taskforce (CTT) - Ashley Pratt Tekisha Davis Step & Stroll - Li’Toia Kendrick Vaughan Pritchett SPECIAL COMMITTEES: Founders Day– Arlene Mitchell-Pearson Greek Picnic– Patricia Bailey-Johnson & Gilvonne Washington-Davis Jabberwock - Arts & Letters Leadership Excellence Achievement & Development– Shanta Mack May Week - Dianne Canton-Read Happy New Year Sorors: Thank the Lord for opening another chapter in our lives. May we live each page with more meaning by touching ourselves, our sisters, and our communities lives each day. “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” Colossians 3:9-10 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Consider these 22 Delta Resolutions for A LeGACy of Love: Bridging Sisterhood and Service. I will: Pay dues for the 2019-2020 Sorority Year Attend monthly chapter meetings Attend at least 5 chapter sponsored programs or events Serve on a chapter committee Reclaim 1 Soror Choose a prayer partner within the chapter and pray together at least once a month Have coffee, lunch, or dinner with a different sister every month Participate in the Red Envelope Initiative Decease my debt and increase my wealth Donate to the International Sustainability Initiative Complete my Delta Care Personal Inventory Assist with voter registration and participate in the 2019 election cycle Commit to watch one Delta Red Carpet Film Read one book by a Delta Author Donate or participate with our Charitable Partnerships Attend Delta Day at the State Capitol in Indianapolis Attend IN/IL Cluster in Indianapolis Serve and participate in the chapter’s Region Day of Service Attend the National Convention in New Orleans Be a part of Displaying JOY in our Sisterhood Remember the POWER in my voice Keep SERVICE in my heart Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-letter organization that was founded by 22 college-educated women on January 13, 1913 at Howard University to promote academic excellence, aid those in need, and bring awareness to government policy with an emphasis on the African American community. The sorority’s first public project was the Women’s Suffrage March in Washington, DC on March 3, 1913. The Sorority was incorporated in 1930. Today, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is the largest African American Greek-letter sorority in the world. Delta Sigma Theta So- rority, Inc., a national service sorority, requires that its members exemplify and encourage high cultural, intellectual, and moral standards and that their actions exemplify the public and personal behaviors that reflect the ideals and principles espoused by the Sisterhood. Happy New Year and Founders Day My Sisters! Gary Alumnae Chapter A LeGACy of Love: Bridging Sisterhood and Service A LeGACy of Love: Bridging Sisterhood, & Service Since 1938 Membership Services Program Planning & Development 1st Vice President, Shana Caruthers, Chair 2nd Vice President, Diane Ford Pratt, Chair January 2019 GAC is now using the program codes for chapter calen- National Reclamation Day: Sunday, January 13, 2019. dar events from the Indiana PP&D Chair. This initiative, created by the National Reclamation Pro- PP&D is working with GAC chairs to assist in the Spring ject was designed to highlight the Joy in 2019 award submissions. Sisterhood. Come to church in all black, pearls and a Indiana PP&D has requested Chapter Ambassadors be violet. Pants are okay. We are asking that Sorors bring assigned to serve as a liaison between D-S-T chapters a Non-Financial Soror to church service at St. John Mis- and the communities they serve. Please check out the sionary Baptist Church 2457 Massachusetts Street, announcement of the newly appointed GAC Ambassa- 10:45 a.m. (Please be at the church at 10:30am). dor in We are asking you to meet us at Marquette for the this edi- “Soulful Brunch” immediately following service. We tion! have a reservation for 2:00pm and the brunch cost is $20 per person (on your own). Please contact Shana Caruthers at once to RSVP for the brunch. Table reser- vations are first come first serve and after all DST ta- bles/seats are filled, Sorors will have to sit in the general seating/open seating area. Please stay after January’s chapter meeting for Fellow- ship Hour hosted by the Chaplain’s Council and hear the responses to our survey. We want to ensure that all of our Delta sisters come back to us. Help us to reclaim as many sisters as we can. Let us not forget the Reclamation Oath during our continued efforts: Hand to Heart, Heart to Mind our sorors are who we strive to find, with sisterly love and without the strain, our goal is to bring back, reclaim and retain. Remembering our Founders on this we agree, Reports Due 1st Friday of to bring our sisters HOME to DST! the Month by 10pm “Loving Sorors on Purpose With Purpose” 2/2, 3/2, 4/6, 5/4 & 6/1Send all reports to the following: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] GAC FELLOWSHIP SCHEDULE January- Chaplain's Council Please stop by the Membership Services table at Chapter February- International Awareness Meeting & Founders Day to cast your vote for our March- Membership Services Sisterhood Month Outing! April- Arts & Letters May- Educational Development Stay, eat, talk, network, hug, learn a stroll & FELLOWSHIP with your sisters! The Esteemed Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. *Osceola Maccarthy Adams– An acclaimed actress that served as the Directress of the Harlem School of the Arts. She selected the Delta Motto. *Marguerite Young Alexander– Born in Illinois and was a constant supporter of Alpha Chapter. She became French and Spanish Correspondence Secretary. *Winona Cargile Alexander– Salutatorian of her high school class. She was the 1st Custodian of Alpha Chapter and the 1st Black social worker in New York City. *Ethel Cuff Black– She graduated with the highest scholastic achievement of her high school. She was the 1st Vice President of Alpha Chapter and a charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter. *Bertha Pitts Campbell –She was valedictorian of her high school graduating class. She replicated her participation in the March on Washington in 1981 at the age of 92. *Zephyr Chisom Carter- She was a gifted singer and actress who sang for TV shows. *Edna Brown Coleman– She was the valedictorian of the Howard Academy class of 1909 and married a Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. *Jessie McGuire Dent– 1st Corresponding Secretary of Alpha Chapter; very instrumental in integrating the Galveston Public School System. *Frederica Chase Dodd-She was the 1st Sergeant of Arms of Alpha Chapter. Charter member of Dallas Alumnae (1st Greek letter organization in the city). Helped to establish a YWCA for Black women in Dallas. *Myra Davis Hemmings– She was a natural leader. She was older than most of the 22 and they looked up to her from the onset.