DST CJA Quizlet Plus

January 13, 1913

The uplifted trunk represents high goals

1930

Intelligence is the torch of Wisdom

Depicts courage and determination

The re-coding of Love as well as the giving of oneself to others

Showing discretion, keeping your business to yourself and not having anyone know your Every move.

Scholarship, Sisterhood and Service (Community Service)

Stands to inspire women to move forcefully forward to meet life’s challenges.

The participation in n the Women’s Suffrage March in Washington D.C., March, 1913

January 13, 1913

Live in moist humid jungles of Africa

On campus of Howard University

Originally discovered in 1892 in Northeast Tanga in Eastern Africa by Baron Walter Von Saint Paul

James King

James King is sculptor

Mary Church Terrell, activist and suffragist

• Alice Dunbar-Nelson, poet, journalist and suffragist
• Florence Cole Talbert, soprano opera singer

• 1906-Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
• 1908-Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
• 1911-Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
• 1911-Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
• 1913-DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY
• 1914-Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
• 1920-Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
• 1922-Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
• 1963-Iota Phi Theta

National Staff

Like the Deltas, the violets can stand alone and still reflect beauty

Located in modest scale, U.S. breeders Holt Camp greenhouse. Arnold Fisher Greenhouses and Nursery Industry

Omega Psi Phi

Jabberwock was formally adopted and copyrighted by DST (Delta Sigma Theta Jabberwock)

22 Illustrious Ladies

Elephant

Crimson and Cream

African Violet

Pyramid

Howard University

The African Violet symbolizes the bond they have with Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and symbolizes modesty

Rep. of her strength

• 1) Compassion
• 2) Courtesy
• 3) Dedication
• 4) Fellowship
• 5) Fidelity
• 6) Honesty
• 7) Justice
• 8) Purity
• 9) Temperance

DST 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.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a private, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world.

The major programs of the sorority are based upon the organizations Five-Point Programmatic Thrust.

Located in the United States, England, Tokyo and Okinawa, Japan, Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Republic of Korea.

• Economic Development
• Educational Development
• Physical and Mental Health
• Political Awareness and Involvement
• International Awareness and Involvement

“Joy in our sisterhood, power in our voice and service in our heart.”

Purity, Courage and Wisdom

Represents forward movement

Strength and determination

Located in the Bahamas, Bermuda, England, Germany, Jamaica, Japan (Okinawa and Tokyo), Liberia, South Korea the Virgin Islands and the United States.

Being the first black Greek-lettered organization to participate in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA. on January 1, 2013 with a float entitled “Transforming Communities through Sisterhood and Service”

• Habitat for Humanity
• Delta and Hurricane Katrina
• Financial Fortitude

• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority opens Elementary School in Haiti
• Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy
• Delta GEMS: Growing and Empowering Myself Successfully
• EMBODI-Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing Independence
• Delta Research and Education International

• American Heart Association Partnership - Go Red for Women Campaign.
• Mental Health-MHAL-Mental Health Across the Lifespan-National Institute of Mental Health and Eunice H. Kennedy-Shriver Institute of Child Health & Human Development.
• Healthy Lifestyles

• Delta Days in the Nations Capital
• Delta Days at the United Nations
• Voter Registration/Voting Rights
• Notable Political Deltas
• Gender Equality

• Mary Help of the Sick Mission Hospital (formerly Thika Memorial Hospital)
• World AIDS Day

Alexa Canady: At age 26, First African-American neurosurgeon in the United States

• Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, Ph.D:
• Nations first woman to earn a Ph.D in Economics.
• Was appointed to President Harry S. Truman’s Commission On Civil Rights.

• Shirley Chisholm: First African-American Woman in U.S. Congress. First Female and African-American to run as a major party candidate for the presidency of the United States.
• “Service is the Rent we Pay”

Natalie Cole: Singer

Dorothy Height: Served as President of the National Council of Negro Women for over 40 years.

Barbara Jordan: First African-American to serve in the U.S. Congress from the South. First African-American to deliver Keynote address at the DNC-Democratic National Convention.

Leontyne Price: Opera singer

Tracie Strahan: Channel 4 WNBC Reporter in NYC

Gwendolyn Boyd: First African-American female to earn a Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Yale.

Gwen Ifill: American Journalist

Candice Wiggins: WNBA Basketball player

Tynesha Lewis: Former WNBA Basketball player

Suzanne Taylor: Editor in chief, Essence magazine.

Suzanne Douglas: American actress, singer, composer and Arts Education Activist.

Judith Jamison: American dancer and choreographer, Alvin Alley American Dance Theater.

Nikki Giovanni: Renowned Poet

Ruby Dee: Poetry writer

Lena Horne: Jazz, Pop, and Broadway singer

Cicely Tyson: Emmy award winning actress

Soledad O’Brien: Anchor and Special Correspondent.

Sheryl Lee Ralph: American actress,singer and activist.

Daphne Maxwell Reid: First African-American Woman to be on the cover of the Glamour magazine.

Angela Bassett: Actress

Aretha Franklin: Singer, Queen of Soul.

• Mary Church Terrell: Writer, Civil Rights Activist and Women’s Rights Activist.
• First African-American chosen to represent the U.S. Congress of women.
• Wrote the Delta Oath.

• Ethel L. Payne:
• First African-American woman hired as a commentator for a national network, CBS.

• CJA was chartered on November 8, 1975 at Calvary Baptist Church in Plainfield, NJ. Chapter membership grew from 30 to more than 200 members. Servicing Middlesex, Somerset and Union.
• Calvary Baptist Church is located at 324 Monroe Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07063.

• Men Who Cook
• Meet the Mayors
• Mental Health Awareness
• Arts Forum Festival
• Social Action
• Caregiver Support-Sisters Together
• Senior Financial Fortitude
• Anything but Goodbye-Red Carpet Musical Event
• EMBODI Annual Conference
• Marion Lee Johnson Day-Union County/City of Plainfield

• Black Panther-Red Carpet Film Event
• Ain’t Misbehavin’ at NJPAC-Red Carpet Theatre Event
• Heart Health-Go Red:Sisters Together
• Nutrition & Healthy Eating-Sisters Together
• As you prepare for College, Using Sports to Change your Life-Education-Sports Workshop
• Breast Cancer Awareness
• Human Trafficking

President Gwynetta Y. Joe

• 1) Exemplary Economic Development Winner
• 2) Exemplary Physical and Mental Health Winner
• 3) Exemplary Transformative Technology Winner
• 4) Exemplary Arts and Letters Runner-Up

• Eastern Region
• www.easternregiondst.org

• Award scholarships to college bound high school students
• Workshops to inform students about tools to be successful in high school and college
• Navigating college as an Athlete
• School America
• Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy Program
• Delta GEMS: Growing and Empowering Myself Successfully
• EMBODI-Empower Males to Build Opportunities for Developing Independence

• Free tax preparation
• Senior Financial Fortitude

• Seminars on Breast Cancer
• Diabetes
• Stress Management
• Nutrition
• Healthy Lifestyle

CJA adopted a school in Kenya and provides financial assistance to support the educational development

• Delta Days
• Voting Rights
• Legislative Advocacy
• Educating the community on Social Action Issues
• Letter writing campaigns to various Legislators
• Voter Registration Drive

• 1) Physical and Mental Health Eastern Region Program & Development Award
• 2) Sisters Network Breast Cancer Walk 1st Place
• 3) Project 13-P13 Strategic Partnerships Eastern Region 2016 Certificate of Recognition

Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom.

Economic Development

Educational Development

Physical and Mental Health

Political Awareness and Involvement

International Awareness and Involvement

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated 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.

DST wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence; to provide scholarships; to provide support to the underserved; to educate and stimulate participation in the establishment of positive public policy; and to highlight issues and provide solutions for problems in their communities.

• 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 200,000 women have joined the organization. The organization is a sisterhood of predominantly Black, college educated women. The sorority currently has 1,000 collegiate and Alumnae chapters located in the Bahamas, Bermuda, England, Germany, Jamaica, Japan (Okinawa and Tokyo), Liberia, South Korea, the Virgin Islands, and the United States.

The major programs of the sorority are based upon the organization’s Five-Point Programmatic Thrust. More than ten thousand members typically attend Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated biennial national conventions, and each of the seven regional conferences (held during years when there is no national convention) typically hosts thousands of members. At its recent 51st National Convention held in the District of Columbia, more than 38,000 members registered and attended.

Karen Wade Culp

In 1953

The headquarters is now located on New Hampshire Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C.

DST - 105 years

CJA - 43 years

Major Issue: Legalization of Recreational Marijuana

Details in my words: NJ residents are Not quite sold on using Weed for Recreational Use.

• 49% said they would favor a weed shop opening nearby
• 43% said they would be opposed to it

The Garden State lags behind the national level of support for legalization of marijuana.

• Major issues:
• Russia probe

Rick Gates, Former Trump campaign aide.

Gates admitted that he lied to investigators and conspired to conceal unregistered foreign lobby. He agreed to be a cooperative witness.