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Local Deltas Celebrate Founders’ Day
Special to The Truth
The Toledo Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc, was founded in 1937 by seven young women:
Louise Burgette, Mamie Duffy, Lillian Duffy, Constance
Heslip, Mayola Senior, Ella P. Stewart and Frances Wade.
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In honor of that occasion, the Toledo Alumnae
Chapter hosted Founders’ Day on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at
the Toledo Hilton Hotel.
This year’s program, stressing the theme: “A
Sisterhood Called to Serve: Transforming Lives and Impacting
Communities,” featured keynote speaker Regina Harper,
director of the Midwest Region for Delta Sigma Theta.
Harper, a graduate of Bennett College of Greensboro, NC, is
a resident of Columbus, OH, and is a vice president with JP
Morgan Chase in the Multicultural Segment of Retail
Financial Services.
The 2010 Founders’ Day Committee included
Chairman Angela M. Siner, Trevor Black, Clare Brank, Odell
Chancy, Leotha S. Crawford, Sue Fletcher, Gussie L. Hawkins,
Wanda Terrell and Jeannine Tyree.
The national organization was founded in 1913
by 22 collegiate women at Howard University in Washington,
D.C. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., is a public service
sorority dedicated to a program of sharing membership skills
and organizational service in the public interest. The
five-Point Program Thrust of the sorority is as follows:
Economic Development, Educational Development, International
Awareness and Involvement, Physical and Mental Health and
Political Awareness and Involvement.
The president of the Toledo Alumna chapter is
Bettina Shuford, Ph.D.
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