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Delta Que Day of Purpose
Spring has Sprung and it’s time to put our Purpose in Motion. Save the Date of Saturday, April 23, 2011 for our Delta/Que Day of Purpose Part 2. Those of you who had the opportunity to participate for round one did a wonderful job and I know we agree that it was a fun and rewarding experience. We will return again to Briarwood Health and Rehabilitation Center and our primary focus this time will be the maintenance of the exterior and landscaping. Sorors, it will be just exciting as it sounds. One of our targeted goals is to beautify the Courtyard with Patio furniture and accessories. Sorors, if you are someone you know has a contact with a business who would be willing to donate to this cause, please let us know. We will also be speaking with the Omegas about members of our Organizations making donations to purchase landscaping items as well. Sorors, feel free to share any ideas you might have in making this project a success. Please be on the lookout for exciting updates to this fabulous Day of Service. There will be 2 shifts, 8:45 to 11:30 and 11:30 to 2:00 with a group picture at 11:30. Allergies preventing you from working outside? I’m sure we can find something inside for you to do. Sign up sheets will be available at the April Chapter Meeting. What a great way to give back for the Easter Weekend. That evening we will be hosting the Spring edition of the Scholarship Matinee called “A White Affair” at Cloud 9 Bar and Grill from 6pm to 10pm. Tickets are now available for $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Sorors, get your tickets early. Tickets will be available at Executive Board, Chapter meeting, The Jewelry Lady (7427 N. Shadeland Ave 46250), E.M. Hughes and Associates (8078 Windham Lake Drive 46214) or any Reclamation Committee. Donations are appreciated as well.
Carolyn Sanders
Second Vice President
Vpresident2@dstiac.com
Delta Que Day of Purpose
The Ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and The Men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. will participate in their Annual Day of purpose Saturday, December 11, 2010.
Service at the Briarwood Health and Rehabilitation Center
Members of the Sorority and Fraternity will serve at the Briarwood Health and Rehabilitation Center at 3640 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46205 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. They be painting, cleaning, organizing, and providing assistance with any and everything else the residents and the facility may need to have done. The Delta Dears, Senior Omegas and members of the Delta GEMS will facilitate a Christmas Program for the Residents. Community service is open to members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.. Members may still sign up to work a shift by contacting Second Vice President Carolyn Sanders at vpresident2@dstiac.com. Represent and come out and join us. Please spread the word about the Delta/Que Day of Purpose.
Tis’ the Season Scholarship Matinee
The community is invited to come out and party with the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Saturday, December 11, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Cloud 9 located at 5150 West 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202. The Tis the Season Scholarship Matinee is an annual scholarship fundraiser for both the Sorority and Fraternity. Cost is $10 in advance and $15 at the door. For tickets contact vpresident2@dstiac.com. Tickets can also be purchased on the east side from The Jewelry Lady Fine Jewelry Store, Mon. – Thurs and Sat. from 10 am to 6pm at 7427 N. Shadeland Ave. Call (317) 578-2500. If you are on the west side you may get tickets by appointment at E.M. Hughes and Associates at 8057 Windham Lake Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46214 (near 34th and Dandy Trail). Call Robyn at (317) 908-9112.
Join IAC and Team Wood for Memory Walk
It’s Memory Walk time again. Please join Team Wood and walk to end Alzheimer’s Disease. Team Wood walks in honor of Soror Doris V. Wood and all other sorors and families who experience Alzheimer’s Disease. Doris was initiated in Chi Chapter in 1945 which represents 65 years in Delta. Participating in the Memory Walk raises money for research. It does make a difference! Soror Wood continues to thrive as well as she does because the research helps those who take care of her to learn about the disease and do the very best they can with her care.
Please join the team. Get some donations. Walk on Sunday, October 17th and enjoy the fun, fellowship and exercise. Here are the details:
Where: Michael Carroll Stadium at IUPUI Downtown Indianapolis
When: Sunday, October 17, 2010
Registration 12:30 pm
Walk begins at 1:30pm
Length: 1 Mile and 5K Routes available along the canal
Join Team Wood by clicking on this link.
If you can’t walk, you can make a donation by clicking below:
Delta on the Red Carpet featuring “The Princess and the Frog” was a Resounding Success!
INDIANAPOLIS, IN December 12, 2009 – The Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. hosted 925 parents and children at their Delta on the Red Carpet event featuring Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. downtown at United Artist Circle Centre located at 49 Maryland Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204 to support Disney’s first animated film featuring an African American Princess.
Hundreds of little girls and boys lined the halls of the theatre to take photos with Princess Delta played by Soror Juanita Ingram, Esq. the current Mrs. U.S. Beauties and a live Princess Tiana played by Soror Karissa Rates. Members of IAC’s Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy accompanied the two Princesses as they walked down the Red Carpet. Attendees young and old thoroughly enjoyed the fan-fair and the film. The Red Carpet event also garnered media attention from Channel 6 News, “Afternoons with Amos” on WTLC AM 1310, and The Indianapolis Star.
The event was part of a National Initiative under the auspices of the Sorority’s National Arts & Letters Commission. Local chapters throughout the sororities’ 900+ chapters have been charged to organize an event supporting the historical release of “The Princess and the Frog”. The Red Carpet event in Indianapolis was organized by the Chapter’s Arts & Letters Committee who collected ticket stubs, along with other chapters holding similar events, and will submit them to Disney as tangible evidence that Delta Sigma Theta supports films that have positive African American representation. Delta on the Red Carpet events for “The Princess and the Frog” were hosted by various chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority throughout Indiana in Bloomington, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Merrillville, Muncie, and South Bend.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s National Commission on Arts and Letters was established in 1973. The ultimate goal of the Commission is to boldly advance the Black Experience through arts and letters and to promote the contributions of African-Americans in the arts—past and present. Moreover, the Commission is charged with preserving, supporting, communicating and projecting all art forms that express the Black Experience through artistic expression, as it relates to promoting the creative works of African-American artists, particularly those of women.
Take a look at photos below (flash is required, click here to download the latest version of flash). Stay tuned for more events from IAC’s Arts & Letters Committee.
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IAC participates in the RTV6 Toy Drive
For the past five years the Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter has participated in the RTV6 Toy Drive. IAC collected several toys for children, and in particular gifts for the pre-teen (10-12) age group, and young girls this Christmas. The RTV6 team came out to video our segment at the December Chapter meeting, and by Monday evening it hit the news. Way to go Sorors! Thanks for your support during this holiday season and making a difference in Indianapolis! Thanks to Terri Cope Walton for coordinating the Toy Drive for the Chapter!
Check out the video below. Please note you will need flash to be able to view it.
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY DRAWS OVER 900 PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF DISNEY’S “THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG”.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN December 8, 2009 – The Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will host 925 parents and children at their Delta on the Red Carpet event featuring Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. downtown at United Artist Circle Centre located at 49 Maryland Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204 to support Disney’s first animated film featuring an African American Princess.
The event is a National Initiative under the auspices of the Sorority’s National Arts & Letters Commission. Local chapters throughout the sororities’ 900+ chapters have been charged to organize an event supporting the historical release of “The Princess and the Frog”. The Red Carpet event in Indianapolis was organized by the Chapter’s Arts & Letters Committee who will collect the ticket stubs, along with other chapters holding similar events, and submit them to Disney as tangible evidence that Delta Sigma Theta supports films that have positive African American representation. Delta on the Red Carpet events for “The Princess and the Frog” are being hosted by various chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority throughout Indiana in Bloomington, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Merrillville, Muncie, and South Bend.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s National Commission on Arts and Letters was established in 1973. The ultimate goal of the Commission is to boldly advance the Black Experience through arts and letters and to promote the contributions of African-Americans in the arts—past and present. Moreover, the Commission is charged with preserving, supporting, communicating and projecting all art forms that express the Black Experience through artistic expression, as it relates to promoting the creative works of African-American artists, particularly those of women.
Buy tickets for “The Princess and the Frog” this Saturday, December 5th at the Madame Walker Theatre
You can secure your tickets in person for our Delta Red Carpet Event fea. Disney’s The Princess & The Frog on THIS Saturday, 12/5 at the Walker Theatre (Downtown Indy) from 12pm-2pm! Space is still available! First Come, First Served! This event is open to everyone! We have a Princess Package AND a Prince Package for girls and boys! Contact us for event details and assistance! Tell everyone you know! Don’t miss the Disney Magic and the Delta Love on the Red Carpet!
Delta partners with the Urban League for World Aids Day
IAC partnered with the Indianapolis Urban League for this years’ World AIDS Day 2009. The program was held Tuesday, December 1, 2009 from 6pm-9pm at the Urban League 777 Indiana Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana. Sorors volunteered at the registration table and assisted with the candlelight vigil.
About the Day
World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st. The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988. World AIDS Day provides governments, national AIDS programs, faith organizations, community organizations, and individuals with an opportunity to raise awareness and focus attention on the global AIDS epidemic.
The FactsOver a million Americans are estimated to be living with HIV. Worldwide an estimated 33 million people are living with HIV.
~From the United States Department of Health & Human Services
Delta Speaks to Teens with Kemba Smith Photos
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter held “Delta Speaks to Teens” as part of their mental health awareness month activities on November 21, 2009 at Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet School, located at 1140 Dr. Martin Luther King.. The keynote speaker was Kemba Smith the young woman whose case garnered national attention and was granted clemency after serving 6.5 years of a 24.5 years sentence in federal prison by former President Bill Clinton in December 2000.
During that time the Sorority lobbied for Smith’s release and for changes in laws requiring mandatory minimum sentencing for first time non-violent drug offenders. Delta Sigma Theta made significant contributions to the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund which assisted with defending Kemba Smith after her family’s financial resources were exhausted. In 2005 Delta Sigma Theta gifted 1 million dollars to the Legal Defense Fund.
Smith shared her story and addressed concerns of dozens of Indianapolis youth. Her story begins when after graduating from high school in 1989 and entering college she got involved with a drug dealer who was a major figure in a crack cocaine ring, drawing her in the middle of his life with physical, mental and emotional abuse. Today, Smith is a wife, mother, advocate, soon to be author and subject of a movie, produced by Rainforest Films (Stomp the Yard, Obsessed, This Christmas) about her life. Her story has been featured on CNN, Nightline, CourtTV, The Early Morning Show and numerous national print publications. For more information on Kemba Smith, visit www.kembasmithfoundation.org.
Check out the photos below (flash is required, click here to download the latest version of flash).
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