The Membership & Reclamation Committee of the Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter is in full swing planning the 2007 Sisterhood Retreat. This year’s retreat is scheduled for March 31, 2007. The theme for this year’s retreat is “A Spirit of One.”

The signature activity for this year’s Sisterhood Retreat is our Delta Legends Ball Luncheon. The luncheon is based on “Oprah’s Legend’s Ball and Luncheon.” The Membership & Reclamation Committee will honor our own “Delta Legends”.  We encourage you to nominate a Delta that has been an inspiration to you.

As you consider your nomination, your attendance at the Sisterhood Retreat, and your life as a Soror as the anniversary of our sorority’s founding comes closer, reflect on these words:

“We feel deeply rooted and connected to the souls of Black folk who came before us. We see each one of their lives as bridges to our own – A Bridge to now. As young Deltas we’ve admired our Founders, Past National Presidents, Regional Directors, State Coordinators, Chapter Presidents, Advisors, and Specs. They were our role models and the Delta women we strived to be.

Our African-American history make us keenly aware that the ground on which we travel so freely has been forged by sweat, intelligence, talent, and courage of ancestors who couldn’t even imagine the life we’re blessed to live. When our Founders walked down Pennsylvania Avenue during that first historic women’s suffrage march, they gave birth to generations of women who would pave the wave for our civil liberties. We have a fierce respect and reverence for those whose names have made history and for the millions that did not. Just ordinary people, many of which were sorors, who received no recognition but were resourceful, resilient and remarkable in their perseverance. They endured slavery. Succeeded in spite of segregation. Triumphed over indignities. Founded our sorority. They sang, “We Shall Overcome” and indeed, they did.

We marvel at their will. We celebrate their strength. We rejoice in their determination to keep coming. Our Delta Legends Ball luncheon is a celebration for every Legend, specifically our Delta Legends, known and unknown to us from then and now.

We honor you. We thank you. We owe you. We love you.”

Sisterly Yours,

The IAC Membership & Reclamation Committee

-Adapted from: http://www.oprah.com/presents/2006/legends/legends_main.jhtml

Pictured below: Our own Soror Dorothy I. Height shares tender moments at Oprah’s 2006 Legends Weekend.

Dorothy Height and Shirley Caesar. Photo by George Burs and Bob Davis. Copyright Harpo Productions Inc.

Tina Turner pays respects to our own Soror Dorothy I. Height at Oprah's Legends Luncheon. Photo by George Burns and Bob Davis. Copyright Harpo Productions Inc.