Written on 9:02 AM by gracefully discovering:
Today, 96 years ago, the above 22 phenomenal women, on the campus of Howard University founded the most magnificent public service organization in the Universe! I am so proud to be a part of this sisterhood where so many wonderful women have come and done great things for this organization, the Black community and our Country. I am so honored to wear the same shield over my heart as Dorothy Irene Height, Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, Gwendolyn E. Boyd, Barbara Jordan, Frankie Freeman, Shirley Chisolm, Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell, Nikki Giovanni, Johnetta B. Cole and Fannie Lou Hamer to name a few. I hope that one day I will be able to leave the legacy and make a lasting contribution to our community just as so many wonderful women of Delta have done before me and are doing it today! OO-OOP
Below are two poems that I found online that I liked a lot and wanted to share with you all. Please enjoy!!
SHE IS DELTA SIGMA THETA
She is the embodiment of charity and patience
The epitome of sisterhood and fortitude
Through her emanates a torch of light
Glistening rays of sisterly servitude
Forging forth in virtues' stride
Holding fast her cardinals plain
Through her beams a will to survive
A grand history to maintain
As the Pyramids on the sands of Egypt
She is a phenomenal creation-her stature great
She treads a path of her own mind
Succumbing not to peer pressure or acts of fate
Who can she be, this woman of character fine?
Transcending those of mere majority
A sister - - DeSTined to Shine
She is DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY!
written by Soror Rachelle Guillory
DISTINGUISHED
By Paula Marshall
Distinctive, devoted, delightful, dedicated
women of distinction,carrying themselves proud yet humble
as the young girl is surrounded by the elders,
she gazes at these...women of distinction,
dreaming that someday she could be like them too
honored, revered,cherished and loved,
yet with all the love and honoring they receive
they carry themselves with more humility than you and me
those are the women of distinction
they pass through a crowd and stand out
only because they know what it is to live with and without
they know what it is to work hard without recognition
as they ripened on the tree and their flowers bloomed
they hung gently from the tree
suddenly to be noticed by you and me
because that is not what they're all about
but because you can't ignore the doctors, the lawyers, the dreamers who live the dream
the aspiring women who created hope in us
the women who would not stay on the back of the bus
the warriors when no one else would fight
the leaders when few wanted to follow
This is to say thanks to those who made it possible for me to be here today,
living my dream among the crop as the cream.
This poem is dedicated to our 22 illustrious founders.
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Happy Founder's Day Soror!! 96 years of sisterhood, scholarship, and service!! Gotta Love it!!
I love my DST!!
Stepmaster #48
AT Spr' 03
Happy Founder's Day!
Hey ship!