96 years of a beautiful legacy!

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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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3 Comments

  1. Living Whimsically |

    Happy Founder's Day Soror!! 96 years of sisterhood, scholarship, and service!! Gotta Love it!!

    I love my DST!!
    Stepmaster #48
    AT Spr' 03

     
  2. IAD |

    Happy Founder's Day!

     
  3. Anonymous |

    Hey ship!

     

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