is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. On January 13, 1913, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded by 22 collegiate women at Howard University. These students wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need. Th
e first public act performed by the Delta Founders involved their participation in the Women’s Suffrage March in Washington D.C., March 1913. Today it has more than 200,000 members and 900 chapters in the United States, Germany, Korea, Japan and the Virgin Islands. The sorority provides community service nationally and locally around its Five Point Programmatic Thrust: Educational Development, Economic Development, Physical and Mental Health, International Awareness and Involvement, Political Awareness and Involvement.
