The history of black Greek lettered sororities dates back to the early 1900’s when alpha kappa alpha and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is reformed among a group of women that were the top of their class at Howard University in Washington DC to create a support network for women during a time of
Segregation and male dominance in our country I recently sat down with five prominent Detroit business women representing three different predominantly black sororities to talk about the history legacy and impact on communities past and present for these five women being in their sororities is an enormous sense of pride my name is
Jennifer fuller and I’m a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated it’s wonderful to be a part of a sisterhood that has such an outstanding legacy and rich history I am Tiffany Douglas I’m also a member of the Delta Sigma Theta for me it’s really about the
Legacy that 22 women started in 1913 when it was hard to be educated when it was difficult to go sit at a counter and and eat I am honored to continue the legacy and serve this community him Ketan Williams I’m a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated
The sense of pride starting when I was at Michigan State and these women were role models to me Wendy Turner Lewis and I am a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated so many women powerful women that started in college and pledged and have this bond that
Continues service to the community is a huge mission of these organizations with just the AKS and deltas combined there are over a half million members nationwide and over 2000 chapters there’s power in having hundreds of thousands of african-american women come together for a common bond of sisterhood of
Excellence and service to the community so whether we’re you know standing at the Capitol or whether we’re sending letters on behalf of what we think is important to our communities to elected officials you can imagine that being that large and that broad how where the impact of Delta is felt is
Everywhere what’s equally impactful the bond of friendship and sisterhood we still get together for dinner for drinks we get together for service projects I was inducted with 16 wonderful line sisters and so to this day we’re all very close this is a bar the people that
Will go on forever in always on a lighter note I had to ask a couple burning questions is there any rivalry between sororities friendly friendly what about the power in these colors I mean can Delta’s wear pink and that’s the best way to say the ladies went on
To talk about what it means to represent their sororities in the community and to the next generation they talked about some of the myths associated with sororities and even their initiation experiences as well as more about what they are doing for people in need in our community which is one of the most
Important things they talked about so we are posting the entire interview under the scene on for Black History Month page
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