>> WELCOME BACK. TIME NOW IS >> WELCOME BACK. TIME NOW IS 9.16 AND IT’S A CELEBRATION OF >> WELCOME BACK. TIME NOW IS 9.16 AND IT’S A CELEBRATION OF THE FOUNDING OF ONE OF THE 9.16 AND IT’S A CELEBRATION OF THE FOUNDING OF ONE OF THE OLDEST BLACK SORORITIES IN THE
THE FOUNDING OF ONE OF THE OLDEST BLACK SORORITIES IN THE WORLD. DELTA SIGMA THETA OLDEST BLACK SORORITIES IN THE WORLD. DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED FOUNDERS WORLD. DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED FOUNDERS DAY WAS JANUARY 13TH, BUT THE SORORITY INCORPORATED FOUNDERS DAY WAS JANUARY 13TH, BUT THE ORGANIZATION IS CELEBRATING
DAY WAS JANUARY 13TH, BUT THE ORGANIZATION IS CELEBRATING ALL MONTH LONG, INCLUDING THIS ORGANIZATION IS CELEBRATING ALL MONTH LONG, INCLUDING THIS WEEKEND AT UNF. SO JOINING ME ALL MONTH LONG, INCLUDING THIS WEEKEND AT UNF. SO JOINING ME NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE
WEEKEND AT UNF. SO JOINING ME NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION IN THE UPCOMING NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION IN THE UPCOMING FOUND IS A CELEBRATION. IS THE ORGANIZATION IN THE UPCOMING FOUND IS A CELEBRATION. IS THE JACKSONVILLE 11 EACH CHAPTER
FOUND IS A CELEBRATION. IS THE JACKSONVILLE 11 EACH CHAPTER PRESIDENT CRISTINA STALLINGS. JACKSONVILLE 11 EACH CHAPTER PRESIDENT CRISTINA STALLINGS. WE ALSO HAVE FOUND TUESDAY CO PRESIDENT CRISTINA STALLINGS. WE ALSO HAVE FOUND TUESDAY CO CHAIRS, MELANIE SLAIN JACKSON WE ALSO HAVE FOUND TUESDAY CO CHAIRS, MELANIE SLAIN JACKSON AND TREE ON A WALK. GOOD
CHAIRS, MELANIE SLAIN JACKSON AND TREE ON A WALK. GOOD MORNING, LADIES. GOOD MORNING. AND TREE ON A WALK. GOOD MORNING, LADIES. GOOD MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. MORNING, LADIES. GOOD MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. YOU TALK ABOUT CHRISTINA, THE
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. YOU TALK ABOUT CHRISTINA, THE HISTORY OF DELTA SIGMA THETA YOU TALK ABOUT CHRISTINA, THE HISTORY OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY ABSOLUTELY WEEK, JUST HISTORY OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY ABSOLUTELY WEEK, JUST CELEBRATING 111 YEARS WAS SO
SORORITY ABSOLUTELY WEEK, JUST CELEBRATING 111 YEARS WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE DELTA SIGMA CELEBRATING 111 YEARS WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE DELTA SIGMA THETA WAS FOUNDED. EXCITED BECAUSE DELTA SIGMA THETA WAS FOUNDED. >> ON JANUARY 13, 1913, ON THE THETA WAS FOUNDED. >> ON JANUARY 13, 1913, ON THE CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
>> ON JANUARY 13, 1913, ON THE CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY. BUT 22 FOUNDERS, THEY WERE CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY. BUT 22 FOUNDERS, THEY WERE COLLEGIATE FOUNDERS AND THEY BUT 22 FOUNDERS, THEY WERE COLLEGIATE FOUNDERS AND THEY WERE FOCUSED ON SERVICE. COLLEGIATE FOUNDERS AND THEY WERE FOCUSED ON SERVICE. SISTERHOOD SCHOLARSHIP AND
WERE FOCUSED ON SERVICE. SISTERHOOD SCHOLARSHIP AND SOCIAL ACTION. SO WE’RE REALLY SISTERHOOD SCHOLARSHIP AND SOCIAL ACTION. SO WE’RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT ALSO SOCIAL ACTION. SO WE’RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT ALSO THE HISTORY OF THE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT ALSO THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION WE HAVE CURRENTLY
THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION WE HAVE CURRENTLY TODAY OVER 300,000 MEMBERS. ORGANIZATION WE HAVE CURRENTLY TODAY OVER 300,000 MEMBERS. BUT LOCALLY, THE AWARD-WINNING TODAY OVER 300,000 MEMBERS. BUT LOCALLY, THE AWARD-WINNING CHAPTER JACKSONVILLE, ALUMNAE BUT LOCALLY, THE AWARD-WINNING CHAPTER JACKSONVILLE, ALUMNAE CHAPTER. WE HAVE A FULL 130.
CHAPTER JACKSONVILLE, ALUMNAE CHAPTER. WE HAVE A FULL 130. MEMBERS IN CHAPTER TODAY. ALSO CHAPTER. WE HAVE A FULL 130. MEMBERS IN CHAPTER TODAY. ALSO FOCUSED ON THOSE INITIATIVES MEMBERS IN CHAPTER TODAY. ALSO FOCUSED ON THOSE INITIATIVES SET BY OUR FOUNDERS. I CANNOT
FOCUSED ON THOSE INITIATIVES SET BY OUR FOUNDERS. I CANNOT LEAVE IT OUT BECAUSE WE HAD A SET BY OUR FOUNDERS. I CANNOT LEAVE IT OUT BECAUSE WE HAD A MEMBER WINONA CARD OUT. LEAVE IT OUT BECAUSE WE HAD A MEMBER WINONA CARD OUT. ALEXANDER WHO WAS A PART
MEMBER WINONA CARD OUT. ALEXANDER WHO WAS A PART CHAPTER WHICH SETS US UP FOR ALEXANDER WHO WAS A PART CHAPTER WHICH SETS US UP FOR THIS, FOUND US A CELEBRATION. CHAPTER WHICH SETS US UP FOR THIS, FOUND US A CELEBRATION. SO WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR
THIS, FOUND US A CELEBRATION. SO WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR CHAPTER IN HISTORY AND WHERE SO WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR CHAPTER IN HISTORY AND WHERE WE’RE PLANNING TO GO. AND CHAPTER IN HISTORY AND WHERE WE’RE PLANNING TO GO. AND SHE’S RESTING HERE AND
WE’RE PLANNING TO GO. AND SHE’S RESTING HERE AND ACTUALLY RESTING HERE IN SHE’S RESTING HERE AND ACTUALLY RESTING HERE IN JACKSONVILLE ARE REALLY ACTUALLY RESTING HERE IN JACKSONVILLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YEAH, AND JACKSONVILLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YEAH, AND I KNOW THE SORORITY IN THE
EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YEAH, AND I KNOW THE SORORITY IN THE ORGANIZATION IS ALL ABOUT I KNOW THE SORORITY IN THE ORGANIZATION IS ALL ABOUT SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IS ALL ABOUT SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FOCUS AS WELL. BECAUSE YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FOCUS AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE ONE OF THE ABOUT THE FOCUS AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A
ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A CHAPTER, WE FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A CHAPTER, WE FOCUS ON THE FIVE-POINT PROGRAMMATIC THRUS CHAPTER, WE FOCUS ON THE FIVE-POINT PROGRAMMATIC THRUS WE ALANA PROGRAMS TO THAT, FIVE-POINT PROGRAMMATIC THRUS WE ALANA PROGRAMS TO THAT, WHICH INCLUDES ECONOMIC
WE ALANA PROGRAMS TO THAT, WHICH INCLUDES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL WHICH INCLUDES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT, POLITICAL AWARENESS AND AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT, POLITICAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT AND PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. SOME OF THOSE
INVOLVEMENT AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. SOME OF THOSE THE IMPACTS THAT WE’VE BEEN MENTAL HEALTH. SOME OF THOSE THE IMPACTS THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE PROVIDE HAS BEEN FOCUSED THE IMPACTS THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE PROVIDE HAS BEEN FOCUSED AROUND EDUCATIONAL PLACE WHERE
ABLE PROVIDE HAS BEEN FOCUSED AROUND EDUCATIONAL PLACE WHERE WE HAVE ALSO DONATED OVER AROUND EDUCATIONAL PLACE WHERE WE HAVE ALSO DONATED OVER $156,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO WE HAVE ALSO DONATED OVER $156,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING STUDENTS. WE FOCUS $156,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING STUDENTS. WE FOCUS ON THE CITY. WE’VE ALSO
DESERVING STUDENTS. WE FOCUS ON THE CITY. WE’VE ALSO DONATED OVER $7,000 IN THE ON THE CITY. WE’VE ALSO DONATED OVER $7,000 IN THE PAST TO INTERNATIONAL DONATED OVER $7,000 IN THE PAST TO INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN SAY PAST TO INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN SAY THE LIVES OF NEWBORNS BY
LOCATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN SAY THE LIVES OF NEWBORNS BY GIVING THEM CUB 8 AND THAT’S THE LIVES OF NEWBORNS BY GIVING THEM CUB 8 AND THAT’S SO IMPORTANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE GIVING THEM CUB 8 AND THAT’S SO IMPORTANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S BEYOND
SO IMPORTANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S BEYOND THE COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S BEYOND THE COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE. AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE THE COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE. AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE DEDICATED TO THE SORORITY. AND
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE DEDICATED TO THE SORORITY. AND SO THAT’S SOMETHING THAT I’M DEDICATED TO THE SORORITY. AND SO THAT’S SOMETHING THAT I’M SURE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SO THAT’S SOMETHING THAT I’M SURE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
SURE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT TREE ON ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT TREE ON ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT FROM THE FOUNDERS DAY TREE ON ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT FROM THE FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY? YEAH.
EXPECT FROM THE FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY? YEAH. SO OUR FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY? YEAH. SO OUR FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION IS THIS SATURDAY, SO OUR FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION IS THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 20TH, IT WILL BE AT CELEBRATION IS THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 20TH, IT WILL BE AT THE UF CAMPUS AT 11:00AM.
JANUARY 20TH, IT WILL BE AT THE UF CAMPUS AT 11:00AM. >> WE ARE GOING TO BRING A THE UF CAMPUS AT 11:00AM. >> WE ARE GOING TO BRING A SHOW. >> WE ARE GOING TO BRING A SHOW. >>MELANIE LAWSON: WE HAVE OUR SHOW. >>MELANIE LAWSON: WE HAVE OUR IS STEEN. KEYNOTE SPEAKER
>>MELANIE LAWSON: WE HAVE OUR IS STEEN. KEYNOTE SPEAKER DOCTOR GWENDOLYN BOYD. WE WILL IS STEEN. KEYNOTE SPEAKER DOCTOR GWENDOLYN BOYD. WE WILL HAVE SPECIAL GUEST CITY DOCTOR GWENDOLYN BOYD. WE WILL HAVE SPECIAL GUEST CITY OFFICIALS THERE. WE HAVE OUR HAVE SPECIAL GUEST CITY OFFICIALS THERE. WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN CHAPTER MEMBER
OFFICIALS THERE. WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN CHAPTER MEMBER COUNCILWOMAN JU’COBY PITTMAN VERY OWN CHAPTER MEMBER COUNCILWOMAN JU’COBY PITTMAN WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE DOCTOR, COUNCILWOMAN JU’COBY PITTMAN WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE DOCTOR, JEANETTE. A CALL WILL BE THERE
WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE DOCTOR, JEANETTE. A CALL WILL BE THERE PARTICIPATING. WE HAVE THE JEANETTE. A CALL WILL BE THERE PARTICIPATING. WE HAVE THE GROOVE AND WE HAVE OUR VERY PARTICIPATING. WE HAVE THE GROOVE AND WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN DELTA TRIO WILL BE THERE.
GROOVE AND WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN DELTA TRIO WILL BE THERE. THIS WILL BE A SHOW THAT YOU OWN DELTA TRIO WILL BE THERE. THIS WILL BE A SHOW THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS. AND A LOT
THIS WILL BE A SHOW THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED. ALREADY DO NOT WANT TO MISS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED. ALREADY SOLD OUT. HE TO AGAIN. ALL OF OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED. ALREADY SOLD OUT. HE TO AGAIN. ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING
SOLD OUT. HE TO AGAIN. ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING INTO HOW LOT HOW MUCH YOU ALL THE EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING INTO HOW LOT HOW MUCH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PREPARING. SO, INTO HOW LOT HOW MUCH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PREPARING. SO, MELANIE, WHAT DO YOU HOPE
HAVE BEEN PREPARING. SO, MELANIE, WHAT DO YOU HOPE GUESTS TAKE AWAY FROM THE MELANIE, WHAT DO YOU HOPE GUESTS TAKE AWAY FROM THE PROGRAM? YOU OUR FOUNDERS HAD GUESTS TAKE AWAY FROM THE PROGRAM? YOU OUR FOUNDERS HAD A VISION TO ESTABLISH A
PROGRAM? YOU OUR FOUNDERS HAD A VISION TO ESTABLISH A SORORITY THAT WAS CALLED TO A VISION TO ESTABLISH A SORORITY THAT WAS CALLED TO SERVICE. SO IT’S REALLY MY SORORITY THAT WAS CALLED TO SERVICE. SO IT’S REALLY MY HOPE THAT GUESTS GET TO JUST
SERVICE. SO IT’S REALLY MY HOPE THAT GUESTS GET TO JUST GET A GLIMPSE OF THE PASSION HOPE THAT GUESTS GET TO JUST GET A GLIMPSE OF THE PASSION AND FERVOR THAT OUR FOUNDERS GET A GLIMPSE OF THE PASSION AND FERVOR THAT OUR FOUNDERS HAD IN 1913, AND THAT WHEN
AND FERVOR THAT OUR FOUNDERS HAD IN 1913, AND THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE PROGRAM, THEY HAD IN 1913, AND THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE PROGRAM, THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHY MEMBERS OF THEY LEAVE THE PROGRAM, THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHY MEMBERS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY
CAN UNDERSTAND WHY MEMBERS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED ARE REALLY DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO TRANSFORMING INCORPORATED ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO TRANSFORMING LIVES AND IMPACTING COMMITTED TO TRANSFORMING LIVES AND IMPACTING COMMUNITIES. A LOT OF HISTORIC LIVES AND IMPACTING COMMUNITIES. A LOT OF HISTORIC HISTORIC PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OF
COMMUNITIES. A LOT OF HISTORIC HISTORIC PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SORORITY ZAHN NOW THAT YOU HISTORIC PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SORORITY ZAHN NOW THAT YOU ALL ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT AS THE SORORITY ZAHN NOW THAT YOU ALL ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT AS WELL. SO COULD SEE THAT AS WE
ALL ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT AS WELL. SO COULD SEE THAT AS WE CLOSE OUT, HOW CAN PEOPLE WELL. SO COULD SEE THAT AS WE CLOSE OUT, HOW CAN PEOPLE STILL SUPPORT THE CLOSE OUT, HOW CAN PEOPLE STILL SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION? BECAUSE AS WE
STILL SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION? BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED, IT IS SOLD OUT THE ORGANIZATION? BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED, IT IS SOLD OUT THE EVENT. BUT I KNOW THAT I’M MENTIONED, IT IS SOLD OUT THE EVENT. BUT I KNOW THAT I’M SURE SOME PEOPLE STILL LIKE TO
EVENT. BUT I KNOW THAT I’M SURE SOME PEOPLE STILL LIKE TO SUPPORT. I THINK IT’S VERY SURE SOME PEOPLE STILL LIKE TO SUPPORT. I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE SUPPORT. I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY. IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY. >> WITHOUT PARTNERSHIP.
WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY. >> WITHOUT PARTNERSHIP. >> WITHOUT PEOPLE WE CANNOT >> WITHOUT PARTNERSHIP. >> WITHOUT PEOPLE WE CANNOT PROVIDE IMPACT. SO WHAT WE >> WITHOUT PEOPLE WE CANNOT PROVIDE IMPACT. SO WHAT WE EXPECT IS THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE IMPACT. SO WHAT WE EXPECT IS THAT WE WANT TO SCHOLARSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS BY
EXPECT IS THAT WE WANT TO SCHOLARSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS BY MORE THAN $20,000 THIS YEAR A SCHOLARSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS BY MORE THAN $20,000 THIS YEAR A WEEK PROGRAM. IF YOU WANT TO MORE THAN $20,000 THIS YEAR A WEEK PROGRAM. IF YOU WANT TO DONATE, PLEASE INQUIRE AT
WEEK PROGRAM. IF YOU WANT TO DONATE, PLEASE INQUIRE AT DELTA’S AT DST JACK SORT AS DONATE, PLEASE INQUIRE AT DELTA’S AT DST JACK SORT AS IMPORTANT BECAUSE COLLEGE IS DELTA’S AT DST JACK SORT AS IMPORTANT BECAUSE COLLEGE IS SO EXPENSIVE. NOW SIDE KNOW
IMPORTANT BECAUSE COLLEGE IS SO EXPENSIVE. NOW SIDE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SO EXPENSIVE. NOW SIDE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DESERVING STUDENTS OUT THERE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DESERVING STUDENTS OUT THERE THAT COULD REALLY USE THE
DESERVING STUDENTS OUT THERE THAT COULD REALLY USE THE HELPS. I KNOW EVERYONE IS THAT COULD REALLY USE THE HELPS. I KNOW EVERYONE IS APPRECIATIVE ALL THE WORK THAT HELPS. I KNOW EVERYONE IS APPRECIATIVE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. ONE MORE THING WE
APPRECIATIVE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. ONE MORE THING WE DON’T WANT FORGET OUR 22ND YOU ALL DO. ONE MORE THING WE DON’T WANT FORGET OUR 22ND NATIONAL PRESIDENT WILL BE IN DON’T WANT FORGET OUR 22ND NATIONAL PRESIDENT WILL BE IN TOWN. SHE’S OUR KEYNOTE
NATIONAL PRESIDENT WILL BE IN TOWN. SHE’S OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER. AND SHE THOUGH WE’RE TOWN. SHE’S OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER. AND SHE THOUGH WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HER SPEAKER. AND SHE THOUGH WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HER YEARLY. FORMER PRESIDENT LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HER YEARLY. FORMER PRESIDENT ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY ALL
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