Mid-Hudson Valley Alumnae Chapter
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
The History of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Our Founders
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is a private, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. Since its founding, more than 300,000 women have joined the organization. The organization is a sisterhood of predominantly Black, college educated women. The Sorority currently has over 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, the Republic of Korea, the Arabian Gulf, Southern Africa and West Africa.
The major programs of the Sorority are based upon the Five-Point Programmatic Thrust: economic development, educational development, international awareness and involvement, physical and mental health, and political awareness and involvement.
For more information, visit our national website at www.deltasigmatheta.org
Visit the Eastern Region's website at www.easternregiondst.org/
Mid-Hudson Valley Alumnae Chapter History
The Mid - Hudson Valley Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was chartered on June 27, 1970.
It was through the initial efforts of Alfreda E. Porter that the original Charter Members gathered in 1969 to begin this chapter.
These Charter Members are Estella Henderson Boyd, Grace Brown, Yolanda Brown, Jean Wooden Cunningham, Senora Diggs Davis, Carolyn Benyard Golden, Gloria Lang, Alice Jefferson Marshall, Thelma Morris, Doris Penn, Barbara Perry, Alfreda Evans Porter, Dorothy Bradford Stanley, and Joanne Luckett Vereen.
Through the years, the Mid - Hudson Valley Alumnae Chapter has been involved in many projects and activities focused on improving the youngest child to the senior citizens of the Mid Hudson Valley area.
We are also fortunate to have had Soror Founder Naomi Sewell Richardson as a participating member of our chapter from 1979 until her death in 1993. Through our many visits and conversations with her, four of our chapter Sorors, Alice J. Marshall, Estella E. Boyd, Leola M. Mason, and Karen J. Wilson, were able to write a biography of her life, titled: "A Life of Quiet Dignity - Naomi Sewell Richardson".
