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Murfeesboro Deltas and NAACP plan political council forum

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The Murfreesboro Branch of the NAACP and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are co-sponsoring a political forum for city council candidates and mayor, two days after another forum sponsored by the Rutherford Neighborhood Alliance.
Candidates for Murfreesboro City Council and mayor will be receiving invitations to appear at the NAACP forum, which is set from 6:30 to [...]

Military D9 Greeks host comedy slam in Iraq

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The lights dimmed and music played as poets and actors performed on stage during the Joint Base Balad Poetry Slam Feb. 11 at Morale, Welfare and Recreation east.
The Poetry Slam was sponsored by the JBB Pan-Hellenic Council, known as the Divine Nine in the United States, which consists of nine historically black Greek fraternal and [...]

Orangeburg Deltas partner with Bank of America to host economic forum

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In an economy where an unbelievable amount of franchises are failing and companies are closing their doors left and right, many people are not sure they have what it takes to open a business and keep it afloat.
According to Orangeburg business owner Kenneth Middleton, the job of being an entrepreneur is not for everyone. He [...]

Portland Deltas turn old gas station into community center

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The moment things changed forever in the June Key Delta House project didn’t come when the remodeling of an old gas station in North Portland began in mid-January. The moment things changed forever for the small group of African American women in the Delta Sigma Theta sorority came more than two decades ago, when the [...]

Delta National President to speak at Monroe Alumnae founders day event

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Monroe Alumnae, Grambling Alumnae, Lambda Rho, and Delta Iota chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. are celebrating the 97th anniversary of the founding of this illustrious sisterhood by hosting the 24th National President, Cynthia M. A. Butler-McIntyre as guest speaker. The Sorority was founded in 1913 by 22 students at Howard University. This Founders [...]

One Alpha Kappa Alpha problem is solved, another isn’t

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A former Alpha Kappa Alpha staffer says she was fired for telling officials about alleged improper spending of millions of dollars, including President Barbara A. McKinzie (left) funding a wax figure (right) of herself for a Baltimore museum.

A judge dismissed a lawsuit to oust the leadership of the nation’s oldest black Greek-letter sorority, including its [...]

Gainesville AKA chapter celebrates 30th anniversary

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Recently, the Mu Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. celebrated its 30th anniversary with a luncheon at a local restaurant.
The chapter had its beginning in August 1979 with the following charter members: Betty Abbot, LaKay Banks, Joyce Cosby, J. Leslie Cosby, Audrey Franklin, Claronelle Griffin, Christine Harper, Lois Harrison, Marie Herring, Nancy [...]

Americus Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma sorority observes Founders Day

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The Americus Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. invites the public to participate in its 97th Founders Day observance (a program designed to give recognition to the sorority’s 22 founders and acknowledgements of the sorority’ role as a public service organization), at 6 p.m. March 6 at Sumter County Middle School. Joining the [...]

Kalamazoo Greeks unite to support Haitian relief efforts

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The local chapters of the three oldest college educated Black Greek organizations Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity have united in support of the Haitian Relief Efforts.
On Saturday, February 6, 2010, at Food Dance Caf, 401 E. Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo the organizations will present a check to [...]

Alpha Kappa Alpha lawsuit dismissed

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A D.C. Superior Court judge yesterday dismissed a widely reported lawsuit aimed at ousting the leadership of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest African-American sorority in the United States.
Judge Natalia Combs Greene used just 17 pages — and several pointed words — to eviscerate the claims of the eight AKA member-plaintiffs who filed the suit last [...]