Sigma Gamma Rho - Mu Delta Chapter

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Mu Delta Chapter

Sigma Gamma Rho

History:

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana by Mary Lou Allison Little and six teachers: Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Dulin Redford, Bessie M. Downey Martin and Cubena McClure. The charter members are the founders of Sigma Gamma Rho. The group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to Alpha chapter at Butler University.

The first three years were devoted to organizing. The first call for a national boule (convention) was held in Indianapolis, December 27-29, 1925. The second was held in Louisville, Kentucky at which time Fannie O'Bannon became the grand basileus.

In keeping with the ideals of Sigma Gamma Rho, the sorority has supported the following organizations: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Council of Negro Women, National Pan Hellenic Council, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, National Urban League, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, National Mental Health Association, United Negro College Fund, Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change, Black Women's Agenda and American Association of University Women.

Chapter History:

Mu Delta Chapter was founded April 13, 1991 by eight dynamic young ladies: Tina Turner, Joan Coates, Torri Dillard, Ivy Rudolph, Gail Patterson, Kim Thompson, Catresa Myers, and Daphne Morton.

These eight women were instrumental in bringing to West Chester University's campus a sorority dedicated to uplifting the community, attaining high levels of achievement, and providing superior role models to the community's children. Since 1991, Mu Delta Chapter has been involved in various community service projects, which include the West Chester Community Center, Voter Registration Drives, Bone Marrow Drives, Planned Parenthood Peer Mentor Program, and other campus and community based projects.

Members of Mu Delta Chapter have gone on to become Nurses, Teachers, Social Workers, Psychologists, Business Entrepreneurs, members of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, as well as Wives and Mothers. As of 1992, Mu Delta Chapter Step Team has been undefeated on West Chester University's Campus.

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