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 organization’s Five Point Programmatic Thrust:
Economic Development
Physical and Mental Health
Educational Development
Political Awareness and Involvement
International Awareness and Involvement
For more information, visit our national website at www.deltasigmatheta.org.
Cheryl W. Turner of Jackson, MS, elected during the 56th National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, serves as the National First Vice President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Prior to this accomplishment, she served two terms as the Southern Regional Director of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, Soror Turner was elected during the Sorority’s 43rd Southern Regional Conference in Memphis, Tennessee, and is the first and only Mississippian to be elected to the position since the inception of Regional Conferences in 1923. As Southern Regional Director, she was responsible for the oversight and management of 215 established chapters in the largest Region of our illustrious organization. Years later, she served the Southern Region again as the Interim Director.