Public Invited to Statewide Founders Day Luncheon for Delta Sigma Theta
A Sisterhood Called to Serve: Transforming Lives, Impacting Communities
Nationally Renowned Economist, Scholar and 2011 NAACP Image Award Nominee to Give Keynote Address at Local Social Action Event.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, January 31, 2011
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University. The first public act performed by the Delta Founders involved their participation in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington, D.C. In keeping with the sorority's beginnings and its commitment to Political Awareness and Involvement, the Indiana chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. invite the public to their Statewide Founders Day Luncheon, featuring keynote speaker, Julianne Malveaux, Ph.D.Dr. Malveaux is an economist, author, commentator and the President of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is well known for her progressive and insightful observations on issues such as race, culture, gender and their economic impacts.
Speaking on the theme, Delta Sigma Theta - A Sisterhood Called to Serve: Transforming Lives, Impacting Communities, Dr. Malveaux will be joined by a distinguished panel of social and political thinkers. Offering the response will be Ms. Chelsea Hayes, National Second Vice President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Representative Marcia L. Fudge, Congresswoman 11th District of Ohio and The Honorable Tanya Walton Pratt, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Indiana.
Prior to the luncheon, Dr. Malveaux will host a signing for her latest book, Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History, which was recently nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Luncheon attendees will also have the opportunity to submit questions to the panel for response.
The Indiana Statewide Founders Day Luncheon will take place Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. at the Marriott Ballroom in downtown Indianapolis. The cost of registration is $50 a person and attendees must register in advance. The final day to register is February 18, 2011.
For more information about the luncheon or to download a registration form visit: http://www.dstiac.com.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. A sisterhood of more than 200,000 predominately Black college educated women, the Sorority currently has over 900 chapters worldwide. For more information visit: http://www.deltasigmatheta.org.
Contact: Terri Cope Walton
Publicity Chairperson
317.439.6495
publicity@dstiac.com