SJR70 Summary

• Recognizes Delta Day at the Alabama State Capitol on Thursday, April 14, 2011, and commends Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated

• Acknowledges that Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913, by 22 collegiate women at Howard University and now has more than 250,000 members in over 960 chapters throughout the United States and abroad

• Highlights the sorority's Five Point Program: Economic Development, Educational Development, International Awareness and Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, and Political Awareness and Involvement

• Honors Alabama members serving in the legislature, including Senator Linda Coleman and Representatives Laura Hall, Merika Coleman, Mary Moore, Pebblin Warren, and Dr. Yvonne Kennedy, the 19th National President

• Recognizes notable Delta Sigma Theta members including former U.S. Congresswomen Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, and Stephanie Tubbs Jones; Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General; and Reverend Gwendolyn E. Boyd, 22nd National President