Political Awareness & Involvement
In March 1913, nearly six weeks after our founding, our 22 Founders participated in the historic Women’s Suffrage March in Washington, D.C. This was the Sorority's first public act.
The mission of Social Action is to promote leadership, advocacy, and empowerment to effect social change and public policy. Social Action is the vehicle through which the Sorority establishes a position on an emerging or perennial public issue, determines the action to be taken, and directs the actions of members, chapters, and representative bodies. Each of Delta’s programmatic initiatives has an advocacy component implemented under the auspices of social action when appropriate or necessary.
Tucson Alumnae continues to lead discussions in Southern Arizona on voter registration, public education, affordable housing, access to affordable healthcare, immigration reform, and financial literacy. The organization and its members strongly advocate for issues that will improve the lives of minorities and those living in underserved communities on national, regional, state, and local levels.
Tucson Alumnae Chapter’s Social Action Committee is charged with implementing programs focused on enacting and protecting laws and policies that will sustain or expand the rights and privileges owed to all citizens.
Since its founding, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (“Delta”) has been an action-driven organization. Accordingly, Delta has created Delta for Women in Action (D4) as an independent 501(c)(4), Delta-affiliated, nonprofit social welfare and advocacy organization.
As a newly created and independent 501(c)(4) social welfare and advocacy organization, D4 Women in Action constitutes a vehicle through which the public policy objectives, legislative priorities and targeted candidacies for public office which are reflected in and valued by the legacy of Delta can be significantly enhanced in a concerted and sustained manner. D4 Women in Action seeks to improve the political presence of Black women in the public policy, legislative, and political arenas and to build a pipeline of Black women engaged in enhanced, concerted and sustained social action, civic engagement, and involvement in public affairs and the political process.
For more information, visit https://delta4womeninaction.org/.
D4 Women in Action
On a national level, we have Delta Days in the Nation’s Capital, held in Washington, D.C., which is the Sorority’s annual legislative conference. We also have Delta Days at the United Nations to educate and raise awareness of global issues and international policy. Our nation’s social action partners include Planned Parenthood, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), UNICEF, and the American Cancer Society. Our National Social Action Priorities are:
- DC Statehood
- Educational Disparities and Inequalities
- Health Equity
- Redistricting
- Reimagining Public Safety
- Voter Suppression
- Supporting Gender Equality
- Combating Racial Profiling
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