About Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
National History
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by seven young educators: Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin, and Cubena McClure. The group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University. Since its inception, the dynamic women of Sigma Gamma Rho have built and sustained a well-known and well-respected reputation for leading positive change to help uplift the community through sisterhood, leadership, and service.
Sigma Quick Facts
Established: November 12, 1922, at Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Membership: 100,000+
Division: Five Regions - Central, Northeastern, Southeastern, Southwestern, Western
Service Channel: Over 500 chapters in the U.S., United Arab Emirates, Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada, Ghana, Germany, Korea and Japan.
Sorority Flower: The Yellow Tea Rose
Sorority Mascot: The Poodle
Sorority Colors: Royal Blue and Gold
National Programs
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., is fully committed to assisting those in need as well as the betterment of communities around the globe. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority works in partnership with national support organizations including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), National Urban League, The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and many others.
Since 1922, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. has made a substantial impact nationally and abroad. The Sorority has a proud history of offering service wherever chapters exists under the auspice of the organization’s signature program entitled, Project Reassurance. Through active participation in programs and through networking with other organizations such as the National Council of Negro Women, Urban League and the NAACP, Sigma’s legacy of service to improve the quality of life for all continues. The service of Sigma Gamma Rho’s global service includes Project Africa and Project Mwanamugimu.
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Operation
Big Book Bag
Operation Big Book Bag is a program designed to address the needs, challenges and issues that face school-aged children who are educationally at-risk, in local homeless shelters and extended-care hospitals and facilities. Through this program, chapters and members collect and donate educational materials, equipment and school supplies.
Women’s
Wellness
Initiative
The Women’s Wellness Initiative is a consolidated effort that allows chapters to focus on health issues that impact women; specifically, women of color. The Women’s Wellness Initiative was developed after the Sorority’s participation in the United Nations/March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness panel in New York. Acceptable educational and programmatic efforts under this Initiative include, but are not limited to Breast Cancer Awareness, Intimate and Domestic Violence, Heart Health, Diabetes Health, Mental Health and other issues that target women.
Swim 1922
Swim 1922 was created to address the unfortunate truth that according to the CDC, approximately 10 people drown every day in the U.S.A. An even more startling fact is that 70 percent of African American children and 60 percent of Hispanic children in the U.S. do not know how to swim. Additionally, African American children are three times more likely to drown than Caucasian children. Through the partnership with USA Swimming, Sigma Gamma Rho’s Swim 1922 campaign aims to address this disparity by having. Olympians and members of the sorority teach the community about water safety and how to swim. With USA Swimming, Sigma Gamma Rho has touched close to 20,000 lives, directly, with the projection of changing multiple generations to come.
Project
Cradle Care
A collaboration between Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and the March of Dimes, Project Cradle Care Prenatal Health Program seeks to improve pregnancy outcomes in high-risk communities by increasing the number of women of childbearing age who receive adequate prenatal education and care. The program also focuses on educating moms about proper infant care and child development.
Annual Youth Symposium
Held simultaneously, on the second Saturday of March by Alumnae Chapters across the nation, our Youth Symposium serves as a unifying effort during Sigma Week. The Symposium (supported by undergraduate chapters and affiliates) is designed to highlight some of the prevalent concerns that negatively impact our youth (drugs, teen violence, abuse, low self-esteem, suicide, teen pregnancy, human trafficking, etc.).
About Theta Pi Sigma
Chapter History
Theta Pi Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., was chartered on February 21, 1998, in Murrieta, California. It was the first graduate chapter chartered in the Inland Empire and its members hail from throughout Riverside County.
Upon its founding, Theta Pi Sigma was chartered by five members: Gitta Williams, the chapter's first president, LaTonya Gridiron (Omega Rho), Belinda Peterson, Nicole Payne, and Dana Young. At present, the chapter has 30 members and is committed to demonstrating Sigma Gamma Rho's motto of "Greater Service, Greater Progress" throughout our community!
Chapter Officers
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Basileus: Soror Evajuani D. Bynum
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1st Anti-Basileus: Soror Kashira Brookhart
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2nd Anti-Basileus: Soror Tawana Jennings
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Grammateus: Soror Cha Cha Turner
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Anti-Grammateus: Soror Linda Howard
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Tamiochus: Soror Diana Smith
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Epistoleus: Soror Jackie Leverette
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Parliamentarian: Soror Ashley Christman
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Sergeant At Arms: Soror Lachelle Buford
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Chaplain: Soror Alyana Arrington-Harris
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Fundraising Chair: Open
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Programs Coordinator: Soror Quiana Lacy
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Social Action Chair: Soror Elaine Wilson
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Rhoer Coordinator: Soror Brandi Williams
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Rhosebud Coordinator: Soror Kimberly Clark