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32 Cards in this Set
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What is the delegate body of Delta Sigma Theta called?
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The National Convention
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Do National elected officers receive salaries?
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No
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Does the National President serve on all committees?
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No
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What committee does the National First Vice President Chair?
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Chairperson of the Scholarship and Standards Committee
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Are all National Committee positions elected?
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No
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How many regions are there?
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7
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What is the status of the National 2nd Vice President?
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An undergraduate collegiate student
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How is the National HQ staffed?
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Sorors, non-sorors and staff
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Is the Executive Director always a member?
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Yes
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Can collegiate Sorors serve on national committees?
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Yes
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How often the Regional Conference convenes?
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Biennially
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What does the National Executive Committee consists of?
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National president, National 1st Vice president, 2nd National Vice President, national Secretary, National Treasurer
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Does the National President appoint all chairs?
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No
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Does the National President appoint all chairs?
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No
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Teen Lift
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Teenagers are encouraged to participate in programs to build their self esteem
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The Lost Class of Prince Edwards County
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Deltas provided money to allow the lost class to graduate when the school closed due to segregation
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Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
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Deltas provided financial support to assist with Daisy Bates, President of NAACP, at the Arkansas Press to assist black students to go to a white school.
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Jabberwock
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Primarily college campuses host to raise money for scholarships
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May Week
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Period in May that emphasizes scholastic achievements and academic and educational opportunities and the encouragement for higher scholarship
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Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy
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A program targets girls ages 11-14 from the perils of academic failure, low self-esteem, and crippled futures. Primarily to prepare young girls for the 21st century
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DREF Delta Research and Educational Fund
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It was designed to provide Help strengthen and expand the charitable, educational, scientific programs of Delta and other organizations with similar community service goals
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How local chapters participate in the Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair Program?
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Local chapters would participate financially and would recommend potential sites and professors from among the United Negro College Fund Membership institutuions
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What is Project Cherish?
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Is a project which focuses on national preservation and beautification program AA landmarks, monuments, and historical sites
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What is the function of the social action commission?
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They monitored local, state, and national issues focusing on racism
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What services do Life Development center offer?
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To provide housing for the elderly,, facilities for childhood programs for youth and community organizations, and to improve the quality of life for all citizens from early childhood to senior years
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What is the Project SMART?
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Is a medication and health records management program for senior citizens, ESP those who live independently
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Two most significant actions of the 13th National Convention
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Actual employment of an Executive secretary and the establishment of the National headquarters
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What is the Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair?
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Was established to bring an outstanding professor to an institution who would lecture and teach on campus for a two years/Tuskegee received first
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What is the MEOC? Maryland Educational Opportunity Center
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Program to assist 19 men older young adults training, employment through intensive counseling; most were men returning from the military
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What is May Week?
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It is where many chapters in May emphasize achievements, educational opportunities and the encouragement of higher scholarship
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The purpose of the Diaspora Program
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To locate African people who have been separated from the parents
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Life Project in Atlanta, Ga
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Money was collected to support the families of the victims to provided for murdered and missing
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