About Us
Founded 1913 ~ Chartered 1958
Our 22 Illustrious Founders (in alphabetical order): Osceola Macarthy Adams, Marguerite Young Alexander, Winona Cargile Alexander, Ethel Cuff Black, Bertha Pitts Campbell, Zephyr Chisom Carter, Edna Brown Coleman, Jessie McGuire Dent, Frederica Chase Dodd, Myra Davis Hemmings, Olive C. Jones, Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Pauline Oberdorfer Minor, Vashti Turley Murphy, Naomi Sewell Richardson, Mamie Reddy Rose, Eliza Pearl Shippen, Florence Letcher Toms, Ethel Carr Watson, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Madree Penn White, and Edith Motte Young.
About Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college-educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is a private, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. Since its founding, more than 300,000 women have joined the organization. The organization is a sisterhood of predominantly Black, college-educated women. The sorority currently has over 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, the Republic of Korea, the Arabian Gulf, Southern Africa, and West Africa.
The major programs of the Sorority are based upon the organization’s Five-Point Programmatic Thrust:
- Economic Development
- Educational Development
- International Awareness and Involvement
- Physical and Mental Health
- Political Awareness and Involvement
For more information, visit our national website at www.deltasigmatheta.org.
About Brunswick Alumnae Chapter
The birth of the Brunswick Alumnae Chapter was the result of tireless efforts by a few sorors in the community, especially Soror Merline McCloud as contact person and Soror Lila Brown. Their desire was to continue the work of their beloved sisterhood in the area where they lived. The Chapter was officially chartered on November 8, 1958 in Brunswick, Georgia. Soror Thelma Cobb, Past Southern Regional Director welcomed the new Chapter into the bonds of Delta. Also in attendance was Founder Winona Cargile Alexander. The chapter serves the following counties: Glynn, McIntosh, and Camden.
The Chapter has served the community well within the Five Point Thrust Program. Many activities have been completed since 1958. Some of which were School America, radio broadcasts during Black History month, Career Day Programs, Teen Lift projects, a comprehensive Nursing Home Program involving partnering with other Greek organizations, establishment of a mini eyeglass bank, involvement with Census Reporting, instrumental in the organization of and continued membership with the Coastal Georgia Pan Hellenic Council and partnership with University of Georgia Small Business Development.
Programs instituted include Partners in Education, Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy and Dr. Jeanne L. Noble Delta GEMS, Addy Reading Program, collaboration with the Keep Brunswick and the Golden Isles Beautiful and the local Amity House (shelter for battered women and children), our Annual Grits and Issues Community Breakfast Forum and collaboration with the Glynn County Historic 2007 March Against Violence. E.M.B.O.D.I. was implemented in 2011.
The Jabberwock was presented to help fund our service area scholarships including the Catherine M. Cooper and Anne B. Fuller Memorial scholarships to students in the field of education at the College of Coastal Georgia.
Brunswick Alumnae Charter Members
- Lila Moore Brown*
- Elaine Cash Mainor*
- Bettie Crittenden Neeley*
- Gwendolyn Knight Humphries*
- Ethel Lizama Griffin*
- Merline Devine McCloud (pictured)
- Winnie Myrick Parrish*
- Janice Perry Watkins*
- Mabel Sutten*
- Louise Hodge Williams*
- Birdie Palmer Williams*
