Phootos by Tevin Slinson
Actress Daphne Maxwell Reid spent the weekend celebrating founder's weekend with members of the Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority Inc.
Sorority celebrates 103rd anniversary
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. BYTEVINSTDMSON
THE CHRONICLE
Last weekend actress and entrepreneur
Daphne Maxwell Reid was in the Triad
celebrating the founding of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority Inc. with members of the
Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapter.
On Friday, March 4, Reid, best known
for roll as Aunt Vivian on the hit comedy,
"The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," attended a
meet and greet at the Delta Fine Arts
Center and on Saturday she delivered the
keynote address for the founder's day
observance ceremony held at Parkland
High School. Members wrapped up the
weekend on Sunday when they attended
church service together at Greater
Cleveland Avenue Christian Church.
A graduate of Northwestern
University, Reid became the first African
American woman to be named homecom
ing queen in the school's history. She also
led a number of protests that
led to the inclusion of African
American history courses into
the curriculum. On July 31,
2010 Reid who curreritly
serves on the board of visitors
at Virginia State University,
became an honorary member
of Delta Sigma Theta sorority
during their 50th National
Convention in New Orleans.
Dining her speech, Reid
said she was blessed with so
many opportunities through
out her career only because
strong black women like the
founders of Delta Sigma Theta stood up, ues this focus through their "Five Point
challenged society's wrongs, demanded Programmatic Thrust," which includes
respect and paved the way for her to economic development,educational devel
choose her own path. opment, international awareness, involve
"I was taught to respect myself and ment in physical and mental health, and
others and that involvement in the church political awareness,
and my community was a way of life," she Following her speech, founder's day
said. "These same lessons I
was taught by my mother have
been passed on through mem
bers of Delta Sigma Theta for
years."
Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority Inc. was founded on
January 13, 1913 at Howard
University in Washington,
D.C. by 22 undergraduate
women. The young women
used their collective strength
to promote academic excel
lence and provide assistance
to those in need.
Today the sorority contin
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chairperson Eleanor Bailey presented Reid
with a gift and thanked her for celebrating
the 103rd anniversary with the loctd chap
ter.
"We are grateful that Soror Daphne
Maxwell Reid took time out of her busy
schedule to celebrate with us," Bailey con
tinued. "This entire weekend has just been
wonderful, from Friday through Sunday."
On Sunday, March 6, members of the
sorority attended church service together
at Greater Cleveland Avenue Christian
Church, located on Lansing Drive.
Local chapter president Elizabeth
Newton applauded Bailey and other mem
bers of the founder's day committee for
their hard work and dedication to making
sure the weekend was a success.
"The founder's day committee has
been working for months to make all this
possible," said Newton. "They have made
this year's celebration one we will be talk
ing about for a long time."
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