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POLITICAL AWARENESS & INVOLVEMENT

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In March of 1913, nearly six weeks after its founding, several Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc founders marched in the historic Suffrage March under the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc banner, the Sorority's first public act. Today, low voter turnout statistics highlight the need to continue to identify ways to include opportunities for all citizens to exercise their voting power. Each of Delta’s programmatic initiatives has an advocacy component that is implemented under the auspices of social action when it is appropriate or necessary to do so. Under the auspices of the National Social Action Commission, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc national social action priorities are:​

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D.C.

Statehood

Educational Disparities

Health Equity

Redistricting

Reimagining Public Safety

Voter Suppression

Supporting Gender Equality

Combating Racial Profiling

​The Little Rock Alumnae Chapter is engaged in a variety of social action activities focused on enacting laws and policies to sustain and expand the rights and privileges of citizenship to all people and to protect the most vulnerable amongst us. These activities include:

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  • Delta Days at State Capital

  • Get Out & Vote (Voter Registration)

  • Delta Hot Spots (attend community board meetings, i.e. school board, city council etc.)

  • Nonpartisan Candidate Forums

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