Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. of University of Houston and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. also from the University of Houston took first place in the Southwestern regional SPRITE Step Off II Competition. Both teams will join nine other regional winners for the Sprite Step Off II Championship Competition May 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. The competition will be held at The Show Place Arena, 14900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. Doors open at 5pm and the show will begin at 6pm. The top prize is $100,000 in scholarship. Good Luck Houston!!!
National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc.’s Sorority Presidents in ESSENCE Magazine on the State of Black Women
Houston, TX-December 3, 2010 - The first ladies of the Divine Nine historically black sororities graced the pages of ESSENCE magazine for the November 2010 issue. Alpha Kappa Alpha International President, Carolyn House Stewart, Delta Sigma Theta National President, Cynthia M. A. Butler-McIntyre, Zeta Phi Beta International Grand Basileus Sheryl P. Underwood, and Sigma Gamma Rho International Grand Basileus, Joann Loveless sat down for conversation with ESSENCE’s Dawn M. Baskerville, for a candid discussion on The State of African American Women. view full release at : www.nphchq.org/essence_pr_ 120310.htm
This article, which is part two of ESSENCE’s look at the state of African-American women, gave the NPHC Sorority leadership the opportunity to convey the pride and purpose that drives each individual organization. The conversation also conveyed the bond that unites all four organizations and the passion to serve the communities in which they and their members work, live and play.