FIVE-POINT PROGRAMMATIC THRUST Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is a public service organization whose purpose is to provide services and programs to promote human welfare. The Sorority’s major programs center around the Five-Point Programmatic Thrust through which the Delta membership provides an extensive array of public services. 

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• Economic Development 

• Educational Development 

• International Awareness and Involvement 

• Physical and Mental Health 

• Political Awareness and Involvement 

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Activities in these areas involve Delta members as volunteers in direct services, catalysts for community action, and recruiters of inter-agency support for issues (public and private), leaders in networking and coalition building with other organizations, and sources and resources for the securing and dissemination of information.

 

An integral part of the public service program is the continuous maintenance of an effective system for the gathering and retrieval of data in order to make analyses and evaluations. Delta’s national office encourages innovative program approaches by awarding seed money for various types of programs to chapters that meet the selection criteria.

 

Successful local program models are disseminated and replicated by chapters. Pilot programs are also initiated at the national level with a plan for replication and followup. Task groups are formed at the national and local levels to impact single purposes and selected concerns