Edgardo “Eddie” Garcia, the 30th Police Chief of the Dallas, Texas Police Department and the first Latino to lead the department in its 140-year history, has been inducted as an honorary member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. The announcement was made today during the fraternity’s biennial Leadership Conference. Chief Garcia’s appointment in 2021 marked […]
Lioneld Jordan, the five-term mayor of Fayetteville, Arkansas, has been inducted as an honorary member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. The announcement was made today during the fraternity’s biennial Leadership Conference. Jordan, who has served as mayor for twenty years, is known for his unwavering commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. According to the […]
Dr. Mark J.T. Smith, a two-time Olympian and distinguished scholar renowned for his research in speech and imaging processing, as well as object detection and recognition, has been inducted as an Honorary Member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. The announcement was made today during the fraternity’s biennial Leadership Conference. Dr. Smith’s academic journey is […]
Harry Dunn, the retired Capitol Hill Police Officer celebrated for his defense of democracy during the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol, has been inducted as an Honorary Member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. This announcement was made today during the fraternity’s biennial Leadership Conference. Dunn’s actions during the violent insurrection […]
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated announced a $1 million donation to the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation this week. The Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation is the organization behind the Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will honor pioneers of the early American movement for women’s equality. The monument is set to be unveiled in Washington, […]
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. made the announcement today(6/17/24) of the passing of their Most Honorable Founder Louis Hudnell. The fraternity made the public announcement via their social media channels where they credited Hudnell with being instrumental in the founding of the fraternity and serving as the Dean of Pledges for the inaugural pledge line […]
With an uptick of recent coverage of members of Black fraternities and sororities denouncing their letters, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc’s International President Elsie Cooke-Holmes has released a public statement addressing the coverage and the denouncers. Here is the public statement, which was posted to the sorority’s social media channel’s on June 13th, 2024: “Delta […]
The sorors of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. are kicking off their 54th Farwest Regional Conference today in Hawaii by donating personal care kits to the unhoused veterans of O’ahu. This will be part of their IMPACT Day of Service at the Hawaii Convention Center. First initiated in 2010, IMPACT Day is a one-day community service […]
BMF star and Howard University student Laila Pruitt is a proud Delta Sigma Theta Sorority member. On Monday, she appeared in a probate with her sisters after joining the sorority. In 1913, the Howard University campus saw the founding of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The 19-year-old insisted on going to an HBCU for college, even […]
Theodore N. Stephens II, Esq. formerly the Grand Polaris (National President) of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., has assumed a historic role as prosecutor in Essex County, NJ. After more than five years as the interim Essex County Prosecutor, Stephens officially took office as the Essex County Prosecutor on Friday, Feb. 16, following a swearing-in […]