Yvonne Lucas
Meet the Chapter President- Yvonne Lucas (click here)
Calling all Deltas Home
Please click on the Membership Tab for information about attending meetings; connecting with GAC and prospective membership or contact our First Vice President at garyalumnae1975@gmail.com.
DSTV Winter/Spring Programming Announced
The National Arts and Letters Commission is excited about our Delta Red Carpet (DRC) and Deltas See Television (DSTv) winter/spring 2020 viewing list. In our continuous effort to acknowledge the artistic talent and expressions of Black people within the film and television industries, to promote the respectful, positive depictions of Black people, and to encourage projects that champion the programmatic thrust of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., we share (and remind you of) the attached programming list. Please stay tuned for GAC Arts and Letters’ Red Carpet Events.
Irene Smith-King & Pat Bailey-Johnson, Chairs
DSTV National Movie List:
Clemency- Jan. 27th
The Photograph- Feb. 14th
Premature- Feb. 21st
DSTV National Television Viewing List:
*Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace on Netflix- Jan. 17th
Stolen By My Mother: Kamiyah Mobley Story on Lifetime- Jan 18th
*For Life premiered on 2/11/20 on ABC and airs weekly
*Juanita premiered 3/8/20 on Netflix
*Pushout: “The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools” premiered the week of 3/16/20 on PBS
*Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker premieres on 3/20/20 on Netflix
GAC Clothing Drive
It’s time to clean our closets to make way for the needy with our clothing. The Educational Development Committee needs you for their Clothing Drive. The ED committee is collecting “gently” used clothing on an ongoing basis at GAC meetings and select chapter events/activities (which will be announced). Donations are being accepted for all genders & ages. A special emphasis right now is on coats, gloves, hats, and scarfs for the students at 21st Century Charter School.
Please make sure clothing is free of extensive damage and is clean.
The committee is also in need of clothing hangers.
Consider partnering with the ED committee and host a bin at your place of employment or your favorite frequenting businesses.
Help the ED committee to bless needy families in our communities with this awesome and much-needed service project. Any donation is extremely appreciated. Please contact the ED committee at garyalumnaedst@gmail.com regarding donations and drop-offs.
Thank you!
Sandra T. Brown, Educational Development Committee Chair
Youth: Get PLUGGED In!
Please share!
Do you know a few great young ladies and young men that need positive interaction? GAC is the place to be!
Academy, EMBODI and GEMS are the groups where adolescents can express themselves and receive positive stimulation and motivation.
Academy (6th-8th Grade) Please contact Shalika Allison and/or Michelle Adeniyi
GEMS (9th-12 Grade) Please contact Nicole Jackson Musenja
EMBODI (Boys Ages 13-17) Please contact Dr. Maya Blackwell
*Contact the chairs via email @garyalumnaedst@gmail.com for more information on our youth programming for girls!
*Next Meeting for youth: Saturday, November 16, 2019, from 3pm-5pm. The location will be given to parents.
Sandra T. Brown, Chair
Educational Development
Soup Kitchen Feeds All
The Past President’s Council is proud to bring you the Community Soup Kitchen in partnership with New Mt. Moriah MB Church and the Jewels of Fortitude Foundation.
Come eat or be served…or both! The Community Soup Kitchen is going on EVERY 1st Saturday of the month from 12pm-2pm. Please join us!
FREE to anyone who desires a hot meal.
Please spread the word by sharing on your timelines and social media networks.
New Mt. Moriah MB Church 1917 Carolina St. Gary.
For more information about our Community Soup Kitchen, please contact Sheila Baker @garyalumnaedst@gmail.com.
GAC represented at the 55th Selma Bridge Crossing
Delta Sigma Theta was a proud partner of the 55th Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee! We are pleased to share the weekend in pictures. Thanks to GAC member, Brenda Stewart for attending, representing GAC, and sharing her memories and photographers.
#DST1913 #PowerInOurVoice
Fortitude 500
Please join the ladies of the Gary Alumnae Chapter as we collect items for our Fortitude 500 Campaign for donations to local area shelters.
How can you help? SUPPORT by partnering with us. Set up a donation box in your workplace, salon, church, etc. To participate in the campaign and set up a donation box, contact Nemia Cooper at garyalumnaedst@gmail.com for more information details.
Nemia Cooper, Sexual and Domestic Abuse Committee Chairperson
#Uplift
#LoveShouldNotHurt
DSTv Red Carpet Event via Netflix Group Party
It’s a Netflix and Chill Party. Grab your popcorn and quarantine snacks!
Gary Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will host a Netflix Party at 7:00 p.m. for Self Made. Please go to netflixparty.com to set up your desktop/laptop in advance, this can only be done in Google Chrome. We will post the party link right before 7:00 p.m. If you don’t have a Google Chrome device just log on to your account and watch with us. To join the actual party you will have to have a Netflix account and watch using Google Chrome on your desktop or laptop. If you want to watch on your TV, phone or tablet, you can just watch along with us at 7:00 p.m. Netflix is free for the first 30 days on new subscriptions.
See our post on instructions on how to add Netflix Party to your desktop and laptop if you want to join using this feature on our FB page or Google it.
Thanks,
Shana L. Caruthers 1st Vice President, Gary Alumnae Chapt
GAC Receives H.O.P.E. Award
Gary Alumnae Chapter was awarded with the H.O.P.E. Award for exemplary community service from New Hope MB Church today during the church’s Greek Sunday event honoring Black History Month. GAC members were on hand to receive congratulations from Bishop Sieon C. Roberts, Sr. and the NHMBC family.
GAC Hosts Sisterhood Event
The GAC Membership Services Committee hosted a Cupcake and Conversations event at Cute As a Cupcake in Merrillville. Delta members were able to reconnect for Sisterhood Month. The Cupcakery is owned by Delta member, Michelle Wainwright.
#JoyInOurSisterhood
Youth Etiquette Luncheon a Success!
The GAC Educational Development Committee hosted it’s annual etiquette luncheon and it was a huge success. The speaker was Gary’s own, Lady Byrd, a professional etiquette and charm coach. She worked with youth on how to properly walk and sit and how to hold proper dinner conversation. It was a moving experience that the adults and children were able to share in. GAC members who were present at the event. (1st Vice President Shana L. Caruthers not pictured).
In the Community 
“You can’t fix education until you fix the community, education is not a building but a lifestyle and an environment”
-Robert John Meehan.
“You can’t fix education until you fix the community, education is not a building but a lifestyle and an environment”
-Robert John Meehan.
Membership 
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a national service sorority, requires that its members exemplify and encourage high cultural, intellectual, and moral standards and that their actions exemplify the public and personal behaviors that reflect the ideals and principles espoused by the Sisterhood.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a national service sorority, requires that its members exemplify and encourage high cultural, intellectual, and moral standards and that their actions exemplify the public and personal behaviors that reflect the ideals and principles espoused by the Sisterhood.
