| Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12,1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana by seven school teachers: Mary Lou Allison Little Dorothy Hanley Whiteside Vivian White Marbury (click here for tribute) Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson Hattie Mae Dulin Redford Bessie M. Downey Martin Cubena McClure This group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to Alpha chapter at Butler University. Official Colors: Royal Blue and Gold Official Flower: Yellow Tea Rose Official Mascot: Poodle Official Publication: The Aurora Magazine Our National Programs are: Project Reassurance Wee Savers Project Africare Sigma Big Book Bag Mwanamugimu Essay Contest Youth Symposium National Education Fund In keeping with the ideals of Sigma Gamma Rho, the sorority has supported the following organizations: Nationals Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Council of Negro Women National Pan Hellenic Council Leadership Conference on Civil Rights National Urban League March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation National Mental Health Association United Negro College Fund Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change Black Women's Agenda American Association of University Women |
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