The Charlottesville Alumnae Chapter is celebrating 40 years of sisterhood, scholarship, and service in the Charlottesville community.  The chapter invites all sorors past and present to reunite in Charlottesville the weekend of June 5-7, 2009.  Registration materials are due May 1, 2009.  For more information, e-mail info@cvilledst.org.

Applications for the college scholarships offered by the Charlottesville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. are available in the guidance departments of the following high schools: Charlottesville, Albemarle, Western Albemarle, Monticello, and Waynesboro. Scholarships are available for female high school seniors.

Applications are due by April 27, 2009.

The Charlottesville Alumnae and Iota Alpha Chapters of Delta Sigma Theta will present seven junior debutantes and community talent in their 2009 Jabberwock Debutante and Talent Showcase in Charlottesville, Virginia.

• Saturday, March 28, 2009 @ 6:00pm
• The Paramount Theater, 215 East Main Street, Charlottesville
• Ticket Prices: $25, $35, & $45.  Student Tickets are $15.
• Purchase at The Paramount Theater Box Office website or call (434) 979-1333

Join the Charlottesville Alumnae Deltas and 2008-2009 Jabberwock Junior Debutantes and Escorts on Sunday, December 14, 2008 for a Kwanzaa celebration.

Brown Sugar Dreams Service Project:  Charlottesville Alumnae is collecting lead and toxin-free dolls of color to be donated to young girls in Ghana and South Africa.  Brown Sugar Dreams is an initiative to provide dolls of color to young ladies living in Africa, in hopes of building a positive and strong self-image for women of color.

On Saturday, November 8, 2008, the Charlottesville Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will host Autumn Elegance at the East Rivanna Volunteer Firehouse (3501 Steamer Drive, Keswick) from 9pm - 1am.

Tickets are $30.  Proceeds benefit college scholarships for female high school students.  Tickets will not be sold at the door.

Attire:  Semi-formal

All guests must be 21 or over

Tickets can be obtained by contacting  autumnelegance@cvilledst.org.

On Sunday, May 18, 2008, the University of Virginia awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in Mathematics to Inger Meredith Daniels, making her the first African American to graduate from UVA’s doctoral program in mathematics.  Dr. Daniels joins the ranks of about 2.5 black American women who graduate with Ph.D.s in mathematics each year nationally.  Her dissertation is entitled “Wellposedness of a Nonlinear Structural Acoustic Interaction with a Boussinesq Plate Equation.”  Her work has been published in the Journal of Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems.  She is currently pursuing a career in financial engineering by completing a Master of Science in Computational Finance at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA.

Charlottesville, VA - The Charlottesville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. hosts their annual May Week activities entitled It Takes A Village… to bring together the community for worship, fellowship, and service.  The calendar of events includes:

• It Takes A Village To Go Green, the cleanup of West Street on April 19^th at 8am, in observance of Earth Day.
• It Takes A Village to Give Battered Women a Fresh Start, a community drive to benefit the Shelter for Help in Emergency by collecting phone cards, grocery & pharmacy gift cards, and CTS bus tickets at Gordon Ave Library (1500 Gordon Ave, Charlottesville) and local churches from May 1 - 31.  The Shelter for Help in Emergency is an organization “committed to ending domestic violence in our community” and assists women in abusive relationships in taking their first steps towards a safer environment.
• It Takes a Village to Cure Arthritis – On Saturday, May 3^rd, the Charlottesville Deltas will participate in the 5^th Annual Charlottesville Arthritis Walk sponsored by The Arthritis Foundation at Scott Stadium, East Gate at 9am.
• It Takes A Village to Uplift Praises - As a sorority founded on Christian principles, the chapter will attend a local church service on Sunday, May 4^th. 
• Conversation & Inspiration – On Wednesday, May 7^th, the chapter will discuss The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir by Victoria Rowell at 7:30pm at Siips Wine & Champagne Bar (212 E. Main Street – Downtown Mall).  All are invited to join in a discussion of the women who inspired the accomplished actress along her journey through the foster care system.
• One Book, One Vote: Creating Teachers & Voters, their 2^nd Annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at Applebee’s Restaurant & Bar (571 Branchlands Blvd) on Saturday, May 10^th from 7:30 – 9:30am.   The pancake & sausage breakfast will collect donations towards chapter projects and the African American Teaching Fellows of Charlottesville-Albemarle (AATF), an organization aiming to increase the number of African American teachers in the Charlottesville and Albemarle school systems.  Voter registration will be made available during the breakfast.

For more information about May Week 2008 or locations for the community drive, please e-mail mayweekchair@cvilledst.org or visit www.cvilledst.org.

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Press Release (03-29-2008) 

Would you like to effectively communicate with your spouse or significant other?  Come to Trinity Episcopal Church (1042 Preston Ave) on April 19th at 2:00PM to dialogue with others, and get some practical advice and encouragement.  Mrs. Patricia Jones-Turner, will facilitate the workshop:  “When ‘I Do’ Becomes ‘I Don’t’:  Why Relationships Fail.” Mrs. Jones-Turner is the Executive Director of LifeLines Ministries, Pastor of Light House of Hope Community Church in Richmond, Virginia, and Domestic and Sexual Violence Coordinator in Chesterfield, Virginia.  Child care will be available on the premises and light refreshments will be served.  This event is sponsored by the Charlottesville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and The Gertrude Mitchell House/Trinity Episcopal Church. 

Contact sachair@cvilledst.org for more information

The Charlottesville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. co-hosted the 19th National African American Read-In Chain with the Charlottesville HS Varsity & JV Sidelines Cheerleaders  on Sunday, February 3rd.  Held at Charlottesville HS, the event was attended by members of the Charlottesville community to celebrate literacy in the African-American community.  The audience listened to readings of works by writers such as Iyanla Vanzant, James Weldon Johnson, and Maya Angelou.  One of Charlottesville’s young citizens also read her original poetry.

The Charlottesville HS Cheerleaders also presented the 2008 Outstanding Educator Awards to Mrs. Mary Arrington, a retired science teacher; Mrs. Sylvia Elder, a retired guidance counselor; Mrs. Gerry Kruger, a retired english teacher; and Mr. Stephen Waters, a retired english teacher and student attendance coordinator.  The 2008 Outstanding Community Leader award was also presented to Delegate David J. Toscano (D-57th District) in the Virginia House of Delegates.

The Charlottesville Alumnae Chapter would like to thank the Charlottesville community for attending the event and making it a success each year.  We look forward to bringing you the 20th National African-American Read-In Chain in 2009.

In the News

Mildred Robinson was recently named the new Chair of the Martha Jefferson Hospital Board of Trustees.

-Martha Jefferson Magazine, Winter 2008

Mildred Robinson is a member and the current President of the Charlottesville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.