Youth Programs
The Fort Worth Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has developed community service programs to address the challenges facing African Americans and their families. A wide range of public service initiatives are achieved through our Five-Point Programmatic Thrust of Economic Development, Educational Development, International Awareness and Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, and Political Awareness and Involvement.
A few of our programs include:
- Delta GEMS
- Delta Academy
- EMBODI
- Jabberwock
| 2018-2019 FWA Youth Enrollment Application |
Delta GEMS
Delta GEMS provides a framework for at-risk African American girls age 14-18 to actualize their dreams by performing specific tasks that develop a CAN DO attitude. Goals for Delta GEMS include:
- To instill the need to excel academically;
- To provide tools that enable girls to sharpen and enhance their skills to achieve high levels of academic success;
- To assist girls in goal setting and planning for their futures; and
- To create compassionate, caring, and community minded young women through service learning and community service.
Delta Academy
Delta Academy enriches and enhances the education that our young female teens receive in public schools to help alleviate the perils of academic failure, low self-esteem, and crippled futures. Specifically, we augment their scholarship in math, science, and technology, their opportunities to provide service in the form of leadership through service learning, and their sisterhood, defined as the cultivation service learning, and their sisterhood, defined as the cultivation and maintenance of relationships. A primary goal of the program is to prepare young girls, ages 11-14, for full participation as leaders in the 21st Century.
EMBODI
Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing Independence
Partnering with the Dunbar High School, Odyssey, Inc. and Big Brothers Big Sisters, the EMBODI program promotes and provides opportunities to improve the quality of life of at-risk African American males through a comprehensive approach aimed at developing their overall potential. The programming focuses on education, culture, mentorship, preventative health care, financial, scholarship, and community service.
Jabberwock
The Miss Jabberwock Scholarship Pageant is sponsored by the Fort Worth Alumnae Chapter in conjunction with Beta Rho Education and Development Corporation (BREAD), a non-profit 501(c)3 foundation.
The pageant is an annual event for high school senior girls exemplifying a vital concern for social welfare, academic excellence, and cultural enrichment. Through this valuable, fundraising activity, participants are awarded scholarships to assist them in furthering their education. The contestants raise funds by soliciting souvenir book ads. Although each participant is awarded a scholarship or book stipend, only one participant is crowned “Miss Jabberwock."
The pageant is an annual event for high school senior girls exemplifying a vital concern for social welfare, academic excellence, and cultural enrichment. Through this valuable, fundraising activity, participants are awarded scholarships to assist them in furthering their education. The contestants raise funds by soliciting souvenir book ads. Although each participant is awarded a scholarship or book stipend, only one participant is crowned “Miss Jabberwock."
| 2018 Jabberwock Packet |
Barbara Jordan Essay Contest
The Barbara Jordan Essay Contest is a local competition for students in grades 9-12 in Tarrant County and surrounding counties that do not have a chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. This contest allows students to use original research about the diverse contributions of African Americans in Texas. The top 3 essays become a part of a permanent historical archive located in Fort Worth at the Tarrant County Black Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.. Academic-success prizes are given to winning to the top 3 essay contestants. All participants receive a certificate of participation
The theme: “The African American in Texas: Past and Present”.Purpose: To add original material to the historical record of African Americans who have made a positive impact on their local community, the state of Texas, or the United States.
The theme: “The African American in Texas: Past and Present”.Purpose: To add original material to the historical record of African Americans who have made a positive impact on their local community, the state of Texas, or the United States.
Barbara Jordan Essay Competition Rules
1. Theme: African Americans in Texas Essays should focus on individuals, groups or locations that are not well-known, but that have made significant contributions to African American history or culture in Texas. Students should look to their local communities for possible essay topics.
2. Length Requirements: The text of the essay should be between 500 and 1000 words. Notes, annotated bibliography, illustration captions, and supplemental/appendix materials do not count in the total word count.
3. Presentation Requirements: Essays must be computer printed or typed on plain, white 8 ½ X 11 inch paper. There should be a 1-inch margin on all sides. Essays should be double spaced, with text on one side of the paper. Pages should be numbered consecutively. Pages should be stapled in the top left corner and should not be enclosed in any cover or binder. Place the title of the essay on the left hand top corner and the page number on the upper right hand corner of each page of the essay.
4. Title Page: A title page is required and may only include:
Your name
Your grade
Your school
Title of your essay
5. PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! Essays that are not properly cited will be disqualified!
6. Two copies of the essay must be submitted by the deadline of March 4, 2017.
All entries should be mailed to:
Fort Worth Alumnae Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc Barbara Jordan Essay Competition
PO Box 1911 Fort Worth, TX 76101
Email any questions to: Barbarajordan@fortworthdst.org
2. Length Requirements: The text of the essay should be between 500 and 1000 words. Notes, annotated bibliography, illustration captions, and supplemental/appendix materials do not count in the total word count.
3. Presentation Requirements: Essays must be computer printed or typed on plain, white 8 ½ X 11 inch paper. There should be a 1-inch margin on all sides. Essays should be double spaced, with text on one side of the paper. Pages should be numbered consecutively. Pages should be stapled in the top left corner and should not be enclosed in any cover or binder. Place the title of the essay on the left hand top corner and the page number on the upper right hand corner of each page of the essay.
4. Title Page: A title page is required and may only include:
Your name
Your grade
Your school
Title of your essay
5. PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! Essays that are not properly cited will be disqualified!
6. Two copies of the essay must be submitted by the deadline of March 4, 2017.
All entries should be mailed to:
Fort Worth Alumnae Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc Barbara Jordan Essay Competition
PO Box 1911 Fort Worth, TX 76101
Email any questions to: Barbarajordan@fortworthdst.org
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