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{{Short description|International historically African American sorority}}
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{{Infobox Sorority
| letters = {{lang|grc|ΔΣΘ}}
| name = Delta Sigma Theta
| crest = DeltaSigmaTheta.svg
| image_size = 150px
| founded = {{Start date and age|1913|01|13}}
| motto = Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom
| birthplace = [[Howard University]]
| status = Active
| type = Social sorority
| affiliation = NPHC
| emphasis = [[List of African-American fraternities and sororities|African Americans]]
| scope = International
| publication = ''The Delta''
| chapters = 1,000+<ref name="chapters">[http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/membership_faq.html Delta Sigma Theta website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412192203/http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/membership_faq.html |date=April 12, 2016 }}. Retrieved April 4, 2016.</ref> <small>(including alumnae chapters)</small>
| colors = {{Color box|#DC143C}} Crimson and {{Color box|#FFFDD0}} Cream
| flower = Purple [[Saintpaulia|violet]]
| mascot = Elephant (unofficial)<!--Unofficial per Vendor code of conduct-->
| symbol = Lady Fortitude
| nicknames = Deltas, DST
| address = 1707 New Hampshire Avenue NW
| city = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| state = 
| ZIP code = 20009
| country = United States
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.deltasigmatheta.org}}
| footnotes = <ref name=Vendor>[https://deltasigmatheta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Vendor_Code_of_Conduct.pdf Delta Sigma Theta Vendor Code of Conduct]</ref>
}}

'''Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΔΣΘ}}''') is a [[List of African-American fraternities|historically African American]] [[Fraternities and sororities|sorority]]. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the [[African American]] community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on {{dts|1913|01|13}} by twenty-two women at [[Howard University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Membership is open to any woman, regardless of religion, race, or nationality. Women may apply to join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university or through an alumnae chapter after earning a college degree.

The sorority currently has over 350,000 members and over 1,000 chapters located in the [[The Bahamas|Bahamas]], [[Bahrain]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Qatar]], [[Oman]], [[Bermuda]], [[Canada]], [[England]], [[Germany]], [[Jamaica]], [[Japan]], [[West Africa]] and [[South Africa]], [[South Korea]], [[United Kingdom]], and the United States. Delta Sigma Theta is also a member of the umbrella organization [[National Pan-Hellenic Council]] (NPHC) – an organization of nine international Black [[Greek alphabet|Greek-letter]] sororities and fraternities. The current (28th) International President and CEO is Elsie Cooke-Holmes.

The first public act of Delta Sigma Theta was some of its members marched as students of Howard University, in the collegiate section in the [[Women's suffrage in the United States|Women's Suffrage March]] in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 1913.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dubois |first=William Edward Burghardt |date=April 1913 |title=Suffrage Paraders |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xb4RAQAAMAAJ&q=%22dr.+amanda+v+gray%22+suffrage+march&pg=PA296|journal=The Crisis |volume=5|pages=296}}</ref> Delta Sigma Theta has created programming to improve political, education, and social and economic conditions, particularly within black communities. The sorority is most known for its collaboration with community organizations and corporations to further its programming goals. The sorority reached a centennial year and became the first Black Greek-lettered organization to participate in the [[Tournament of Roses Parade]] in [[Pasadena, California]], on January 1, 2013, with a float entitled "Transforming Communities through Sisterhood and Service".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/journal-scene/sports/delta-sigma-theta-sorority-incorporated-celebrates-centennial/article_c81cce33-e029-50c5-83ad-ec0a6d0e15b5.html |title = Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Celebrates Centennial| date=January 13, 2013 }}</ref>