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Delta Sigma Theta Honors Pat HarrisiWomen s RoleFeature Of Delta SigmaWar On PovertyTheta ConventionThe role of women in America’s Civil Rights battle and the war against poverty will he focus of the 2C.th Biennial Convention of Delta Sigma Theta. which will he held at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, August 15-19.1500 prominent women leaders from 280 communities are expected to attend the five-day session of the Interracial Women’s Public Service Organization.Among the national prominent speakers on the program will be U. S. Ambassador to Luxembourg Patricia Roberts Harris, who is a member of the sorority: Secretary of President Johnson’s Council On Equal Opportunity: Theodore M. Berrv, Director of the Communitv Action Program of the Office of Economic Onnortunity. and Congresswoman EdithC.reen of Oregon, who is an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta.Dr. Geraldine P. Woods of T ns Angeles NaDonal President announced that the Sorority willnroc'mt p musical-dramatic pre-dnrfion for Delta members and their friends on Sundav evening. August 15 at the Scottish RiteMasonic Temple in Los Angeles. The program will include a tribute to Dr. William Grant still, one of America’s leading composers. on his 70th birthday. A dramatic presentation. “Eagle In The Air,” commissioned by the Women’s group for its convention, will be included in the program. Written and directed by Luther James, it will be a fusion of dance, poetry and music, telling the story of the Negro from slavery to the present day.The Mary Church Terrill award, presented annually to a woman who has “served the cause of freedom and the fight for human dignity above and beyond the call of duty” will also he presented at the Sunday night program. Mrs'. Constance Baker Motley. Associated Counsel of the NAACP, received the award last voar for her work in fighting fur Equalitv in the courts. The previous winner was Mrs. Daisy Bates of Little Rock Ark., who won fame for her leadership in Mm fight fur school desegregation in that city.tvita's public service program wjtt bo dramatized Mondav eyeing. August in. bv the arrival inLos Angelos on a dusty bus completing the first half of a crosscountry trip from Jackson, Miss. It will be leaded with youngboys and girls participating in the organization's annual “Teen - Lift.” Each summer, a group of culturally deprived high school students from rural areasin the deep south are selectedas “Delta Teen Lifters.” Thev are taken crosscountry to visit educational and cultural institutions, business and manufacturing companies, and other points of interest. This exposes them to the new' careers available to Negro youth. Tim summer program has motivated many youngsters to continue on to college.Miss Allene J. Took* executive Director of the sorority, who is managing the convention, said that tickets will be available to the public for a number of convention events, in addition to the Sundav evening production.On Monday, August 16, these will include:The social action program. Tn addition to Mr. Perrv’s address, there will lm discussions on “Decisive Action For Freedom From Poverty.” chaired by DrFall Coats Cover You With GloryJeanne Noble, of New York University, immediate past president of the sorority. National, State, and community leaders in anti-povertv programs will participate. Mrs. Charotte Lewis, of San Francisco, chairman of the Social Ac-tion Coccission, will chair the meeting.The civil rights luncheon, when Air. Banton will speak from his vantage point of the chief staff officer responsible for coordinating 1 he civil rights work of all Federal agencies. Mrs. Frankie AT. Freeman, a member of the IT. S. Civil Ri,fhts Commission and first Vice-President of the sorority, will chair the luncheon.The Practical Politics Workshops, which will feature discussions on the effective use of the vote, by prominent electiveoffieals.On Tuesday. August 17. the only oncn meeting will he an nMernoon session organized hv undergraduates. M»ss Jovre Parrott. a Delta member who has l’pnp active in the Freedom Sehool Movement in th° south, v’iil (*lvdr a rwnpl dicr*n«sdo»i on ties quh'oot Tb Un'lororaduate Scholarship Trorhv will he awaked to a sororitv wpml^r who b^c; distinguished her«'«lf as a roonnor in lt;bo fight for educational equality.Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, honored its distinguished soror, Patricia Roberts Harris, newly appointed U. S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, with a gala reception at the Sheraton - Park Hotel in Washington, D. C.Two of the Howard University students who founded fhe International Interracial Women’s Sorority 52 years ago came across country to say “Au Revoir” to Airs. Harris.Left to right are Mrs. Florence Letcher Toms, Ambassador Harris, Mrs. Eliza Shippen, and Dr. Geraldine P. Woods, Pres-ident of the Sorority. Mrs. Toms and Mrs. Shippen are now retired teachers.Ambassador Harris will address the Delta Siema Theta Sorority’s 29th Biennial Convention in Los Angeles on August 19 before assuming her official duties abroad.BooksellersConferenceThe First Alicliigan-Northern Ohio regional conference of the American Booksellers Association will be held Monday, September 13, at the Park Shelton Hotel. Detroit. Plans will be made atilio sosdon to establi h a regional booksellers association.Approximately 150 booksellers, publishers, and librarians are expected to attend the one-day meeting.Further information and reser-vnfions mnv he obtain from Miss Flame Nagle, The Village Rook-shelf. Birmingham, AH 6 8887.
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