Youngstown chapter of Delta Sigma Theta mark 100th anniversary tonight

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The Youngstown Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, which celebrated its 100th anniversary as an organization tonight, is dedicated to confronting the challenges of blacks.

It’s a worldwide organization that this year is celebrating the 22 college women at Howard University in Atlanta who in 1913 participated in the women’s suffrage march in Washington, D.C.

Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in 1930 and has continued to work as a public service organization focused on economic and educational development, international and political awareness and involvement, and physical and mental health.

Its members were the only black women to participate in the women’s suffrage march, said Michelle J. McCollin, the group's president for 2013.

“I think that marks the premise of what we do,” she said.

The group on Friday recognized its five scholarship recipients — Shienne Williams, Aaron Battee, Jaran Lard, Brandon Flanagan and Briana Carter.

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