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SIGMA GAMMA RHO SORORITY, INC. [[image - crest of Sigma Gamma Rho]] FACTS National Officers Annie L. Lawrence Grand Basileus Chairwoman of the Board Chicago, Illinois Evelyn H. Hood First Grand Anti-Basileus Atlanta, Georgia Esther V. Taylor Second Grand Anti-Basileus Washington, D.C. Gertrude L. Hackett Grand Grammateus Indianapolis, Indiana Florence C. Anthony Grand Tamiochus Indianapolis, Indiana Lillie Wilkes Editor-in-Chief of AURORA Berkeley, California Gwendolyn Cherry, Esq. Legal Advisor Miami, Florida Alice Swain Grand Epistoleus Oklahoma City, OK Regional Syntakti Central - Carrie Davis, Chicago, IL Northeastern - Laura Hawkins, Philadelphia, PA Southeastern - Verneka Silva, Miami, FL Southwestern - Virgie C. Reynolds, Houston, TX Western - Veking B. Tollette, Los Angeles, CA Campus Chapter Coordinators Central - Adah M. Hull, Gary, IN Northeastern - Victoria Walters, Raleigh, NC Southeastern - Flora Lewis, Bessemer, AL Southwestern - Hazel Webster, Houston, TX Western - Marjorie Brown-Wright, Eugene, OR Youth Services Coordinators Central - Geneva Jackson, St. Louis, MO Northeastern - Barbara Sawyer, Baltimore, MD Southeastern - Cora Edwards, Huntsville, AL Southwestern - Dorothy Johnson, Shreveport, LA Western - Myra Lynn Allison, Los Angeles, CA Appointed Officers Project Reassurance Coordinator Rejesta V. Perry, St. Louis, MO Financial Consultant Hattie M. Redford, Indianapolis, IN FOUNDERS Nannie Mae G. Johnson Mary Lou Gardner Little Vivian White Marbury Bessie Martin* Cubena McClure* Hattie Dulin Redford Dorothy Hanley Whiteside *Deceased AFFILIATES Rhoers - Gammettes - Auroras - Philos FUNDS & FOUNDATIONS Scholarship & Education Fund Undergraduate Chapter Development Fund Sigma Gamma Rho Foundation National Headquarters Fund COMMUNITY SERVICES Eye-Saver Project Project Reassurance Youth Projects Achievements & Awards Continuing Education Leadership Training Literary Contests Publications Scholarships & Grants Vocational Guidance Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized in 1922 on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Sorority was incorporated under the laws of the State of Indiana in 1929. Sigma Gamma Rho has grown to represent more than 25,000 members in more than 225 alumnae and undergraduate chapters in the United States, Africa and Bermuda. Sigma Gamma Rho is a nonprofit, collegiate Sorority dedicated to the encouragement and promotion of high scholastic attainment, community service and improvement of the quality of our lives and the society in which we live. Its slogan, "Greater Service, Greater Progress," serves as a foundation for its objectives, projects and activities. The organization's structure includes Chapters, Areas, Regions and the National Headquarters. Its official publication is THE AURORA. The elected officers and members of the Board of Directors provide national leadership for the growth and development of youth. Working directly with undergraduate chapters are dedicated Advisors, Campus Chapter Coordinators, the Second Grand Anti-Basileus and five Youth Services Coordinators. (The latter two positions are held by undergraduate Board members.) SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS Camp Achievement, Pittsburgh, Pa. Citizens Forum, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Inc. National Council of Negro Women, Inc. National Foundation - March of Dimes National Mental Health Association National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. National Urban League United Negro College Fund Vocational Guidance and Workshop Center, New York City [[image - black and white photograph of two women and a man holding a key to the city]] [[caption]] Annie L. Lawrence, Grand Basileus, and Esther V. Taylor, Second Grand Anti-Basileus, accept key to city from Billy Joe Shelton, special assistant to the Mayor at Jackson, Mississippi, during Interim Board Meeting, in July, 1975.[[/caption]]
