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IOTA Phi Lambda Soroity, Inc.

July 24, 1983
Sheraton Hotel, N.Y.

Sorority 'Facing The Challenges of A Decade'

"Facing the Challenges of A New Decade" was the theme of the 52nd Anniversary National Convention of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., when the members met in Winston-Salem, N.C. August 1981. Headquartered at the Hyatt House Hotel, provocative workshops, forums, seminars, business meetings, committee activities- all commanded the attention of the approximately 800 delegates in attendance. The sessions were presided over by the national President, Dr. Fredda Witherspoon, St. Louis, Mo. Besides the members of the Sorority in attendance, subgroup affiliates were also present for their separate sessions; these were the Iota Pelatis Auxiliary and the Iota Lambda Auxiliary. 

The opening program, always an educational session, was chaired by Mrs. E. Grace Payne, Director of Education, Los Angeles, CA. Guest speaker was Mrs. Mylie Evers Williams, Director of Community Affairs, Atlantic Richfield Company. Substantial donations to the sorority's Educational Fund were made by Anheuser Busch Corporation through Henry H. Brown, St. Louis, and Monsanto Corporation, St. Louis through William S. McEwen. Receiving the highest award given by the Sorority, the Lola M. Parker Achievement Award, was Dr. Violet Malone, Chicago, Illinois. Outstanding Soror of the Year was Mrs. Edna C. Woodward, Los Angeles, CA.

Among the additional highlights of the Convention was an address by Dr. Benjamin Hooks, Executive Director, NAACP. The sorority was also given an NAACP plaque by Mrs. Ina Boon, coordinator of the NAACP's Sustainer Program, for being the first organization to fully pay $5,000 to this NAACP effort. An additional highlight was the induction of two honorary members eminent in their fields of endeavor; Dr. Dorothy Height, Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women, and Dr. Althea T. L. Simmons, Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau. 

Adding meaning and substance to the Convention was the period allowed in one of the business sessions for all Sorors to write and mail letters to President Reagan, their Congressmen and other government officials regarding the budget cuts of social programs, and the need for the

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