President's Message

Greeting Sorors,


Looking forward to seeing everyone at our Regional Day of Service--Seeing Black In REeD!  I am asking every Sorors to do two things in preparation for our event:


1. Invite 2-3 individuals/groups to register and attend Seeing Black in REeD on Saturday 30, 2023


2. Bring 2-3 people with you to Seeing Black in REeD Saturday, September 30, 2023


We want to pack the house and support our local authors!!


October Chapter Meeting


Date: October 6, 2023

Time: Sisterhood Fellowship 6:00-7:00PM/ Chapter Meeting 7:00PM

Location: NorthPoint Wellness Center - 1256 Penn Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411



Theme: Fall Into Delta🍁🔺🍂

Attire: Business attire in Fall Colors (Red, Orange, Yellow, and Brown)

Hosted By: Saint Paul Sister Circle

Minnesota/Wisconsin Cluster Registration: October 13-15th


The Minnesota/Wisconsin State Cluster will be held at the Omni Viking Lakes Hotel.


The weekend registration fee for collegiate members is $100. The registration fee for alumnae financial and non-financial members is $175. To view all registration categories and lodging information, click the link below.


The registration cap is 200.


Please direct all questions to: wisconsin-sc@dstmidwestregion.com


MN/WI: Click to Register!

Hotel Room Available

From Soror Ternesha Burroughs: I have a hotel room reserved for Friday and Saturday night that I will not be using. Please contact me if you want the room. 612-281-0886 or tburroughs4@gmail.com

MSPAC Newsletter

CLICK HERE

Connect with me!

Email: President@dstmsp.org

Delta Talk

Phone/Text


Soror Stephanie Burrage, President

#CommunityDrivenSocialActionFocused

MSPAC Website

LinkTree QR Code

Dues

National Headquarters is imposing late fees for dues submitted by chapters after September 30th, so the Budget and Finance Committee has established a cut off of September 17th to ensure sufficient processing time to submit the funds to National Headquarters before the late fee deadline. If you have any questions about dues payments, please reach out to the Finance team at finance@dstmsp.org.



Announcements

Call ALL Singers to the floor.


The Delta Choir has been requested to sing at the Praise and Worship service during Cluster. If you love the Lord and love to sing, please join us. Please contact Soror Niceta Thomas for rehearsal information. 

Our Soror Bernadeia Johnson is participating in the annual Kidney Walk and would love to have our sorority join her on Sunday, Oct 15th @ 9:00 Am. As you may know Soror Bernadeia Johnson has Stage 5 Kidney Disease and is on the waiting list for a kidney transplant.


Soror Bernadeia Johnson would also like to encourage our sorors to take a Minute for Kidney, where you can take a quick survey to see if you are at risk for Kidney disease, this information can be shared with your doctors. No information will be collected. Let Soror Bernadeia Johnson know if you need any further information or any assistance to understanding this email. The information is below:


https://www.kidney.org/kidney-quiz/ (https://www.kidney.org/kidney-quiz/


Twin Cities Kidney Walk (https://www.kidneywalk.org/twincities)

October 15, 2023

Allianz Field

Soror President Burrage will be speaking at this event.

Committee Updates

Budget and Finance

Dues are now being collected for the 2024 Fiscal Year (January 1 - December 31, 2024). Dues can be paid by check, money order, bank bill pay, PayPal, or credit card using the following online form: https://form.jotform.com/231769368456168.


  • National Headquarters is imposing late fees for dues submitted by chapters after September 30th, so the Budget and Finance Committee has established a cut off of September 17th to ensure sufficient processing time to submit the funds to National Headquarters before the late fee deadline. If you have any questions about dues payments, please reach out to the Finance team at finance@dstmsp.org.



Delta Dolls Committee *NEW*

  • To sign up up to be apart of this committee please use this link


New age range breakdown provided at National Convention:

  • Dolls 18-40
  • Divas 41-61
  • Dears 62+



Membership Services


D13 Day

Wear your Para the 13th of every month in celebration of who we are and to increase brand awareness in the community!


D13 CHALLENGE - Social Media Challenge

Post a picture on social media wearing your Para on the 13th day of the month

Tag our social media pages!



Please SAVE THE DATES for the upcoming Midwest Regional Events:


Sept. 26th - Reclamation & Retention Activity

Sept. 30th - Midwest Regional Cookbook recipes due

Oct. 12th - "Taste the Sweet Side of Delta" (Sisterhood Event)

Oct. 24th - Delta DEARS Zoom (Technology: Social Media Platforms)

Nov. 10th - MIDWEST REGIONAL COOKBOOK Release

Dec. 12th - State of the Region (7PM)

Dec. 16th - Dining with the DEARS (7PM)

More information to come...



  • The Midwest Region Membership Services Committee is soliciting recipes for the Midwest Region Cookbook. Please submit your favorite recipes via the jotform by September 30, 2023. Submit HERE



  • COME WALK WITH THE DELTAS - Everyone is invited to come walk with the Deltas, Saturday mornings @ 8:00AM at the Mall of America! We meet on the 1st level, west entrance in front of Lululemon. It is a great way to stay fit, fellowship, and get your steps in! We are usually done by 9:30AM, so you have the rest of the day




Midwest Impact Day of Service


Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023

Location: Northpoint Health and Wellness Center


It's Here! Saturday, September 30th, we host the Midwest Impact Day of Service –– Seeing Black in REaD! Our youth need us to help them lift their voices. Register today AND help us share the legacy of literacy by donating books! Our list has been updated to include banned books authored by sorors.

https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/ZR7CTQ9OVWND


Our goal is 100 participants/books, and we are only 33% there. Please share and encourage others to participate! Information can be found on our chapter website, Facebook, Instagram, or twitter pages!


Thank you in advance for your support!



#LegacyOfLiteracy

#RefusetobeSilenced

#DSTMIDS2023

#Seeingblackinread

#dstmspac

#educationaldevelopment

#communitydrivensocialactionfocused

Program Planning and Development

  • Committee Members Needed: Please click HERE to sign up to participate on a committee


AHA CycleNation



Our national partner, the American Heart Association, is hosting the second annual CycleNation event Thursday, September 28th.


Our very own Soror Juanita Benton will be a featured survivor! Let's celebrate her by either cycling (20 minutes per rider/4 person team max) or cheering on our cyclists. Each sister circle is asked to have at least three representatives inclusive of Dolls, Divas and/or Dears.


We still need sorors to sign-up to ride (20 minutes - stationary bike) or to come out and cheer them on Thursday, September 28th. Please sign up today!

***We need two more riders to complete the team!***


Let's show up to help stop the increase of stroke and heart disease. Use this link to express interest, AHA will register us directly.


Details in flier below. Come support Soror Juanita Benton as a survivor!




Technology/ PR

  • Any flyers submitted to technology to be uploaded on the website must be square in order for the format to work correctly - thank you!
  • Please upload any images you take from events and outing HERE

Youth Development

Delta GEMS/Academy - Program Year Start



Program Orientation, Wednesday, October 25, 6-8 pm, virtually

Useful Links

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