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CONFERENCE THEME: “PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER: SISTERHOOD, EDUCATION, & CULTURAL RELEVANCY”
THE NATIONAL SORORITY OF PHI DELTA KAPPA, INC. • 80TH ANNUAL EASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE
SCHOLARSHIP:
National Scholarship Participants (Number)
Regional Scholarship Participants (Number)
Chapter Scholarship Participants (Number)
Amount of the award:
Perpetual Scholarship Foundation, Inc., amount of gift: $270.00
LITERACY
READING: (in the content areas, tutoring, mathematics, language, science, social
studies, family literacy, etc.) Number of Sorors: 35 Number of Students: 350
Description of the Activity: March 2020 - Sorors participated in NJEA's Read Across America
Event in Bergen and Passaic Counties. Sorors donated books written by Black African-American
Authors or that feature African-American characters to The Gussie Bailey Langston Library at
School 4 in Paterson, NJ and to Judy's Book Nook, a section of the Whittier School Library,
Teaneck, NJ which was created in remembrance of Whittier School Reading Teacher and Delta
Nu Soror Judith Ricot-Pean. June 2020 - Sorors collected children's books written by African-
American Authors, and distributed them during Juneteenth 2019.
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: Number of Sorors: 20
Description of the Activity: November 2019
Sorors discussed the struggles that Harriet Tubman had to overcome and her
accomplishments in African-American history. Sorors attended a screening of the movie
"Harriet" and discussed the movie at a chapter reception following the movie.
February 2020
Sorors attended the Holy Name Hospital Health Fair in Teaneck, NJ for free health
screenings and to gain helpful information about health issues that are prevelant in the African-
American community.
February 2020
Delta Nu chapter collected books children's books written by Black Authors or that
feature Black characters. The books were then donated to 2 elementary schools in Bergen and
Passaic Counties during Read Across America Week in honor of deceased Sorors Gussie
Langston and Judith Ricot-Pean.
June 2020 - Sorors participated in a Juneteenth celebration at the New Overpeck Park,
Ridgefield Park, NJ.
TECHNOLOGY/COMPUTERS: Number of Sorors: 339
Description of the Activity: Email, group chats, telephone conference calls, and the chapter
website are used as a means of communication and dispersing information. Sorors were given a
tutorial on navigating their way through the national website. In addition, the chapter uses
Social Media to advertise events and to communicate with Eastern Region Sorors. Eventbrite is
used to sell tickets for fundraising events.

CHILDREN, ADULT & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, TOUCH -A-CHILD:
Number of Sorors: 339 Others: __________________ Description of the Activity:
In August 2019, Delta Nu cosponsored Operation Big Book Bag presents Rev. Dr. Frank Napier
Back to School Bookbag Give-a-Way with Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Iota Alpha Sigma
Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Lambda Upsilon Chapter, Paterson Bronze Heat, and
Bronze Shields of Passaic County. Over 2,000 bookbags, stuffed with school supplies, were
given to students in Teaneck Public Schools and Paterson Public Schools, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and
Texas.
In October 2019, Delta Nu cosponsored Trunk or Treat with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc,
Englewood-Teaneck Chapter at Whittier Public School, Teaneck, NJ, where First Anti-Basileus
Danielle Drakeford teaches third grade. Members decorated their trunks with a children's theme
and passed out candy, treats, and toothbrushes to the students attending the event.

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