July 12, 2025
Queen Latifah has been introduced as the latest Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. added a powerhouse group of Black ladies public figures to its 2025 Honorary Member class.
The latest Devastating Divas of DST had been introduced on July 9 on the group’s 57th Nationwide Conference and embrace multifaceted award-winning actresses Queen Latifah and Danielle Brooks, enterprise experts Fawn Weaver, Janice Bryant Howroyd, and Toni Townes-Whitley, famend political strategist and analyst Donna Brazile, and sports activities trailblazers Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Swintayla “Swin” Money. With the brand new members spanning leisure, enterprise, training, politics, sports activities, and advocacy, they additional strengthen Delta’s legacy of honoring ladies who exemplify excellence and drive impression on a nationwide and world scale.
“This 12 months’s class of Honorary Members represents a powerhouse group of barrier-breaking ladies throughout politics, leisure, enterprise, sports activities, and social impression,” Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Worldwide President Elsie Cooke-Holmes stated in a press release captured by Inventory Titan.
“From a trailblazing political strategist to an acclaimed actress and vocalist, a legendary Olympic athlete to a pioneering tech government, these ladies embody excellence, service, and the unwavering pursuit of justice and fairness. Their collective affect spans boardrooms, levels, and grassroots actions — each a power in her area and a mirrored image of Delta’s enduring mission.”
Honorary Membership is among the highest honors bestowed by many Black sororities. For Delta Sigma Theta, it’s reserved for trailblazing ladies whose impactful work has made extraordinary contributions to society. Every honoree is fastidiously chosen primarily based on how properly she embodies the Sorority’s core ideas of Sisterhood, Scholarship, Service, and Social Motion, in addition to how her work aligns with Delta’s 5-Level Programmatic Thrust: financial growth, academic growth, worldwide consciousness and involvement, bodily and psychological well being, and political consciousness and involvement.
After saying the sorority’s latest members, many members of the group joined in welcoming the “phenomenal trailblazers into our beloved sisterhood with immense satisfaction, pleasure, and unwavering sisterly love,” DST wrote in an Instagram publish.
“The Honorary Members… one other line of sophistication & tradition! Welcome to the sisterhood!❤️🤍,” one member wrote.
“We bought the QUEEN! And Danielle and Fawn! ❤️ Oh to be a devastating DIVA of DST! 🔺🐘,” added one other.
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