LEgendaryLambda EpsilonDelta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. · UMKC
An organization of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and social action — serving the UMKC campus and Kansas City community for over fifty years.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is a private, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world.
Since its founding, more than 300,000 women have joined the organization. The organization is a sisterhood of predominantly Black, college educated women. The Sorority currently has over 1,050 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, the Republic of Korea, the Arabian Gulf, Southern Africa and West Africa.
The major programs of the Sorority are based upon the Five-Point Programmatic Thrust: economic development, educational development, international awareness and involvement, physical and mental health, and political awareness and involvement. For more information, visit our national website at www.deltasigmatheta.org.
The framework of our service.
Every initiative, program, and act of service flows from these five pillars — a blueprint for impact that has guided Delta women for over a century.
Economic Development
Building generational wealth and financial literacy across our community.
Educational Development
Championing scholarship, mentorship, and lifelong academic excellence.
International Awareness
Engaging in service that transcends borders and uplifts the diaspora.
Physical & Mental Health
Promoting wellness, advocacy, and access to quality care.
Political Awareness
Civic engagement, voter mobilization, and policy advocacy.
Fifty years of Delta excellence at UMKC.
Chartered in 1974, the Lambda Epsilon Chapter has cultivated generations of Delta women on the University of Missouri–Kansas City campus. Our sisters lead in academics, student government, professional organizations, and community service across the Kansas City metropolitan area.
From annual scholarship galas to voter mobilization drives and youth mentorship programs, Lambda Epsilon embodies the soul-stirring legacy of the Twenty-Two Founders here in the heart of the Midwest.
Meet our executive board.
The sisters guiding Lambda Epsilon's programs, sisterhood, and service this year.
A legacy written across generations.
Founded at Howard
Twenty-two collegiate women founded Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at Howard University.
Women's Suffrage March
Just weeks after founding, the Founders marched in the Women's Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
Incorporation
Delta Sigma Theta became an incorporated, perpetual body chartered in Washington, D.C.
LEgendary Lambda Epsilon Chartered
The LEgendary Lambda Epsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was chartered on March 16th, 1974 as a city-wide chapter, by 11 tenacious women, for the campuses of Avila University, Park University, Missouri Western State College (now University), Rockhurst University, University of Missouri–Kansas City, and William Jewel College.
350,000+ Members
A global sisterhood of predominantly Black, college-educated women in over 1,050 chapters worldwide.
Coming up for the Lambda Epsilon Chapter.
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Moments of Sisterhood, Scholarship, Service, and Social Action.
Sisterhood in motion — service projects, step shows, graduations, and the quiet moments in between.
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