With over 70 years of service, Iota Sigma continues to strive to be a beacon light for the community of Richmond.
For more information: Iota Sigma History (PDF | 140 KB)
Key Facts
- Organized in 1935
- Charter Members: Sorors Eunice Carrington Caster, Olga Williams Dicks, Gertrude Chiles Saunders, Antoinette Hamilton Stephens, and Madeline Hamilton Smith.
- Oldest chartered Alumnae chapter in the Northeast Region
- Hosted 10th Boule in charter year (1935)
- Outstanding Chapter (1972)
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Major Programs and Events
- Debutante Ball, the oldest in the Richmond area
- Dr. Elizabeth Johnson Scholarship Fund
- Cool Jazz Wine Tasting and Community Service Festival
- Rhomania celebrations
- Carver Day and Black History Week/Month activities
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- Eyeglass Repair Fund
- Wee Savers
- Habitat for Humanity
- Adopt-A-Highway
- Operation Big Book Bag
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Grand Chapter officers from Iota Sigma:
- Soror Alice Brown - Grand Epistoleus
- Soror Olga Williams Dicks - Board of Directors
- Soror Sylvia Harris Wade Felker - Board of Directors
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- Soror Shirley L. Smith – Grand Anti - Grammateus
- Soror Racquel Dozier – Technical Facilitator
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Northeast Regional officers from Iota Sigma:
- Soror Sylvia Harris Wade Felker - Region Syntaktes
- Soror Ella Richardson - Region Grammateus
- Soror Racquel Dozier – Region Programs Coordinator, Regional Epistoleus
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- Soror Shirley L. Smith – Epistoleus, Anti - Grammateus, Undergraduate Chapter Coordinator, and Syntaktes
- Soror Marian J. Martin- Region Parliamentarian
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Past chapter Basilei (Presidents) include since 1976:
- Shirley L. Smith (1976-1978)
- Sonora Wyatt Bibbs (1978-1980)
- Cornelia Belches (1980-1984)
- Rev. Lynda D. Moore (1984-1986)
- Pauline Kersey Harvey (1986-1988)
- Marjorie D. Brown (1988-1990)
- Carolyn Brown (1990–1994)
- Marian J. Martin (1994-1996)
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- Berley Wright (1996-1998)
- Christy Williams (1998-2000)
- Teresa Brown (2000-2001)
- Jean’Yea Webb-Daniels (2001- 2004)
- Racquel Dozier (2004-2008)
- Shirley L. Smith (2008 - present)
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