Throughout the past six months, an Olympic-style torch has been making its way across the United States—and even parts of the world. Its ultimate destination is Howard University in Washington, D.C., where its arrival will mark the launch of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s 51st Convention from July 11-17. The District is the ultimate stop […]
Author Archives: Zenitha Prince
Special to the AFRO
Posted inDeltas 2013
A Leader with a Servant’s Heart
Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre has led the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority through a tumultuous period in U.S. and world history. It is an era of inspiring highs, such as the election and re-election of America’s first Black president and the 100th anniversary of the organization’s founding; and of debilitating lows, such as the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that […]
Posted inDeltas 2013
Delta Outreach–Exceeded Only by Its Vision
On March 3, 1913, the day before the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson, 5,000 women marched along the streets of Washington, D.C. “in a spirit of protest against the present political organization of society, from which women excluded,” particularly at the ballot box. At the very back of the procession was a conspicuous group: the […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
D.C. Councilman Seeks Pot Decriminalization
A District of Columbia mayoral candidate wants the nation’s capital to join a growing number of states that have decriminalized marijuana possession. The trend reflects nationwide concern about over-criminalization and the disproportionate impact of such laws on Blacks and other minorities. “The effort to decriminalize marijuana is about removing barriers for individuals – the impact […]
Posted inNational News
CBC, Obama Agree to Address Tough Policy Agenda
It has been two years since President Obama met privately with the Congressional Black Caucus, his former colleagues. But the gap was not an issue, given the seriousness of the other concerns that were discussed during a 90-minute meeting between the president and the 43-member caucus on July 9 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, […]
Posted inDeltas 2013
The Deltas are Coming!
The lighting of an Olympic-style torch at Howard University on July 11 will launch the 51st National Convention of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., part of a year-long celebration of the group’s 100-year legacy of Black sisterhood, advocacy and service. The last two stops for the Torch will be Baltimore Harbor were July 5 when it arrived on a […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Dennis Rodman Self-Promotes for Nobel Peace Prize
If Dennis Rodman is to be believed, the security of the United States rests in his hands. And if successful, he believes he should be considered for a Nobel Peace Prize. The National Basketball Association Hall of Famer suggested in a recent interview with Sports Illustrated that his newfound friendship with North Korea’s Supreme Leader […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Single-Father Households on the Rise in U.S., Data Shows
The number of households headed by single fathers in the United States has increased nine-fold over the past half-century, demographers say. In 1960, there were fewer than 300,000 single father households. In 2011, that number soared to more than 2.6 million, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Decennial Census and American Community Survey […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Cong. Clyburn to Lead House Drive to Revise Voting Rights Act
House Democrats have tapped Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.), to lead their efforts to revise the Voting Rights Act, after the Supreme Court gutted the law’s Section 4 last week. “I tasked Jim Clyburn of South Carolina to take the lead on this issue to bring together in a bipartisan way the ideas that […]
Posted inHealth
HHS Seeds Children’s Health Insurance Enrollment with $32 Million in Grants
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has unveiled the award of nearly $32 million in grants to boost the number of eligible children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Grants were awarded to 41 state agencies, community health centers, school-based […]
Posted inHealth
HIV Infection Rates Decline Among Black Women
Following National HIV Testing Day on June 27, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offered some encouraging news: for the first time in a decade, the HIV infection rate among Black women declined. Between 2008 and 2010, the latest available data, the incidence rate among that group fell a healthy 21 percent, the agency […]
Posted inNational News
The Deltas are Coming!
The lighting of an Olympic-style torch at Howard University on July 11 will launch the 51st National Convention of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., part of a year-long celebration of the group’s 100-year legacy of Black sisterhood, advocacy and service. The last two stops for the Torch will be Baltimore Harbor on July 5 when […]
