 DAC Weekly Hotline November 9, 2020 / Volume 2, Issue 16 UPCOMING NOVEMBER EVENTS *All events are being held virtually, unless otherwise noted and pre-approved Tue, Nov. 10: 6:30 pm: Community Outreach Committee Meeting JOIN ZOOM MEETING Meeting ID: 939 2632 3055 Passcode: COC2020# Tue, Nov. 10: DAC Check Writing Wed, Nov. 11: VETERANS DAY! Wed, Nov. 11: 6 pm: ROPP Committee Meeting Wed, Nov. 11: 6:30 pm: Risk Management Recertification Training ZOOM REGISTRATION LINK Meeting ID: 934 9543 3577 Passcode: Risk2020# Wed, Nov. 11: 7 pm: Physical and Mental Health: Home for the Holidays Hopeful Living in Challenging Times JOIN ZOOM MEETING Thu, Nov. 12: 10 am: Social Action Committee Meeting JOIN ZOOM MEETING Thu, Nov. 12: 7 pm: Founders Day Committee Meeting JOIN ZOOM MEETING Meeting ID: 940 1797 4721Passcode: FDAY2021# Sun, Nov. 14 – 11 am: General Sorority Meeting REGISTRATION LINK *All changes/updates to the calendar are to be sent to first.vice.president@detroitdeltas.org Updated November Calendar General Sorority Meeting – THIS SATURDAY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 11am Via Zoom Registration Required GENERAL SORORITY MEETING REGISTRATION LINK DIRECTORY ADDENDUM INFORMATION If you are financial for the current 2020-2021 Sorority year, and your information was not included in last year’s directory, please complete this attached form and submit it by November 14 DIRECTORY ADDENDUM FORM INTRODUCING OUR NEW SOCIAL ACTION SHIRT Social Action Is Who We Are! Order your custom DAC Social Action Shirt Show your DAC pride by letting everyone know who we are! Shirts are $19.13 + Shipping(Picture below in Ways and Means section) Available in Red, White, or Black in Ladies sizes S – 3X (larger sizes by request) CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR SHIRT RED ROOM READY TO RE-LAUNCH We have finally arrived! After a few years of inactivity, we are ready to re-launch the Red Room for our Chapter. This is the members only section of our website that will house important chapter information as well as a chapter calendar, allowing you to sign-up for committees and so much more! Below is a quick summary on what to expect and next steps, but please refer to the attached manual for full details. All financial members will be provided a detroitdeltas.org email address over the next few weeks. PLEASE NOTE** YOU CAN NOT ACCESS THE RED ROOM UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR NEW DETROIT DELTAS EMAIL ADDRESS We will use your personal email address on file with the chapter to provide this new Detroit Delta email address. You should then login here to complete setup of your new email account (see attached Manual for full details)After you have set your new password, your email address setup is complete – now head over to the Red Room! We will provide many ways to get assistance for anyone experiencing issues, stay up to date on your Hotlines for these options. We ask for all Sorors to extend grace and patience as we complete this process. We are excited to use this platform for our Chapter especially in this new Virtual time. RED ROOM ACCESS MANUAL Jacinta Mba, Chair, Technology NEW INFORMATION PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH JOIN WEIGHT WATCHERS TODAY Hello Sorors! We hope you all are whole and well! If you are considering managing your weight or dropping some pounds during the holiday season, please check out the special DST WW Program! Sorors leading the classes and sorors losing together! Here is the link! For Sorors ONLY! https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/dst  FLU SHOTJonnie Hamilton will be giving flu shots at her office on Nov. 23 from 2 – 5 p.m. You may also call her office at 248-949-5694 and make an appointment for an individual visit and she will be glad to accommodate you.  THIS THURSDAYPlease join Physical and Mental Health for a conversation with the Rev. Dr. Georgia Hill, pastor of LifeChurch Riverside, to help us maintain our hope during these unprecedented times. We will be lifted and encouraged and able to fight on with her words. Registration is not required, just join us at the meeting. FLYER BELOW JOIN ZOOM MEETING  Physical and Mental Health Committee Sherryl Hinton Scott, Chair Kalimah Johnson, Co-ChairRULES OF ORDER & POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RULES OF ORDER & POLICIES AND PROCEDURESAMENDMENT FORM Sorors, I pray this note finds you each well and whole. In the October 23 Special Announcement Hotline, you were provide da copy of the 2020 ROPP and Attachments. Now that you’ve read it, it is time for you to submit any proposed changes. I know you just can’t wait The deadline to submit proposed changes to ropp@detroitdeltas.org is Friday, January 1, 2021 by 11:59 p.m. The ROPP Amendment Form should be used to submit any proposed changes. Below find a link to the ROPP Amendment Form and instructions on how to fill it out. Also find links to samples of the correct and incorrect way to fill out the form. Each officer, committee chair or network affiliate point person will also receive a direct communication from your assigned ROPP Committee liaison, providing the form. Should you have any questions – feel free to contact ropp@detroitdeltas.org. Stay Safe and Blessed, ROPP Committee Jenice Mitchell Ford, Chair ROPP 2020 AMENDMENT FORM SAMPLE #1 SAMPLE #2 SOCIAL ACTION Congratulations to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris! The history-making member of the Divine Nine (AKA)and HBCU alum (Howard University)Harris is the first woman, first African American, first South Asian American, and the first person who self-identifies as biracial to serve in this position. Equally important, she is qualified and prepared to serve at a time such this! We are proud of her achievement, as we see ourselves when we look at her and our young girls and teenagers can see the possibilities for their lives An additional congratulations goes to African-American women voters. We again demonstrated our power to determine an election. We continue to be the soul of country and to set it on a corrected path. IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THIS WEEK 1. We honor the sorors who served on Election Day to ensure that everyone had an opportunity vote, helped to protect our votes and helped to count our votes. A special thank you goes to the sorors who served at the TCF Center and assisted in counting the votes in Detroit. Unfortunately, there were individuals who sought to disfranchise our vote, but our sorors and their colleagues at TCF kept the orderly and efficient counting of the votes going under a lot of pressure. Sorors, your conduct of the count helped to show the world the power of the African-American vote and to not underestimate Detroiters! 2. We honor all of our sorors who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces as we acknowledge Veteran’s Day is being recognized this Wednesday, November 12. Although we were consumed with Election Day programming, we still would like to honor our sorors for their service. Please email your name, rank, branch of military and your length of service to socialaction@detroitdeltas.org by Friday, November 13 at noon and we will provide a formal recognition this month. ONE LAST THING… The Social Action Committee meets this week on Thursday, November 12 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. We invite you to join us as we debrief from the November 3 election and discuss upcoming activities for December and January 2021. Social Action Committee Donyale Stephen-Atara, Chair Andrea Cartwright, Co-Chair New Affiliate / Foundation / NPHC /Strategic Partner/Community News COMMUNITY NEWS BANK OF AMERICA ANNUAL METRO DETROIT COMMUNITY CELEBRATION Given our physical distance, I naturally miss seeing my sorors in and around our Detroit community! Know I am thinking of you and hope you and yours are safe and well. I’m writing with an invitation to join our virtual community celebration and Neighborhood Builder Award event on Thursday, November 12th at 6pm. This is our traditional event we do each year, and although we can’t be together this year, we will take this chance to recognize and thank our partners, clients and community for their support and to recognize their great work, in these unprecedented times. I am hopeful you will join us! You can register using the link embedded in the invite here below or in the attached document. Feel free to share this invite with your colleagues, partners, clients and friends to join us for GIVE and I hope to “see” you next week! REGISTER HERE! Tiffany S. Douglas Market Executive, Detroit Local Markets Organization Bank of America  DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATIONAPPLICATION WINDOW OPEN CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION REGIONAL NEWS: What an exciting weekend!! After a record-breaking voter turnout and three days of waiting, we finally have the results of this historic 2020 presidential election. We have elected our first female, first Black and South Asian vice president who is not only a woman of color but also a member of a Divine Nine organization!! Thank you, Sorors, for all that you did to impact this election including voter registration and serving as poll workers. Your efforts made all the difference! Each chapter president should have received notification for the Special Call Meeting of Grand Chapter that will be held on November 29, at 4 PM. If you did not receive this notification, please contact dstconferences@deltasigmatheta.org ASAP for assistance. Each chapter is required to have a Voting Delegate for this meeting or be granted an approved absence. Please read the notification and meticulously follow the instruction that was provided. HOT OFF THE PRESS!! Our National President & CEO has provided updated guidance regarding drive-by community service activities. Effective immediately, the social distanced “Drive-By” guidance used during membership intake and for social action engagement are also an acceptable method of chapter engagement for community service activities to support community needs. The social action guidance was emailed from NHQ on September 11th. The FAQs – Virtual Membership Intake Fall 2020 Continuation can be found in the Red Zone under the Membership Intake section. Please read these documents thoroughly before planning your activities. As a reminder, please update your program calendar and resubmit it if there are any revisions. As always, there is so much occurring in the Midwest. Please read the information below for news and updates. Continue to be safe and healthy!  CARD SHOWER Our beloved soror, Gladys Phillips (Beta Chapter 1937), will be turning 108 YEARS OLD on November 14th and we want to celebrate her!! She is currently residing in a nursing home. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, she may not be able to receive any visitors, but she will be able to receive birthday cards. We are asking that you send her a card to let her know how much we love her and are thinking about her on her special day. Please send cards/letters to the following: Tyffani Dent C/O Monford Dent Consulting PO Box 25361 Garfield Heights, OH 44125  Leadership Midwest Presents MIDWEST TALKS Speakers Series SAVE THE DATE!!! On November 22nd at 7pm, Leadership Midwest will kickoff our monthly speakers series titled MIDWEST TALKS. Our first speaker will be none other than National President & CEO Beverly E. Smith. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend. Soror Smith will no doubt impart lessons in leadership that we can all use in all facets of our lives. Registration information will be forthcoming so please SAVE THE DATE!! Elizabeth Elie, Regina Greer and Carla Hunter Leadership Midwest Co-Coordinators MEDITATION MONDAY RECORDING For those who missed last week’s Meditation Monday, you truly missed an anointed word from Dr. Chandra Gill of Chicago Alumnae Chapter. But don’t fret, we have the recording available for you. Click HERE to listen. Be on the lookout for information regarding our Meditation Monday in the upcoming days. Evangelist Jacqueline Jackson Regional Chaplain Sarahjini Nunn Spencer Midwest Regional Director Jamiya Smith Midwest Regional Representative www.dstmidwestregion.com REPEATED INFORMATION DAC WAYS AND MEANS  THE DAC DELTA SHOPPEIS BACK !!!* NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS * Introducing our new Social Action shirt! Social Action Is Who We Are! Order your custom DAC Social Action Shirt. Show your DAC pride by letting everyone know who we are! Shirts are $19.13 + Shipping Available in Red, White, or Black in Ladies sizes S – 3X (larger sizes by request) CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR SHIRT Ways and Means Committee Staci Brooks, Chair Stacy Olivache’ and Melanie Martin, Co-Chairs MEMBERSHIP SERVICES COMMUNICATION TOOL: TEXT REMINDERS FROM DAC Members-only one way text messages via Remind 101 TO ENROLL: Text @dacmembers to 81010 (See graphic below) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DAC BOOK CLUB The new book for the DAC book club is “Casting the First Stone” by Kimberla Lawson Roby. The Book Club review is on Thursday, November 19 at 6p via zoom. BOOK CLUB ZOOM MEETING LINK Lead soror: Jewel Jones ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ RELAY FOR LIFE: Relay for life donations are still being taken until November 20.We’re close to our $22,000 goal! DONATE HERE! The virtual Relay for Life Detroit Event video: RELAY FOR LIFE VIDEO ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS! Sorors we want to acknowledge your achievements and good news, please self report via Recognitions@DetroitDeltas.org    GOT DUES? As most of you know, Grand Chapter has waived the $10 late fee as well as the reinstatement fee for the 2020-2021 dues submission. During this challenging Sorority year, our chapter will depend on membership dues more than ever before – because of the impact this pandemic is having on our fundraising plans. If you haven’t paid your dues yet, save yourself a little money, and do so ASAP by mailing them to: Patrice Simpson 16156 Bentler Detroit, MI 48219 or by emailing your forms to asst.financial.secretary@detroitdeltas.org Membership Services Committee Stephanie Hobson, Chair Tonya Roscoe, Co-Chair RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION PROCESS National Risk Management has added to the certification process for 2020. All certified volunteers must attend a training session each year to maintain their status and sign the Annual Confirmation of Youth Volunteer Status Form that they are still in good standing per their InfoMart from 2019. These training sessions will take place via Zoom on November 11 and 18 at 6:30 pm Please read and complete as instructed the attached Annual Confirmation of Youth Volunteer Status Form and return it to: riskmanagement@detroitdeltas.org. Volunteers must attend one of the training sessions and complete and return the form to be recertified for this sorority year. Thank you in advance. RISK MANAGEMENT DOCUMENT Risk Management Committee Mary Meeks, Chair Andrea Dunbar, Co-Chair |
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