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Sacramento Alumnae Chapter – Farwest Day of Community Service - Saturday, March 26th, Diaper Drive and Purses for Unhoused Women
The Sacramento Alumnae Chapter (SAC) collaborated with Black Mothers United (BMU) at their location to collect donated diapers from chapter and community members. BMU’s mission is to lower the Black infant mortality rate and risk of premature or low birth weight in Sacramento County. They ensure Black mothers have a positive, healthy pregnancy by providing free resources, education, and support in the prenatal stages through the postpartum period. SAC donated and collected 5,797 diapers from members via a drive through drop off process. The diapers donated ranged from sizes one through five according to SAC Sister Circles. We have rekindled our relationship with BMU and look forward to more collaborative efforts for pregnant African American women in the Sacramento area.
Not only were diapers collected, SAC assembled and donated 107 new or gently used purses filled with personal hygiene items. Sorors worked in an assemble-like fashion to put together personal hygiene items purchased by chapter members. Also, Personal Protective Equipment for the purses was donated by Agile Group. The purses were lovingly donated by members of the chapter.
The beautiful and useful purses were donated to the Homeless Area Resource Teams (HARTs) in the Sacramento area. HARTs is a coalition of faith communities, nonprofits, businesses, agencies, and individuals, who are committed to finding solutions to homelessness in local communities.
SAC also was able to donate some of the purses to BMU. The purses donated to the North Sacramento HARTs were quickly picked up by the unhoused women at the Wednesday Respite Center on March 30th and they were very appreciative of the purses.
Tokyo Alumnae Chapter Food Drive
The Tokyo Alumnae Chapter committed to conducting quarterly food drives for Second Harvest Japan to contribute to the food safety net for children’s homes, single-mother shelters, centers for the disabled, as well as many other welfare organizations in the Kanto Plain. To date, the Tokyo Alumnae Chapter have donated 2,590 pounds of non-perishable food items and $896.15 in monetary donations from our community members this sorority year. Second Harvest Japan employees are always grateful for our donations and look forward to seeing the “Delta Sisters” as we are affectionately known to them. The final food drive is scheduled for May, a date is to be determined.
Sacramento Alumnae Chapter – Red and White Christmas 2021
Sacramento Alumnae Chapter (SAC) collaborated with Kappa Alpha Psi (KAY), Sacramento Alumni Chapter and the Black Child Legacy Campaign (BCLC) to host the Ninth Annual Red and White Christmas on December 18th, 2021. The theme was “Brightening Holidays for Families”. SAC started a Christmas giveaway for children in conjunction with a store for the mothers of the children in 2012, under the chapter’s Community Service Committee led by Soror Patricia Jones. The project has evolved over the last nine years and now concentrates on bikes, books, and gifts for children mostly from the BCLC in Sacramento County. The BCLC is a communitydriven movement to reduce deaths of African American children in Sacramento County.
The families selected were divided between SAC and KAY to purchase bikes, toys and other gifts. This year, dinner for the families was catered by a local black owned restaurant called MacQue’s (Soror owned). The dinners were bagged and ready to go. Books were donated by Pat the Book Angel. As the families drove up they heard Christmas carols, picked up gifts, and proceeded to pick up dinner and received stockings with Black Santas.
Sorors donated funds and gifts, sponsored families, wrapped gifts and assisted with distribution at the pickup stations. It was a great collaboration with KAY who in the last few years has become a full partner for the event.
The Sacramento Alumnae Chapter, Sacramento Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi and Black Child Legacy Campaign, are looking forward to our tenth Red and White Christmas in December 2022.
Century City Calls for Support for Uterine Fibroid Research
Women’s History Month and Delta Sigma Theta’s Sisterhood Month observances provided the perfect opportunity for Century City Alumnae to celebrate its history, sisterhood and to advocate for Black women’s health issues.
On March 5, CCAC’s Physical and Mental Health Committee joined with The White Dress Project, the March of Dimes and California Black Health Woman’s Project to present the inaugural “I Am Every Woman” Virtual Health and Wellness Conference. More than 200 people joined the conversation that featured five seminars focusing on women’s reproductive health, healthy eating, mental health and normalizing and destigmatizing menstruation among youth. The chapter raised $500 to donate to the White Dress Project, a non-profit raising awareness about Black women and fibroids.
In powerful testimonies, panelists and guests shared how uterine fibroids have impacted their lives. Studies show nearly a quarter of black women between 18 and 30 have fibroids compared to about 6% of white women, according to some national estimates. By age 35, that number increases to 60%. The panelists provided information on how to advocate for treatment in conversations with a healthcare provider. In a call to action, the sorors asked the program attendees to write to their elected officials to support HR 2007, the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act.
In March 2021, Soror and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) introduced The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2021. If it becomes law, the bill will appropriate $30 million in research funding for uterine fibroids, improve awareness and training, and establish a research database for the treatment of fibroids.
