This year's theme, Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams, honors
the spirit of possibility and hope set in motion by generations
of women in their creation of communities and their encouragement
of dreams. The theme honors women for bringing communities together
and restoring hope in the face of impossible odds. Community comes
in many forms, and dreams change, expand, and are sometimes fulfilled.
From the inception of the first Black Sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority Incorporated in 1908 The Women of Black Greek Lettered
Organizations have taken the world by storm and have excelled in
every capacity.
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Hattie McDaniel, the First African American to win an Academy Award a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority |
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Zora Neale Houston's esteemed literary accomplishments, a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority |
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Dr. Dorothy Heights social activism which led to the creation of The National Council of Negro Women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority |
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Coretta Scott King, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and her tireless civil rights efforts and causes |
Women from BGLO have shaped the 20th century not only in America
but through out the world.
We would like to pay homage to those that have passed and to those
still with us by celebrating their accomplishments.
We, the Divine Literary Tour Board would like to issue "a call to
order" to all members of BGLO and non-Greeks to pick up the torch,
embrace the endless possibilities that our forefathers and mothers
have fought so hard for us to have an equal access to education
and housing. It is time for us the youth of America to Stand up
and Stand Out for change in the 21st century.
