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Since the Delta Academy was launched as a major initiative for the current DST biennium, many chapters have embraced the program by implementing it in their local area. The Delta Academy provides an opportunity for local chapters to collaborate with or work independently on educational programs for at risk African-American girls between the ages of 11-14.The Sorority is complementing the theme with the symbolism of the Native American Dream Catcher. As the legend of the Dream Catcher indicates, the Indians of the Woodlands believed that dreams had special qualities-- the ability to change or direct a person's life journey. They also believe that the night air was filled with both good an bad dreams, so the tradition was to hang a Dream Catcher on a baby's cradle or over a person's bed. The Dream Catcher collected the dreams as they floated by, guiding the good dreams through the web to reach the person sleeping and tangling the bad dreams in the web so that they could not reach the sleeping person. Dream Catchers were meant to be a lifelong possession and owners were to add personal treasures significant of events occuring in their lives. |
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The Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy |
Named in honor of Delta Soror Betty Shabazz, the Academy focuses on giving personalized attention to the girls as it promotes the principles of scholarship, service learning, and sisterhood. The theme for the Academy is "Preparing Young Ladies for the 21st Century, Catching the Dreams of Tomorrow." |
This page was last updated on: November 28, 2004
Since the Delta Academy was launched as a major initiative for the current DST biennium, many chapters have embraced the program by implementing it in their local area. The Delta Academy provides an opportunity for local chapters to collaborate with or work independently on educational programs for at risk African-American girls between the ages of 11-14.The Sorority is complementing the theme with the symbolism of the Native American Dream Catcher. As the legend of the Dream Catcher indicates, the Indians of the Woodlands believed that dreams had special qualities-- the ability to change or direct a person's life journey. They also believe that the night air was filled with both good an bad dreams, so the tradition was to hang a Dream Catcher on a baby's cradle or over a person's bed. The Dream Catcher collected the dreams as they floated by, guiding the good dreams through the web to reach the person sleeping and tangling the bad dreams in the web so that they could not reach the sleeping person. Dream Catchers were meant to be a lifelong possession and owners were to add personal treasures significant of events occuring in their lives. |
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