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SORORS: DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. - PORTLAND ALUMNAE CHAPTER
JUNE KEY DELTA COMMUNITY CENTER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT'
PORTLAND ALUMNAE CHAPTER
(Photo: Sam Poole-Jones)

Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is an organization of 250 college-educated women committed to public service.  The mission of the organization is to create community projects for the public good in the following areas:
  • educational development
  • physical and mental health
  • economic development
  • international awareness & involvement
  • arts and letters
  • social action

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is inclusive in the community it serves, honoring and celebrating diversity.  The Portland Alumnae Chapter will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, or financial status in any of its activities or services.  The Piedmont Rose Connection, Inc. foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the activities of the Portland Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Named JUNE KEY DELTA COMMUNITY CENTER, the property is owned (without debt) by the Delta organization.  It was donated to the organization by educator June Key.  Obtained in 1992, it is located in North Portland at the intersection of North Albina and North Ainsworth, across the street from Peninsula Park, one of the oldest parks in the city.  Using sustainable building practices, the plan is to completely renovate this former brownfield site, a standard 1960's style concrete and metal gas station surrounded by asphalt pavement , for use as a community center. 

The "living building" concept takes this project to its highest possible environmental level and serves as a demonstration project, highlighting how a small, non-profit organization implements sustainable building practices using recycled and donated materials.  The project demonstrates how a small non-profit can creating a living building composed of cargo containers, salvage glass and recycled construction materials using 50% to 70% recycled technology.  The point of the renovation is to have a NetZero impact on the environment.  The project was one of two federal EPA grants awarded in Oregon in 2008 and has attracted local and national attention from governmental agencies that assisted with environmental testing, water retention processes, and landscape design.  The City of Portland Environmental Services Department awarded the project a grant to test the site for brownfield residue; those tests have cleared the site for construction.

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Charter Members, 1945

Brief History: 
Portland Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Portland, Oregon
 
The Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was established in 1945, as Bet Psy Chapter.  It is an organization of college-educated women committed to public service.  Deltas are women who identify with women's ideas.  Having lived on the front line of African American issues, their history as African American women has evolved simultaneously with the emancipation of slaves and the struggle for civil rights.
 
The organization's thrust is public service.  Deltas express their values in building community projects for the public good.
 
Portland Alumnae Chapter has provided annual scholarships to graduating high school seniors from the greater Portland, Vancouver metropolitan areas.  Delta continues to recognize Portland's outstanding women who have made significant contributions to the community.  The sorority has annual events that collect toys and food during the holiday season to distribute to needy children throughout the Portland area.
 
The organization does many activities in the community, targeting minority issues, conducting workshops and seminars dealing with Physical/Mental Health (HIV/Aids, breast cancer awareness, diabetic information, heart disease, and a variety of women's health issues); Education (tutorials in science, math and girls' initiatives); Government (citizen involvement, neighborhood associations, community resources); Economic Development (financial, affordable housing issues)); and  International Awareness (Women for Women International).  The organization has partnered with Multnomah County health agencies, Portland Urban League, Portland State University Women's Studies and Black Studies departments, African American Health Coalition and State of Oregon Department of Education, to name a few.
 
Members Portland Alumnae Sorority are women from a variety of professions: Teachers, principals, educational administrators, lawyers, accountains, nutritionists, nurses, social workers, attorneys, businesswomen, engineers, and other professional occuations. 
 
The Portland Delta Alumnae Soririty Executive Board consists of President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Correspondent Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, and Past President.
 
Portland Alumnae Chapter will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, and financial status in any of its activities or services.

To contribute: 

First, go to WAYS TO DONATE page to choose your way to donate.

 

Then, go to the TO DONATE page, on this site, where you can pay by credit card.

 

Or, you can send checks to: 

June Key Delta Community Center

P.O. Box 4265

Portland, OR 97208-4265

 

 

June Key Delta Community Center
5940 North Albina St.
Portland, OR 97217
(503) 285-2061 - Please Leave Message
 
SEND MAIL TO:
June Key Delta Community Center 
P.O. Box 4265
Portland, OR 97208-4265
 
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT:
Chris Poole-Jones, Project Coordinator
 
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEBSITE:
Anne Morin, Web Mistress & Photographer