", Roll Call. Alexis Hermans a Delta. BEVERLY E. SMITH 2017-2021. A: Neither of us had ever been in Washington. [Laughs.]. ", U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Secretary Marcia L. National Executive Committee; Board of Directors . HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge targets homelessness and homeownership Created This D9 Unity Step, They Couldnt Host Their Step Show Because of COVID-19 So The Black Fraternities and Sororities at University of North Carolina at Wilmington Created This Video, Watch The Yard Partners With Stomp Wars For Virtual HBCU Homecoming Experience, This Is How the Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Hold It Down at LSU, Watch How The Washington DC Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Just Revealed Its Fall 2020 Line, ICE COLD! Brown Scholarship Committee. She was the town's first female and first African American mayor. I helped her staff the office, found housing, all of the things that you do when you come in for the first time. She is a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, has served as national president of Delta Sigma Theta Inc., the largest public service sorority for African-American women, and chaired the . [18][19] Fudge won the November4 general election, defeating Republican Thomas Pekarek with 85% of the vote. She was initiated into Delta Sigma Theta through the Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter. Marcia Fudge's HUD nomination is a win for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. MARCIA L. FUDGE 1996 2000. She served from 2008-2021 in the U.S. Congress. Inside Delta Sigma Theta president's rise as life and legacy are mourned . [36] On February 4, committee chairman Sherrod Brown advanced her nomination after a 177 vote in favor. Q: Do they reflect the districts theyre representing? The 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession was organized by the National American Woman Suffrage Association and was designed to call attention to womens exclusion from the democratic process. In 1988, Fudge worked as the director of budget and finance for the Cuyahoga County prosecutors office. But additionally, she carries with her a highly politically engaged constituency within her sisterhood. Welfare is a government program that provides financial aid to individuals and families. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and NAMI Collaborate to Promote Mental Health Awareness Wednesday, 22, Feb Shavon Arline-Bradley Appointed as the National Council of Negro Women's First President and Chief Executive Officer [8] A 1971 graduate of Shaker Heights High School,[9] she earned her Bachelor of Science in business from the Ohio State University in 1975. Fudge, who came to work in Washington D.C. as a member of Jones' team, was nominated after Tubb Jones' sudden death in 2008. PRESIDENT | Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. | Public Service | Foothill As the head of a roughly $50 billion department, her work in 2021 focused on handling a national housing crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which appears to continue into 2022. Political Official. She served two terms, and during her tenure, Fudge adopted one of the first vacant and abandoned property ordinances in Ohio. I wanted to be sure I could preserve her legacy.