Inside was a signed copy of Walking in the Founders’ Footsteps: Sigma Gamma Rho and a program for the Historical Marker Dedication Program which took place on July 11, 2022.
Last week, a package arrived from a friend in Indianapolis. Sigma Gamma Rho’s founders are Nannie Mae Gahn Foster Johnson, Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin, Cubena McClure, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, and Dorothy N. It is the only one of the National Pan-Hellenic Conference sororities not founded at Howard University, site of the Alpha chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, and Zeta Phi Beta. On December 30, 1929, a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University making the organization a national college sorority. was founded on November 12, 1922 by seven young brave African American women educators in Indianapolis, Indiana. Today, Lillian Grace is a bright and active 2-year-old, and the Olaosebikan family attributes the success of her health journey to the March of Dimes and its mission to lead the fight for healthier babies.Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Nurses also sang and read stories to Lily to increase her alertness and cognition - and when it was time to ring the final bell on Lily's last day, each member of her care team lined up in parade-like fashion to wish her a healthy and happy farewell.
In result, Lily was looked after, loved on and encouraged to thrive by nurses and doctors who offered the most gentle patient care imaginable. Through the supportive effort of the March of Dimes, she received care, attention and education that was necessary to guide her through the proper and successful daily care and breastfeeding of Baby Lily. Soror Olaosebikan considers this time in the NICU as a blessing in disguise. Lily was born weighing three pounds and needed to spend five weeks in the Neonatal Care Unit of Memorial Hermann Hospital. Lillian “Lily” Grace was expected to make her entrance into the world in January 2019 however, due to a pregnancy condition called pre-eclampsia, which is marked by high blood pressure and hyper-tension, her mother, Soror Latresha Olaosebikan, underwent an emergency caesarean in November 2018 at 31 weeks. For members and affiliates, be sure to search for your respective chapter team. If you can’t walk with us, we encourage you to still show your support by donating to our team.
Join us in “Walking Together for Stronger Healthier Babies” by clicking the "Join This Team" button. Every year, we join together as one Sigma family of Sorors, Philos and Rhoers to participate in March for Babies to raise funds that are used to sponsor research, provide education on prematurity to the communities that we serve as well as medical services and support to families with premature babies. (SGRho) is proud to be a national partner with the March of Dimes. Premature babies face serious lifelong medical and developmental issues, and it’s time to change those outcomes. Each year, 1 in 10 babies are born prematurely in the U.S.
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