NSPDK Inc. Eta Chapter

Congratulations Eastern Regional Director Dr. Squire & Delta Nu Chapter on the 81st First 1-Day Virtual Conference

Eta Chapter's PLEASE READ TO ME PROJECT - donated over 300 books to our young scholars during the ECDC Promotion Parade and Celebration. A great day had by all, students, parents, and staff, and so happy we were invited to be there- truly glad we didn't miss out. Also, we got to be there for our newly retired Soror Elizabeth Williams' last day of work. Congratulations to you - PDK awaits!

Eta Chapter - Sends congratulations and best wishes for a happy and productive retirement for our Soror Elizabeth Williams. Glad we were able to be a part of your final day at ECDC.

Eta Chapter was thrilled to donate over 300 books to the young scholars in ECDC's Promotion Parade Celebration

Eta Chapter was so happy to be a part of ECDC's Promotion Parade. Congratulating the young scholars and their families and having a ball in the joy of it all. Best Wishes for continued success!

If you are or if you know of a high school senior with plans to become an educator, please consider applying for our scholarship program.
Applications Due June 30, 2021.
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Congratulations Soror Aleah Braxton

Somerset, NJ. –On Friday, March 19, 2021 NJSCA honored school counselors from the different counties within the State of New Jersey at the annual “Counselor of the County” Awards Program. School counselors are nominated by their colleagues and are selected by their own county’s School Counselor Associations for this award.

The award honors the professionals who devote their careers to serving as advocates – and often lifesavers – for the nation’s students. Aleah Braxton, a school counselor from Overbrook High School, was selected as the 2021 Counselor of the County for Camden County.

Anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and white activist Belle Squire founded the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago in 1913. The club published a newspaper, the Alpha Suffrage Record, and helped elect their preferred candidates. By 1916, the group included nearly 200 members. Oscar Stanton De Priest, who the club helped elect as a Chicago alderman, later became the first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century. During his three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, he was the only African American serving in Congress. In a time when many American women could not vote, the Alpha Suffrage Club underscored the power of Black women voters.

Knocking on Doors Under the leadership of Ida B. Wells, the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago registered enough women voters to make change in Chicago's 2nd Ward.Learn more women...

Black women battled voter disenfranchisement laws for four decades after the 19th Amendment was ratified. While living in New York City, Lyda Newman used her financial status to support her community and allow less fortunate women to take part in democracy. Newman's Negro Suffrage Headquarters supplied the space for Black women to be a vital part of the suffrage movement. Other women who used their fortunes to lift up their community include Madam C.J. Walker, who created employment opportunities for fellow Black women, and Lydia Flood Jackson, who advocated for suffrage as a leader in the California Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. In the 1950s and 1960s, activists Fannie Lou Hamer and Septima Poinsette Clark continued this work for Black voting rights.

Shutting Down the Street In New York City’s San Juan Hill neighborhood, Lyda Newman and other working mothers found a clever way to balance childcare and political organizing to open...