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'00 ack when Patrida Lightfoot �ot interested in space flight, cars had fins, movies
had double features and mathematically gifted Black girls had limited career
prospects. But 1962 was the year Patricia Lightfoot won a scholarship to Howard
University. And on the way to becoming a math teacher, she discovered a world
of opportunities. ,
OJ n the unique environment that historically Black colleg�s' provide, Patrida
Lightfoot learned that her dreams of becoming a mathematician were achievable.
"At Howard:' she says, "I learned how to learn. A Black college gave me confidence ...
and a support that was always there when I needed it:'
m hat confidence helped Patrida master higher mathematics, computer science.
graduate school and her own destiny. Today. as head of the spacecraft Control
Branch of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, she directs' the design and
development of ground support systems for vital satellite projects.
�hen you're considering colleges, doesn't it make sense to consider the on�s that
produce distinguished ,achievers like Patricia Ughtfoot and 40% 01 the on.
B coD ? America's Black coDeQes. If you want to make a world
0( difruenc� in your future. they can sh� you hCMf.
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School America:
Delta Sigma .
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Theta Sorority
Family Reading
initia. ive
WASH I GTO D. C. - °Delta
Sigma Theta orority is taking
the lead in helping families
read, as a part of a recently
launched nation-wide initiative,
School America.
School America is a national
family reading program formed
in response to the Barb ra Bu h
Foundation for Family
Lit racy.
Delta igm Theta, the
singl largest Bla k w men'
public service or rity with over
8 chapter ha a umed
lead rship role in devel ping a
national family r ading
pr gram . a olla rative cf
f rt betw en familie;
educator ; repre entativ s f
civic, religi u , fratcrn I and
oth r rg nizati n ; and thcr
intere t d per n.
The basic pr gr m I cu i 1
h ne ry cvery week read
child etwecn the "a zcs of
throu h 1 thr ugh ut
pt. 14 the or rity kicked
off pba e n f' h 01
America by asking ther nation-
I rganizati n to join a
par ner in impJem ntin the
pr ram. ach orority .haptcr
will C rm their wn partner ship
with ten r more rg niz, ti n
in their re pcctive c mmunitie
to regi ter their mom ers a
re ders. By forming p rtn r-
hip with br ad-ba ed cr s
cultural gr up , the or rity .
tremend u Iy magni ying out
reach err rt .
The launchin 1 or" the
or rity' pro r m c in id d
with the nati n' iept. 14 kick
er of "Re d Am rica Day,"
hich the orority participated'
in addition ling involved
with the AB tclevi n pecial,
M a ing the .. r de" which
f cu ed on the critical pr blem
f· cing America' y uth, one of
which is illitcracy.
orority National President
Yv nne Kenncdy aid, illiteracy
is a very real threat to the
n lion's ccomomic future and
the Amer cian-way of life.
Therefore, acquiring reading
skills is a means of securing
economic rights
Al xis Herman, sorority Na
tion I Program Planning and
Development Committee chai�
who is reponsible for coordinat
in this initiative, . d, "In addi
tion to reading to children, the
registered readers may Iso
sponsor other activiti uch
bookl parties, read-a-thens,
read-ins, storytelling. etc.
A mid-year report of School
A erica program will be
presented during the sorority's
40 h national convention
scheduled to be held in Miami
B ch, Fla. July.
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