The Las Vegas Alumnae Chapter (LVAC) was chartered on June 3, 1966 by twelve tenacious young educators and social workers. The twelve charter members of LVAC had the wisdom and foresight to know that there was and would always be a need for Black women to be politically aware and involved and serve the African American community. The charter members were...

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Gwendolyn O’Neal Booker

Barbara Williams Curtis

Shirley Anderson Williams Dean

Aquilla S. Williams Guy

Celeste Hunter

LaFonde McGhee

Joanne Woodfork Pughsley

Eva Goins Simmons

Bobbie J. Smith

Dorothy Mae York Taylor

Helen Aileen Anderson-Toland

Margaret Jean York

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The chapter service area includes the greater Las Vegas area known as Clark County, encompassing the cities of Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas and Boulder City. The LVAC focuses on service and involvement in the community and  has created many programs of distinction by participating in and supporting several community initiatives including but not limited to: regular attendance at the Clark County School District (CCSD) school board meetings; participation in the American Cancer Society: Making Strides Against Cancer Walk; membership in the local NAACP; voter registration drives and field registration training; support of and participation in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade; letter writing campaigns and social action luncheons on community issues such as “election reform.” Regardless of the cause, the chapter is always advocating for the needs of the local community.

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In the state of Nevada not only are Sorors at the forefront of local government, primary through higher education, hospitals and agencies of social change they are also active participants in many collaborative programming efforts and are involved at the Regional and National levels of our Sisterhood. Las Vegas is currently the home of 28th Regional Director Soror Sandra Phillips Johnson and was the host chapter of the 47th National Convention and the Regional Conferences in 1971, 1990, and 2011. With a growing membership, LVAC continues to be visible in civic, academic, religious and political arenas. The members of LVAC have proven time and time again that they are dedicated to the continued development and implementation of outstanding service projects in the name of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.