Established in 1982

On October 17, 1982, ten active female, African-American educators convened in Bethany, Connecticut to discuss the possibility of establishing a chapter of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (NSPDK, Inc) in the Greater New Haven area.

Charter Members of the Delta Phi the Chapter

Eleanor Boyd                        Cheryl Shoulders                           
Barbara Coles-Trader          Dorinda Sizemore  
Carolyn Dickens                   Jessie Sizemore *** 
Ivory Erkerd                          Georgia Smith Jennings
Dorothy Forbes *                 Thelma LaVerne Solomon *  
Jean Harris *                         Dr. Verdell Taylor Roberts 
Frances Judson **                Eleanor Turner **  
Carol Moore                          Dr. Regina Lilly-Warner* 
Josephene Parker * 
                 
*Deceased                                                 **Past President

Our HISTORY

The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (NSPDK) is a nonprofit, educational sorority founded by eight educators desiring to establish a sisterhood among teachers and promote the highest ideals of the teaching profession. NSPDK was the idea of Gladys Merritt Ross, who, on Good Friday, March 30, 1923, convened a group of young teach­ers from Jersey City Normal School in Jersey City, New Jersey to discuss the idea of forming a sorority.

National Founders

The eight founders are Gladys Merritt Ross (Mother Founder), Julia Asbury Barnes, Ella Wells Butler, Marguerite Gross, Florence Steele Hunt, Edna McConnell, Gladys Cannon Nunery and Mildred Morris Williams.

Our AFFILIATES

National Anthropos  
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People  
National Council of Negro Women 
Black Women's Agenda, Inc.

Chapter Officers 2020-2023

Kimberly Phillips
Basileus

New Haven Public Schools Teacher: Barnard Elementary School

Danielle Williams
1st Anti-Basileus

Achievement First Bridgeport Academy
Middle School Special ​Education Teacher

Betty Waiters-Fludd
2nd Anti-Basileus

Retired Public
​School Principal

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Grammateus- E. Paulett Moore Rogers
Epistoleus- Jackel Robinson
Tamiouchos- Nancy Hill
Tamias- Felicia Williams
Parliamentarian- Amanda Bittle
Public Relations: Chaka Felder-McEntire, Ed.D.
Executive Advisor- Belinda Carberry, Ed.D.