Delta Phi Chartered in 1983

On March 12, 1983, at the home of Jessie Sizemore, eighteen (18) pledgees were initiated into the first Krinon Club of Delta Phi Chapter.  
Delta Phi received its charter on Saturday, April 9, 1983 and became the 104th Chapter of the NSPDK, Inc. with 18 charter members. Delta Phi Chapter became and remains the only New England chapter.  Jessie Sizemore, Charter Member, was elected our first Chapter Basileus. The Chartering ceremony took place at Howard Johnson’s Coach Inn in Milford, Connecticut. 

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 *             Margaret Jarvis
                 
*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. ​Eight members of those present concurred, and Newark attorney, J. Mercer Burrell, incorporated the new organization on May 23, 1923 - which is now recognized as the official Founders Day.

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

Bridgeport Public Schools: Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Magnet High School

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.