EVERYTHING ABOUT SIGMA GAMMA RHO SORORITY
Seven young educators of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana founded a non-profit sorority named, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. on November 12, 1922. It became a national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, after a charter was permitted to Alpha chapter. It is a social organization headquartered in Cary, North Carolina USA. “Greater Service and Greater Progress” is the slogan of the big sorority with over 100,000 members and 500 undergraduate and alumnae chapters. Women may join the Sigma Gamma Rho through undergraduate chapters at a college or university level or through an alumnae chapter depending upon their qualification. Out of four historically African-American sororities, it is the only sorority to comprise the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) established at a predominantly white campus. It is an international sorority with its scope in the USA, Germany, Canada, Bermuda, Korea, Virgin Islands and Bahamas. With the focus on leadershi...