About Us

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., gives leadership, service, and resources toward removing
barriers and inequalities so that all people of America may develop their potential and exercise full
citizenship. Through support of human rights legislation, service to and support of grass roots
individual and community development activity, and through active participation in the programs of
affiliate and other organizations, we are committed to working to improve the quality of our lives
and the society we serve. Sigma Gamma Rho, in its quest to expand its area of service, actively
participates in the sponsoring of national and international programs designed for the improved
welfare of all people. Some of these programs include: {Click here for details of each project}

Mwanamugimu Essay Contest *
Project Reassurance *
Project Wee Savers * (Corporate Sponsor: Washington Mutual Bank)
Operation Big Book Bag *
National Youth Symposium *
Cancer Awareness Program *
National Marrow Donor Program
Project Africare
Rhomania *
Founder's Day *

SPEAR (Sigma Public Education and Research Program) {SPEAR - Full details}
National Education Fund {NEF - Full details}

SOME LOCAL PROJECTS INCLUDE:   Can-to-Span   >   Nativity Soup Kitchen   >   Wee Savers   >
Health Fair   >   Inwood House   >   George Washington-Carver Program   >   Black History Month
Programs   >   Dress for Success   >   March of Dimes Walk   >   Breast Cancer Walk   >   Habitat for
Humanity   >   Leadership Program at Family Academy   >   Sick & Welfare >   Sponsoring Five
Local Scholarships   >   Annual Holiday Party   >>   NPHC Careers
Conference   >   Aids Walk   >   Women's Month Events

LOCAL EVENTS, AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES:    Sigma Night Out   >   African-American Day
Parade   >   Local, regional and Int'l Conferences   >   Nat'l Pan-Hellenic Council of Greater NY