Our story
Rho Delta Zeta
Our chapter
Our mission is to improve our community and promote education.
Rho Delta Zeta Chapter of Washtenaw County, Mich. was chartered on April 25, 1998 during the Great Lakes Regional Lakes Leadership Conference at the Westin Hotel in Detroit, Mich. Sorors S. Joy Gaines, Lauri D. Gause, Teresa K. Myers, A. Jean Reed, Chinissa Sumpter-White, and Margrette Ann Taylor were our six charter members. In addition to Rho Delta Zeta, five other Zeta chapters were chartered with us. International President Dr. Barbara West Carpenter performed the ceremonies.
The chartering of a chapter was inspired by Triumphant Soror Margrette Taylor who wanted a local chapter for Zetas living in the Washtenaw County, Mich. area to serve the people in the cities, villages and townships of Ann Arbor, Dexter, Chelsea, Lodi Township, Manchester, Milan, Pittsfield Township, Saline, Scio Township, Superior Township, Whitmore Lake, Willis, Whitaker, York Township and Ypsilanti.
Soror Taylor was our first president. She was an outstanding National Labor Relations attorney for the federal government. Under her leadership, RDZ began the work actively engaged with the community in an impactful way. The chapter created partnerships and launched into collaborations that would prove to be fruitful for the Washtenaw community. The chapter flourished with the commitment to fostering and promoting the Sorority’s ideals of Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood and Finer Womanhood. Because of the diligent work, RDZ added members to serve the community.
