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DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED
A Service Sorority Founded in 1913
2021-2022
APPLICANT’S AGREEMENT AND PARENTS/GUARDIANS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM
(Collegiate Applicants Only)
The collegiate applicant must complete this form if she agrees to inform her
parents/guardians of the membership intake process. Her parents/guardians
must acknowledge the agreement. The form must be typed and digitally
signed. It is acceptable for only one parent/guardian to sign the form.
ALL PAGES MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH THE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION PACKET.
Name: ________________________________________________________________________
Present Address: _______________________________________________________________
Street
______________________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip Code
______________________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number Email Address
Permanent Address: ____________________________________________________________
Street
______________________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip Code
Applicant’s Agreement:
I have read Delta’s anti-hazing policy that is posted on its website and that is summarized in the Notice to
Applicant/Candidate/Pyramid Regarding Privilege and Responsibilities that I received as a part of my
application for membership packet I received from Delta. I understand that, to become a member of Delta, I
must abide by Delta’s membership intake process, including its anti-hazing policy. I also understand that, to
maximize its efforts to eradicate hazing and provide other reporting options, Delta wants to make my
parents/guardians aware that I have been accepted to participate in Delta’s membership intake process.
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intellectual property rights will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
To ensure that my parents or guardians have been provided written information about Delta’s membership
intake process, including its no-hazing policy, I agree that I will:
Provide my parents or guardians with the Parents/Guardians Acknowledgment Form (“Form”) that has
been included in my membership intake application packet. The Form informs my parents or guardians of
my plan to participate in the membership intake process and requires my parents or guardians to sign the
form acknowledging the following:
his/her awareness of my plan to participate in the membership intake process;
his/her receipt of summary of Delta’s anti-hazing policy;
his/her awareness that I am not required to participate in any form of hazing to become a member
of Delta; and that
he/she will report to Delta, to my college of university Dean or Greek Life officials, and/or to law
enforcement officials any suspicion that I am being hazed, or have been hazed, or have participated
in hazing activities.
By signing below, I agree that I have read and understand Delta’s anti-hazing policy and this
Applicant’s Agreement Parents/Guardians Acknowledgement Form. I also agree to comply with
Delta’s membership intake process, including its anti-hazing policy. I further agree to provide
information about my plans to participate in Delta’s membership intake process to my parents or
guardians, as reflected herein. I have had an opportunity to ask questions about the contents of this
form and agree to its terms and conditions.
Name of Applicant: ______________________________________________________________________
Signature of Applicant (digital): _____________________________________________________________
Date [Month Day Year]: __________________________________________________________________
Intended Chapter of Initiation ______________________________________________________________
Anti-Hazing Policy:
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (“Delta”) has a zero-tolerance hazing policy. The policy is embodied
in documents disseminated to applicants/prospective members, including the Notice to
Applicant/Candidate/Pyramid Regarding Privilege and Responsibilities (“no hazing contract), which all
applicants are required to sign. The policy expressly prohibits all acts and forms of hazing, before, during and
after the Membership Intake Process. The prohibition covers
all hazing activities, whether physical,
mental, or emotional
, including,
but not limited to,
pre-initiation and/or underground activities (which is
anything in addition to or contrary to approved activities); paddling; beating; slapping; blindfolding; pushing;
depriving of sleep; pulling on clothes; pulling one’s hair; requiring the consumption of alcohol or drugs; forcing
or requiring the consumption of foods that an applicant/prospective member finds disagreeable; yelling;
humiliating; harassing; belittling; cursing; any morally degrading, illegal, or indecent action; requiring
applicants/prospective members, or newly initiated members to perform housework or homework for
members, or to “run errands.”
Any applicant who consents to hazing, who participates in hazing by allowing herself to be hazed, or who is
aware of hazing, but fails to report it shall be barred from membership in Delta.
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intellectual property rights will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
If you suspect that your daughter is being hazed or is participating in hazing, you too should report the
suspected hazing to designated Delta officials, the college or university where your daughter is a student,
and/or the police department in the area where the suspected hazing is occurring. The designated Delta
official is the regional director:
Central Region centralrd@deltasigmatheta.org
Eastern Region easternrd@deltasigmatheta.org
Farwest Region farwestrd@deltasigmatheta.org
Midwest Region midwestrd@deltasigmatheta.org
South Atlantic Region southatlanticrd@deltasigmatheta.org
Southern Region southernrd@deltasigmatheta.org
Southwest Region southwestrd@deltasigmatheta.org
Parents/Guardians Acknowledgment:
I understand that my daughter plans to participate in Delta’s membership intake process. I acknowledge that
I have received this copy of Delta’s anti-hazing policy; that I have read it and understand it; that I have
discussed it with my daughter; and that I am aware that my daughter is not required to participate in hazing
to become a member of Delta. I agree to report to Delta, to the college or university where my daughter is a
student, and/or to the police department suspicion that my daughter is being hazed or has been hazed. I also
understand and agree that any dispute regarding my daughter’s participation in Delta’s membership intake
process that is not resolved informally will be resolved by binding arbitration, which means not in a court of
law, with a judge and jury.
By signing below, I agree that I have read and understand this Parents/Guardians Acknowledgment
Form. I have had an opportunity to ask questions about the contents of this form. I acknowledge and
agree to the terms and conditions of this document.
Name of Parent/Guardian: ________________________________________________________________
Name of Parent/Guardian: ________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Parent’s/Guardian’s Street Address
______________________________________________________________________________________
Parent’s/Guardian’s City/State/Zip Code
______________________________________________________________________________________
Parent’s/Guardian’s Phone Number Relationship to Applicant
______________________________________________________________________________________
Applicant’s Name
Signature of Parent/Guardian (digital): _______________________________________________________
Signature of Parent/Guardian (digital): _______________________________________________________
Date [Month Day Year]: __________________________________________________________________
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