11E- Applicant’s Agreement and Parents-Guardians Acknowledgement Form 2 | P a g e
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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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