Arts and Letters

Purpose:

To communicate, preserve and promote all forms of arts that express the Black Experience in positive and liberating ways, especially those that present Black women in positive roles. Our mission is to design a program that promotes awareness and appreciation of different art forms, facilitates skill development in the areas of arts advocacy and fosters cultural enrichment and creativity.

Activities may include:

Sorority enrichment programs – attending plays and musicals
Annual Kwanzaa Celebration
Annual Kuumba Tribute for African-American Women who excel in the Arts
Red Carpet Events – includes attending movie premieres, movie screenings, etc.
DSTv – encouraging members and the community to watch African-American television programming
Deltas Reads Book Club – supporting authors and promoting their books sales
Art celebration for children, i.e., African American book drive for youth
Advocacy for arts funding
Annual Arts for Teachers Grant (Click here for the Arts for Teachers Grant application)
Youth Art Showcase

Contact Information:
artsandletters@epcpdst.org

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The Arts and Letters Committee proudly presents AABY (African American Books for Youth). AABY is targeted to young readers pre-school – middle school. The objective of this program is to encourage reading in the community, to increase reading fluency, to improve reading comprehension, and to enhance student’s cultural awareness while observing reading role models. Each book is accompanied with several discussion questions. Please enjoy reading along and discussing these wonderful award winning books!

(11230) EPCP Reads The President Sang Amazing Grace by Zoe Mulford and Jeff Scher (Upper Elementary) – YouTube

(11230) EPCP Reads Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee (Lower Elementary) – YouTube

(11230) EPCP Reads I Promise by LeBron James (Upper Elementary) – YouTube

(11230) EPCP Reads One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Middle School) – YouTube

(11230) EPCP Reads A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (Upper Elementary) – YouTube

(11230) EPCP Reads Flip-Flops by Nancy Cote (Lower Elementary) – YouTube

(11230) EPCP Reads Drama High: Keep It Movin’ by L. Divine (Middle School) – YouTube

(11230) EPCP Reads Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Middle School) – YouTube

(11231) EPCP Reads Big Hair, Don’t Care by Crystal Swain-Bates (Lower Elementary) – YouTube

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Delta Authors Spotlight

In support of the National Arts and Letters Commission, the Delta Authors Spotlight introduces members of the East Point/College Park Alumnae Chapter who are authors and are included in the National Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. publication of the Delta Authors Directory, Volume 6. In this edition, eleven (11) authors from our Chapter are featured. Details on where to purchase their book are provided in the links provided.