Beta Alpha

The Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (the BADST) was chartered on

• Gladys Peppers Anderson

• Grace Brooks

• Althea Miller

• Dr. Sarah M. Wilson-Chappelle

• Doreen Grace Young

• Advisor Beatrice Clark

Beta Alpha was the

first Delta collegiate chapter chartered in the state of Florida.

founder of Black Women in Medicine.

maia hardy

 BADST means

 running things the way that Delta women should.

Called the real because

they wanted a more progressive, politically active organization focused on broader public service and women's advancement, feeling AKA was too limited to campus social affairs and lacked a national structure for expansion.