Economic Development​

National economic trends, such as unstable employment, the threat to Social Security as we know it, and the widening gap between wealth and poverty are the basis for the development of Financial Fortitude, the current Economic Development program initiative of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Financial Fortitude is a process that will help program participants to set and define goals, develop a plan to achieve them, and to put the plan into action. The process serves as a blueprint to address all aspects of personal finances.

Economic stability is a key element in creating and maintaining strong communities. The Financial Fortitude initiative is comprised of ten components and provides a collaboration of information from major economic corporations and other well-known financial institutions. The ten components include: Goal Setting, Financial Planning, Budgeting, Debt Management, Savings & Investments, Retirement Planning, Homeownership, Insurance, Estate Planning, and Entrepreneurship.

The initiative helps Washington DC Alumnae Chapter spread financial education throughout our local community.

For more information, contact finfortitude@wdcacdst.org.

Financial Fortitude

Financial Fortitude is an Economic Development initiative under Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.’s Five-Point Programmatic Thrust. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.’s national Financial Fortitude initiative is a program that helps participants develop and implement financial plans, managing all aspects of their personal finances. Financial Fortitude is designed to assist members and their local communities in realizing the overarching goal of personal wealth and financial security through an understanding of the basic principles of goal setting, financial planning, budgeting, debt management, savings and investments, retirement planning, homeownership and insurance. All programs are designed to teach participants how to make their money work for them.

Financial Fortitude Areas of Focus:

* Decreasing debt in the African American community
* Increasing wealth in the African American community

Within Washington DC Alumnae Chapter (WDCAC), the Financial Fortitude Committee creates comprehensive programming through workshops and presentations to address financial management, economic empowerment and business ownership for the chapter and communities in the District of Columbia.