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history
Welcome to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was founded January 16, 1920 on
the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. by five coeds.
These women dared to depart from the traditional coalitions for
Black women and sought to establish a new organization predicated on
the precepts of Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood and Finer
Womanhood. The trail blazed by the founders has been traversed by
thousands of women dedicated to the emulation of the objectives and
ideals of the Sorority.
The Sorority was the first Greek-letter organization to charter a
chapter in Africa (1948); to form adult and youth auxiliary groups,
the Amicae, Archonettes and Amicettes; and to be constitutionally
bound to a brother group, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated.
Zeta's national and local programs include endowment of its National
Educational Foundation; community outreach services; and support of
multiple affiliate organizations. Zeta chapters and auxiliary groups
have given untotaled hours of voluntary service to educate the
public, assist youth, provide scholarships, support organized
charities and promote legislation for social and civic change.
A non-profit organization, Zeta Phi Beta is incorporated in
Washington, D.C. and in the state of Illinois. The Sorority is
supported by the dues and gifts of its members. |