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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated 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, Sisterly Love and Finer Womanhood.
For seventy-nine years, the trail blazed by the founders has been traversed by thousands of women dedicated to the emulation of the objectives and ideals of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated.
Since its inception, the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated has expanded to encompass more than 600 graduate and collegiate chapters. These chapters are located throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, the Bahamian Islands, Eastern Caribbean Islands, West Africa, and Germany.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated is the first organization to charter a chapter
in Africa (1948); to form adult and youth auxiliary groups, the
Amicae and Archonettes; and to be constitutionally bound to a
Brother fraternity,Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,IncZeta's national and local programs include endowment of its
National Education 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 Sorority is incorporated
in Washington, D.C. and in the state of Illinois.The Sorority is
supported by the dues and gifts of its members. The Archon is the
national publication of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated
Five Pearls of Wisdom
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Who started the journey down this road
On the shoulders of those five women
Bore Zeta's first heavy load
Not once did they waiver
Or ever turn around
They taught us that a true lady of Zeta
Always stands her ground
No matter the odds, no matter the tests
Those special women taught us
To always put forth our best
Zeta was something inside
That they truly loved
Something that they knew
They would always be proud of
Now every Zeta must strive
To live the lives that they showed
For the things that they knew
We now know
Like the sky shall always be Blue
The Pearly Gates shall always be White
And when I like my Pearls
Close my dying eyes to darkness
I shall not fear
For they help to lead me down the path
Of God that is right
I have been led by the knowledge
Of the Zeta Light
I will not stand before my maker
Hanging my head down in shame
Because I know five Zetas in Heaven
Made sure that He would be proud
To sign my name
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