NATIONAL HISTORY
Zeta Phi Beta 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 an sought to establish a new organization predicated on the precepts of Scholarship, Service, Sisterly Love and Finer Womanhood. For Seventy-Six years, the trail blazed by the Founders has been traversed by thousands of women dedicated to the emulation of the objectives and ideas of the Sorority.
Since its inception, the Sorority has expanded to encompass more than 500 graduate and collegiate chapters. These chapters are located throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, the Bahama Islands, Eastern Caribbean Islands, West Africa, and Germany.
The Sorority 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, Inc.
Zeta'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 nonprofit organization, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is incorporated in Washington, D.C. and in the state of Il.
Zeta Phi Beta 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 an sought to establish a new organization predicated on the precepts of Scholarship, Service, Sisterly Love and Finer Womanhood. For Seventy-Six years, the trail blazed by the Founders has been traversed by thousands of women dedicated to the emulation of the objectives and ideas of the Sorority.
The Sorority 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, Inc.
A nonprofit organization, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is incorporated in Washington, D.C. and in the state of Il.
Since its inception, the Sorority has expanded to encompass more than 500 graduate and collegiate chapters. These chapters are located throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, the Bahama Islands, Eastern Caribbean Islands, West Africa, and Germany.
Zeta'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.
