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Chartered at the University of Maryland: October 14, 1973
National Founding Date: January 16, 1920
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Chapter email: [email protected]
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded on January 16, 1920 at Howard University by five distinguished collegiate women. These five women founded Zeta Phi Beta Sorority to encourage the highest standard of scholarship through scientific, literary, cultural, and educational programs; promote service projects on college campuses, and in the community; foster sisterhood and exemplify the ideals of 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. Since its inception, the sorority has chronicled a number of "firsts" among the established historically African-American sororities.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated is the only historically Black sorority that is constitutionally bound to a brother fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. It was also the first to charter international chapters, those in West Africa and Germany; to form adult and youth auxiliary programs, the Amicae, Archinettes, Amicettes, and Pearlettes.
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Official colors: Royal Blue and Pure White
Official motto: A Community-Conscious, Action-Oriented Organization
Founding values: Service, scholarship, sisterly love, and finer womanhood
Philanthropic cause(s): March of Dimes, Z-Hope, The Stork's Nest
Major events: Sleep-out for the Homeless, Baby Shower Drive, Finer Womanhood Week
Prominent members: Zora Neale Hurtson, Cheryl Underwood, Janet DuBois, Minnie Ripperton, Ester Rolle, Violett A. Anderson