Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
National History
The founding pearls chose not to embrace the already established tenets. As a result, they founded Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. to encourage the highest standards of scholarship through scientific, literary, cultural and educational programs; promote service projects on college campuses and in the community: foster sisterhood and exemplify the ideal of Finer Womanhood. Some of the sorority's service projects/programs include Stork's Nest, ZIP (Zetas Investing in People), and the March of Dimes.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was the first Greek-letter organization to charter a chapter in Africa and to develop youth auxillary groups. The Sorority encompasses nine regions. These regions are located throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, The Bahama Islands, Eastern Caribbean Islands, West Africa and Germany. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. has over 100,000 members. The sorority's members consist of undergraduate, graduate, and professional women. Some famous Zetas include Minnie Ripperton, the late Esther Rolle, and Zora Neale Hurston.
The sorority is currently presided by our 21st International Grand Basileus, Dr. Barbara West Carpenter--Professor and Director of Counseling & Advisement at Southern University in Louisiana.