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Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded January 16, 1920 on the campus of Howard
University in Washington, D.C. by five coeds. The women dared to depart from the
traditional coalitions for Black women and sought to establish a new
organization predicated on the percepts of Scholarship, Service, Sisterly Love
and Finer Womanhood. The trail blazed by the founders, which are lovely known as
the Five Pearls 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 and are organized into Nine Regions. The
Sorority was 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 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.
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