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The Talk of the Town:

A ZETA SOARS AS A LEGAL EAGLE

A Zeta serves as an election sepcialist.

Zeta Phi Beta initiates and supports Panhellenic efforts to promote unity and excellence among the Divine 9 Greek organizations.

MAKING EVERY VOTE COUNT

President Barack Obama Nominates Zeta Member Judge Bernice Donald for Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Zeta International Grand Basileus Sheryl Underwood Joins the Cast of the CBS Hit THE TALK!

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GREEK UNITY ON PARADE

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Zeta Initiatives & Partnerships

Regional Round-Up

Awesome Atlantic Region

Eastern Regional News Beloved

Great Lakes Region Welcome to

News from the Magnificent Midwest Region Centenarians, Civil

Z-HOPE Health Justice Town Hall Meetings Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Becomes Part Of American Health Care Reform History

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Storks Nest & March of Dimes Reflecting on the Partnership and Progress of ZPB and March of Dimes

November: Prematurity Awareness Month Zeta Phi Beta

Helps Increase the Chances of Survival for Babies Born Too Soon

American Woman to Lead American Cancer Society National Board

Trick or Treat for UNICEF Zeta Partners with UNICEF’s 60 Year Old Thrust to improve the lives of children and families

Zeta Saluting Those Who Serve! Zeta Phi Beta Joins First Lady

Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces Initiative

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Partners with Text4Baby Helping to Improve the Health of Moms During Pregnancy and Infants

64 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Celebrating 50 Years of

Finding Cures and Saving Children

HONOR AND HOMAGE

Zeta Doves – Celebrating a Legacy of Service An exhaustive

listing and pictoral tributes to Zetas with 50+ Years of organizational Service

Sorority Founder is Honored with a Burial Marker

Chicago

South Central Regional Update

A Grand Zeta Lady In-depth look at

The Mighty Southern Region

Pacific Regional News Phi Mu Zeta

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Triumphant Soror Marian Harris Shannon Regional Highlights and Happenings Chapter Celebrates Zetas Recognizing All Youth (ZRAY)

Zeta Helps to Build the Dream

ZETA LIFE & LEISURE

Z-Phi B Fit Lifestyle Examples for

Celebrity Sightings Famous friends

10 Fall in Line Financial Tips

Celebrity Spotlight: Welcome to Sweetie Pies Walk into the

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

A Zeta Serves as Election Specialist A Soror Helps to Ensure that Every Vote Counts!

Gift Giving Etiquette for the Holidays!

Psi Gama Zeta Goes Pink, Area Zeta Youth Attend State Conference and Win!

Sorority News

Zeta Capital Campaign Update Capital Campaign facts and recognition of donors

Message from the National Chaplain Zeta Choir and Message!

House Full of Toys Zeta Phi Beta

Triumphant Sorors

Delta Zeta Zeta Chapter Opens the 6th Stork’s Nest in the State of Maryland and Donations and Contributions

Rights Icon Soror Clara Luper and More!

Partner Feature: American Cancer Society First African

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Save yourself from winter woes by adhering to these useful pointers

Fall Fashion: Stepping Out Looking Great Great style tips to make your fall wardrobe complete!

St. Jude Chidren’s Reserch Hospital – Celebrating 50 Years

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doors of this black-owned business, now featured in a reality show on OWN!

Sorority Collects Toys for Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys

First African American Woman to Lead American Cancer Society National Board

Others to Follow

‘Tis the Season — Holiday Tips From gift-giving tips to recipe ideas, this section has all that you need for the holiday!

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PUBLISHER

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

ARCHON EDITOR IN CHIEF Sheryl P. Underwood International Grand Basileus

Archon Production Credits

National Execuitve Board

Phanalphie Rhue Still FOR Square One Communications

ARTICLE COORDINATION & EDITORIAL CONSULTANT

NATIONAL FIRST ANTI-BASILEUS

EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Kimberly

Smith-Tann FOR Smith, Ozman & Joseph’s Management Services

NATIONAL THIRD ANTI-BASILEUS

Anthony FOR Jaylite Publications

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NATIONAL GRAMMATEUS NATIONAL TAMIAS

Hensley

ARCHON CONSULTANT

Scarlet H. Black

Pronto Press

Mauri Hamilton

Michelle Porter Norman

Michelle A. Joubert

NATIONAL PHYLACTER

Emma Faulk

CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD

Contributors Stacye Montez

Mary Breaux Wright

NATIONAL SECOND ANTI-BASILEUS

GRAPHIC DESIGN Joseph

PRINTING Carolyn

Sheryl P. Underwood

INTERNATIONAL GRAND BASILEUS

CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL TRUSTEES

Kristen Gray

ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, INC., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lynette Banks-Harris GREAT LAKES REGION Tonia Jenkins, REGIONAL EPISTOLEUS MIDWESTERN REGION Lonnie Dafney PACIFIC REGION Tiffany Cooper SOUTHCENTRAL REGION Denise P. Rogers SOUTHEASTERN REGION JacQueline Richardson ANTAPOKRITIS ATLANTIC REGION Jacquline McNair SOUTHERN REGION Twylah L. Jenkins INTERIM EDITOR OF THE PEARL PRESS Karen Gipson NATIONAL DIRECTOR Z PHI-B FIT Myra F. Reese SOUTHEASTERN REGION Benealia D. Carter NATIONAL Z-HOPE DIRECTOR Marion Gary NATIONAL ZETA DOVE DIRECTOR Mary Strozier Weaver NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF AMICAE AFFAIRS Gwendolyn M. Smith ZETA DOVE COORDINATOR-STATE OF ILLINOIS Kay Jones Rosebure NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF AMENITIES Tanya Fitzgerald NATIONAL CHAPLAIN Dorothy Moss, 2ND ANTI BASILEAUS, PHI OMICRON ZETA EASTERN REGION

NATIONAL TRUSTEE

Dr. Shirley Stansberry

NATIONAL TRUSTEE

Dawn Kemp

NATIONAL TRUSTEE

Darneta G. Brown

NATIONAL TRUSTEE

Antoinette “Toni” Gordon

GRADUATE MEMBER-AT-LARGE

Jacqueline Lemon-Denton

UNDERGRADUATE MEMBER-AT-LARGE

Joia Jackson

GRADUATE MEMBER TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

22ND INTERNATIONAL GRAND BASILEUS

Dr. Barbara West Carpenter

19TH INTERNATIONAL GRAND BASILEUS

Dr. Eunice S. Thomas

EASTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Jacqueline McNair Lynette Banks-Harris

GREAT LAKES REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Cynthia McCoy

MIDWESTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Lonnie Dafney

PACIFIC REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Nui Brown

SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR SOUTHERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Phanalphie Rhue Still Carell Augustus Dell McDonald

Regional Photo Submissions

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Barbara C. Moore

21ST INTERNATIONAL GRAND BASILEUS

ATLANTIC REGIONAL DIRECTOR

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SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR

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Shaneesa N. Ashford

UNDERGRADUATE MEMBER TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Evelyn Brown NATIONAL STORK’S NEST DIRECTOR

COVER HAIR AND MAKEUP & REGIONAL PHOTOS

Katy S. Campbell, Esq.

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FROM THE GRAND

from Sheryl P. Underwood International Grand Basileus

e are pleased to present the Fall 2011 Issue of the ARCHON! As we began production of this issue, I charged the team with creating a stellar publication that would reflect who we are today - a contemporary and relevant organization that cherishes who we are and the foundation upon which we were built. The Fall Issue of the ARCHON is our introduction to the new look and feel of our signature publication. I wanted this issue to reflect the contemporary and dynamic nature of our beloved Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Its purpose is to serve as an impactful historical marketing document geared toward information, promotion and recruitment. As I stated during the 2010 Boule of Sisterly Love in Dallas, Texas, I believe that it is important that one be passionate about the things that consume one’s time, and I am passionate about Zeta, and I bring all of my experiences and expertise in business, media and entertainment to the table in my role as International Grand Basileus. I have worked diligently to expose the world to our beloved Zeta Phi Beta, tirelessly seeking out opportunities for corporate and civic partnerships as well as enhanced exposure and recognition through media and signature initiatives like the development of Zeta Doves. We were pleased to introduce our inaugural class of Zeta Doves at the 2010 Boule. In this issue of the Archon we will highlight these phenomenal

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women who have unselfishly given 50 or more years of service to dear Zeta. We are excited about this Fall issue of the Archon and the subsequent ones to follow. With each issue we will

highlight the programs and activities of Zeta, we’ll also prepare you for Spring with great fashion finds. Our Summer Archon will get you ready for travel, summer fun and of course,

I CHARGED THE TEAM WITH CREATING A STELLAR PUBLICATION THAT WOULD REFLECT WHO WE ARE TODAY. highlight our sorority and document a sampling our many accomplishments and initiatives, provide valuable information to help you live your best life possible and offer interesting and entertaining reading. The next issue will be the Winter Archon, which will empower and encourage us all as we enter into 2012. In the Spring Archon we will not only

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Boulé 2012 in the Windy City, Chicago, Illinois. Enjoy and Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Sheryl P. Underwood International Grand Basileus

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Archon is published quarterly by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 1734 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009. The Archon is the official organizational publication of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Information presented within the pages of the Archon are for the information and benefit of the members Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. PUBLISHER: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. NATIONAL OFFICE 1734 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: (202) 387-3103 WEBSITE: www.zphib1920.org SUBMISSIONS: Members, Chapters, States, Regions and Auxiliaries of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. may submit articles for consideration for inclusion in the Archon to the National Headquarters, Attention: Soror Stacye Montez, National Headquarters Executive Director. Email: executivedirectorsm@ zetaphibetasororityhq.org. No political or campaign ads or articles will be accepted for publication. EDITORIAL DISCLAIMER The Archon reserves the right to edit submitted articles or ads to ensure they adhere to the publicationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design and editorial standards and requirements of the publication. The articles and information submitted for inclusion may appear in any issue of the Archon as deemed appropriate by the Editor-In-Chief. Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy and timeliness of submitted content. Inaccuracies or corrections should be submitted in writing to the Publisher. ABOUT ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, INC. Founded in 1920, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was established for the purposes of promoting the cause of education by encouraging the highest standards of scholarship through scientific, literary, cultural and educational programs; promoting charitable projects on college campuses and within the community; fostering the spirit of sisterly love, and promoting the idea of Finer Womanhood. Copyright ÂŠ 2011 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or transmitted electronically without the specific written permission of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

hank you for the love you have shown me this past year as your newly hired executive director. My inaugural year allowed me to intimately examine our operational processes and identify key areas that required immediate attention including our accounting, computer informational systems and basic day-to-day logistical needs. With that knowledge, I am excited about charting and navigating new areas of operational excellence for our beloved organization. With a vibrant holiday season of thanksgiving and good will upon us, I want to thank you for your passion to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated during such challenging economic times and remembering our charge of service to ourselves and our community. I wish you and your loved ones a blessed holiday and New Year. Sincerely,

Stacye Montez Executive Director

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National Individual Appointments Charlissa Davis ADOPT-A-MILITARY BASE/FAMILY INITIATIVE DIRECTOR Rikkia Rellford MISS ZETA PAGEANT DIRECTOR Tanya Fitzgerald NATIONAL CHAPLAIN Kendra Wilson NATIONAL CHOIR CO-DIRECTOR Shawn Dixon NATIONAL CHOIR CO-DIRECTOR Kay Jones Rosebure NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF AMENITIES Mary Strozier-Weaver NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF AMICAE AFFAIRS RoseMarie Farngalo Ph.D. NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF BUDGET & FINANCe Kimberly Smith-Tann NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF CONVENTIONS & SPECIAL EVENTS Mwanaisha Woods NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF HEALTH JUSTICE Karen Gipson NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS Brenda Williams NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF SECURITY Lynette Banks-Harris NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF VENDORS AND EXHIBITS Rev. Dr. Barbara King NATIONAL HONORARY CHAPLAIN Marion Shannon NATIONAL HONORARY HISTORIAN Bibliana Bovery NATIONAL HONORARY MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Dorothy Perrault NATIONAL LIFE MEMBER CO-DIRECTOR Hon. Willie Whiting NATIONAL LIFE MEMBER CO-DIRECTOR Wanda Claiborne NATIONAL OBSERVANCES DIRECTOR Renee’ Goodwin NATIONAL ORATORICAL/ SPELLING BEE DIRECTOR Weldina Lewis NATIONAL PROTOCOL DIRECTOR Ruth Mosley NATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION CO-CHAIR Ella Scarborough NATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION CO-CHAIR Dr. Lucille Perez NATIONAL CONSULTANT-GRANTS & PROGRAMS Melody Graves NATIONAL STEP TEAM DIRECTOR Evelyn Brown NATIONAL STORKS NEST DIRECTOR Benealia Carter NATIONAL Z-HOPE DIRECTOR Ruth Kemper RESIDENT AGENT – BIRCH HAVEN Marjay Anderson RESIDENT AGENT – WASHINGTON DC Lena Smith SCIENCE FAIRS/YOUNG CHEMIST CO-DIRECTOR Allison Rivera SCIENCE FAIRS/YOUNG CHEMIST CO-DIRECTOR Gia Neil SHIELD TO SHIELD CO-DIRECTOR Sonya Wilson SHIELD TO SHIELD CO-DIRECTOR Kathryn Malvern UNITED NATIONS DIRECTOR LaSonya Gibbs YOUTH AFFILIATES CO-DIRECTOR LeSean Shelton YOUTH AFFILIATES CO-DIRECTOR Marion Gary ZETA DOVES DIRECTOR Vivian Marvray ZETA MALE NETWORK DIRECTOR

National Committee Appointments ZOL COMMITTEE

LEGAL COUNCIL COMMITTEE

Evelyn Wesley, Ed.D. CHAIR Yvonne Barnes Mauri Hamilton Robbie Latimore, Ed.D. Jacqueline McNair Gina Merritt-Epps, Esq.

Issie Jenkins, Esq. CHAIR Arlinda Clark, Esq. Gwynndolyn Edwards, Esq. Mazie Ferguson, Esq. Tiffany Yancey, Esq.

Rosie Thompson-Pridgen, Ph.D.

NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (NEF) BOARD OF MANAGERS Costella Grant Katrina Wallace Bennie Reams, Ed.D.

Bennie Reams, Ed.D. Eunice Thomas, Ph.D. 19TH INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT - CONSULTANT

Barbara Moore 22ND INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT – CONSULTANT

Kimberly Smith Tann

NATIONAL HANDBOOK & CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Regina Holmes Chair Gladys Graves

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Mary Strozier-Weaver CHAIR, AMICAE

Myrtle Ballard CHAIR, BRICKS

RoseMarie Farngalo Ph.D. CHAIR, BUDGET & FINANCE

Dorothy Perrault CHAIR, LIFE MEMBERS

Anitra Furlow CHAIR, MEMBERSHIP

Rosa Brown CHAIR, TRUSTEES

Mauri Hamilton CHAIR, 3RD ANTI

Beatrice Nelson CHAIR, ZETA SAPPHIRES

HEALTH JUSTICE COMMITTEE Thometta Cozart-Brooks Pauline Gibson Constance Hendricks Ph.D. Doris Holeman Audrey Johnson-Thornton Lucy Perez, M.D. Betsy Simon Mary Ann Tillman, M.D.

The Charleston Group GENERAL COUNSEL Thompson, Cobb, Bazillio & Associates EXTERNAL AUDITOR Tate & Tryon ACCOUNTANT

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ne of the sorority’s Z-Hope initiatives under mind and body is Z-Phi B-Fit: Lifestyle Examples for Others To Follow. Zeta realizes that what one eats, drinks, or how one lives directly impacts a person’s mortality and morbidity. Mission Statement: To educate, motivate, and inspire the women of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc and auxiliaries toward a lifestyle of excellent fitness and total health and wellness – spirit, mind and body. Focus: To identify and address the issues that lead to our current level of health and charts a future for our communities to develop a healthier lifestyle in spirit, mind and body. Goal: To change the culture within the Sorority and the communities that we serve, and to encourage and educate health lifestyle choices.

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Zeta Phi Betas Sorority, Inc and Auxiliaries promotion physical activity Every chapter provide education on healthy meal choices for children and families Every chapter provide health and wellness materials at meetings (provided by the National Director of Health and Wellness) for on-going education Every region and state provide health and wellness workshops at conferences as well as education materials in registration packets.

SOROR KAREN GIPSON Certified Personal Trainer, Group Exercise Instructor and Lifestyle Management Consultant, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. National Director of Health and Wellness.

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Attendees at the Birmingham Zeta Phi Beta Health Justice Town Hall meeting.

Z-HOPE Health Justice Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Becomes Part Of American Health Care Reform History Through Its National Health Justice signature initiative Zeta Phi Beta Health Justice Town Hall Meetings on Health Care

n Sunday, March 21 2011, the House of Representatives passed the Senate version of the long-debated Health Care Reform. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., International Grand Basileus Sheryl P. Underwood, “We appreciate that the President showed leadership in continuing to push for this reform, and we congratulate the House for passing the Senate bill. We applaud the tenacity of our elected officials to press through to make sure that Americans, from all walks of life, have access to health coverage.” Although there is still much work to be done to bring this reform into full fruition, it was still a great day for our country.

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was part of this moment in American history having initiated national discussions on Health Care reform as part of its national Health Justice signature initiative. The Sorority kicked off the Zeta Phi Beta Health Justice Town Hall Meetings on Health Care in November 2009 to provide meaningful and civil opportunities for communities to discuss the Health Care Reform legislation. Zeta Phi Beta, as a forward thinking organization, will continue to create opportunities to engage people in the process of civil dialogue around issues of interest to American communities. Grand Underwood states, “As a national and international organization committed to our communities,

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I felt strongly that Zeta Phi Beta, through our Z-HOPE Health Justice initiative, could and should play an important leadership role in providing unbiased education and information, as well as an opportunity for civil discussion around this life altering topic of Health Care Reform.” She adds, “The approval of this bill shows what can be accomplished when a diversity of people and a diversity of thought commit to finding a solution to complex issues. This is a bold move forward to enhance the quality of life for Americans. If this issue can be tackled, through discussion and controversy, to result in a law that will enhance the quality of life for Americans, then, by working together, we can combat other areas of

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American life that are in desperate need of attention and correction.” “We now need to truly reform health care and the way we care for the health of our bodies by addressing obesity and other health issues that negatively impact our communities,” she concludes. Now that the bill has passed, the role of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will become one of education and awareness, helping local communities, through its Health Justice Program, to understand what happens next. The scope of this health care bill constitutes the largest expansion of federal health care guarantees since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid over four decades ago. It would extend insurance coverage to an additional 32 million Americans, this based on preliminary analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. In addition to other modifications to the health care system, the plan would expand Medicare prescription drug coverage, increase federal subsidies to help people buy insurance, and ban denials of coverage for pre-existing conditions.

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The first of a series of Zeta Phi Beta Health Justice Town Hall Meetings on Health Care was held in historic Birmingham, AL, with the series facilitated by Constance Hendricks, Ph.D., RN - National Director of the Zeta Phi Beta Health Justice signature initiative. Local Zeta Phi Beta Sorority leadership coordinated the on-site logistics and secured panel participants. According to International Grand Basileus Underwood, “It’s important that Zeta Phi Beta Sorority continues its leadership role in the discussion around implementation of the specific items within Health Care Reform. The issue of health care coverage impacts families all across America. As an organization committed to supporting and educating communities and bettering the lives of women and children, Zeta Phi Beta must now focus on the results of this bill, communicating its impact to the communities where our members, their families, friends and fellow Americans live.”

The Zeta Organizational Leadership (ZOL) program is a future-focused, nationally structured intensified leadership training program that serves as the blue print for the Sorority’s leadership development and enhancement efforts.

In 2009, Grand Underwood issued a Presidential mandate that all 850 chapters and auxiliaries host Town Hall Meetings in their communities (there are now over 900 chapters and auxiliaries). Grand Underwood, who also hosts a radio show on XM/Sirius satellite radio, has led the community education effort, ensuring that people across the country were well informed on issues relating to the health care reform bill. Grand Underwood observed, “One of the most outstanding results of this bill, and the surrounding discussion, was that people could see and engage in the process. There was a level of transparency that had not been seen before, but this is only the beginning. As a result of the passing of the Health Care Reform Bill we believe that life for Americans will change in a positive way, but there is a lot of work to be done. Zeta Phi Beta will be there to do the work.” Zeta Phi Beta Health Justice Town Hall Meetings on Health Care were held in Tallahassee, FL, Hartford, CT, Mirmar, FL (near Ft. Lauderdale), Houston, TX, Atlanta, GA, Birmingham, AL, Baltimore, MD, Inglewood, CA, Chicago, IL, Detroit, MI, Indianapolis, IN, Boston, MA, Chattanooga, TN and Nashville, TN.

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Zeta Phi Beta Helps To Build The Dream â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

he National Executive Board Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority Inc., at its January 2011 meeting, voted to unanimously support the Memorial unveiling by donating $19,200 to the Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation to help build the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC. The Martin Luther King Memorial now stands on the National Mall in Washington. Zeta Phi Beta can proudly say that we played a significant role in supporting this vision.

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To promote this hotline to the masses the NAACP and the NUL will be partnering with television hosts like Al Sharpton and Roland Martin, media outlets like the Tom Joyner Morning Show, as well as civic organizations like Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. One of Zeta’s own is working with the initiative. Marta A. Gola, a recent graduate of The Ohio State University and member of Xi Gamma Chapter, is working as an Election Specialist on the 1-866- My-Vote-1 Campaign.

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Grand Basileus Underwood says, “We encourage all members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and especially our undergraduate members, to actively promote this number to our members, families and friends as part of our corporate civic responsibility. I am pleased that our undergraduates will be able to assist in promoting 866-MyVote-1. Initiatives like this are vital to having well informed voters who have access to information vital to making critical voter choices.” According to Gola, “It is vital that young people exercise their right to vote. At the undergraduate level, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. can reach many of our young people, empowering young voters with tools, such as 1-866-MY-VOTE-1, equipping them with the awareness and education necessary to make our vote count.” There is no charge to use the number. In order to vote, citizens must first be registered. One of the goals of 866-MyVote-1 is to register record numbers of new voters, and to make sure that everyone is properly registered by the time November 2012 arrives.

SOROR MARTA A GOLA Election Specialist fo 1-866-My-Vote-1

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s our nation gears up for the 2012 Presidential Campaign, the NAACP has once again teamed up with the National Urban League (NUL) to sponsor the National Voter Empowerment Hotline at 1-866-MyVote1 (1-866-698-6831). 1-866-MyVote1 is a voter empowerment hotline available to citizens who want to get voter registration forms, find their polling place or report irregularities at polling places. In 2008, this valuable tool helped register nearly 100,000 voters and received more than 300,000 calls.

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ational and international celebrities are very busy – so when you consider the talent that has chosen to interact with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority you know that our Sorority is recognized as a significant civic and corporate entity. Celebrities, like actor and entertainer Jamie Foxx, help to lift Zeta Phi Beta even higher up, so the world can see, what we know to be true, that Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is a major force for impact and change in the world, our communities, and our homes, and that the women of Zeta represent the best of the best in all areas of endeavor. Grand Basileus Underwood especially appreciated that her friend Jamie Foxx attended the Inaugural celebration at Zeta headquarters. Interaction with celebrities like Blair Underwood - Award winning Actor, Cong. James Clyburn, Atty. Gen. Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General and Vicki Winans, Recording Artist and Entrepreneur, bring media and media gives Zeta a voice that others may not have. Because of her many years in the entertainment and media business, Grand Basileus Underwood is in a unique position to help shine the “world’s” light on the great things Zeta is doing in the world.

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Award-winning Actor Aids Education Supported Event

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Gospel Recording Artist and Entrepreneur Boulé of Sisterly Love

Montel Jordan R&B Recording Artist Boulé of Sisterly Love

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Soror Syleena Johnson R&B Recording Artist Boulé Las Vegas

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Gospel Recording Artist Boulé Las Vegas

Cong. James Clyburn U.S. House of Representatives Inauguration Celebratin

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The Braxton Sisters

Actor NEB Board Meeting Guest

Soror Towanda Braxton Reality Television Stars

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Mekhi Phifer

The Rance Allen Group

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Regional Round-Up WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF ZETA

The Awesome Atlantic Region DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

he Atlantic Region presents a symbolic check to the National Educational (NEF) Chair, Dr. Kathryn T. Malvevrn of $14,285.00 at the 53rd Atlantic Regional Conference The Atlantic Region along with the States of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York donated 25 $25.00 gift cards to the Zeta’s House Full of Toys Donation Drive.

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Sorors Issie Jenkins, Esq., Juanita Robinson, Jacqueline C. McNair and Dr. Kathryn T. Malvern, NEF Chair.

The Atlantic Region donated $5,000.00 to the Wounded Warrior Program during the 53rd Atlantic Regional Conference.

Delta Zeta Zeta Chapter Opens the 6th Stork’s Nest in the State of Maryland

he sixth Stork’s Nest in the state of Maryland is very unique in that it focuses on teen parents in the Prince Georges’ County School System. The teen parents participate in workshops that are held in their schools, as sponsored by the Teen Parenting Program. These workshops, which address nutrition, well baby care and SIDS, and other topics, are provided by a variety of persons such as teachers, nurses and social workers. The teen parent receives “points” for each workshop that is attended.

The teen parent can redeem their points at the “Baby Store” for various items such as pampers, clothes, toys or cribs. Annually, Delta Zeta Zeta Chapter will provide six mobile “Baby Stores” at three high schools (Northwestern, Largo, Suitland) throughout the county. The stores will open twice each in the Northern, Central and Southern parts of the county. Although, the teen parents can attend any store opening, the sorors anticipate that they will go to the store in their area that is most accessible. The chapter estimates that they will serve up to one hundred teens annually.

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Eastern Regional News BELOVED SORORITY FOUNDER IS HONORED WITH A BURIAL MARKER

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Eastern Regional officers and attendees at the burial marker dedication for Zeta Founder, Pearl Anna Neal.

wo undergraduate sorors from Charlotte, North Carolina happened upon a shocking discovery: our beloved Founder, Soror Pearl Anna Neal was burried in an unmarked grave. Though we were not able to discover the circumstances that lead to Soror Neal’s final resting place, the Eastern Region made correcting this oversight a top priority. With assistance from International Grand Basileus Underwood and Sorors from around the world, they were able to secure the funds to purchase a beautiful bronze marker. Under the leadership of Soror Lynette Banks-Harris, 18th Eastern Regional Director, the Sorors of the Eastern Regional, at their 66th Eastern Regional Leadership Conference, held a Memorial Ceremony for our beloved Past Founder, Soror Pearl Anna Neal.

The bronze marker was unveiled, on Saturday, March 12, 2011. There were approximately 200+ members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., including National Officers and members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. present for the historic occasion. Soror Lynette Banks-Harris presented a resolution for the memorial ceremony that was dedicated to Past Founder, Soror Pearl Anna Neal. A small memento, in the shape of a lapel pin, was presented to those contributors to the marker who were in attendance.

Z-HOPE is an outreach service program that has six primary objectives, corresponding measures of success and a mechanism for chapter recognition. The primary objectives are: •

To provide culturally appropriate informational activities according to the Z-HOPE program format

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To foster collaborative partnerships between community organizations with shared goals

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To promote the opportunities for expansion in Stork’s Nest programs

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To facilitate community service and mentorship opportunities for members of the organization

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To provide an equitable chapter recognition program for community services rendered

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To provide a standard reporting format to concentrate efforts and demonstrate the organization’s impact

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Z-HOPE program consistently provides community conscious, action-oriented service to all populations through mind, body, and spirit.

If you are ever in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, we invite you to visit the burial site of Past Founder, Soror Pearl Anna Neal, along with her mother and aunt. The burial sites are located at York Memorial Cemetery.

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WE WELCOME YOU TO THE

GREATER GREAT LAKES REGION!

PAST BOULÉ’S IN GREAT LAKES REGION 1926 — Chicago, IL

HOME OF...

1928 —Louisville, KY

• Founders Myrtle Tyler Faithful and Viola Tyler Goings were raised near Flushing, Ohio • Our 7th International Past Grand Basileus Fannie R. Givens

1933 — Chicago, IL

• Our 8th International Past Grand Basileus Violette N. Anderson • Our 9th International Past Grand Basileus Nellie B. Rogers

1943 — Chicago, IL

• Our 17th International Past Grand Basileus Janice Gantt Kissner

1952 — Cleveland, OH

• Our 20th International Past Grand Basileus Jylla Moore Tearte • Birch Haven in Idlewild, Michigan

1954 — Louisville, KY

Throughout the years, the Great Lakes Region has made an impact throughout the 7 States (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin) through outstanding community programs, which have included awarding annual scholarships and continuing to build upon the sorority’s signature program Z-HOPE (Zetas Helping Other People Excel).

1968 —Chicago, IL 1984 —Detroit, MI

The “Greater Great Lakes Region” is looking forward to hosting our National Boulé Leadership Conference from July 6, 2012- July 11, 2012.

Soror Tonia S. Jenkins GREAT LAKES REGION EPISTOLEUS

Soror Cynthia A. McCoy 22ND GREAT LAKES REGIONAL DIRECTOR SOROR

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CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON

FROM THE

Magnificent

Midwest Region T

he Magnificent Midwestern Region has a lot to celebrate and will reach many milestones in 2011-2012. Did you knowâ&#x20AC;Śseven years after the inception of our beloved sorority; 1927 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the Midwestern Region was born. In 2012 we will mark our 85th Anniversary and plan to celebrate big at our 70th Regional Leadership Conference in Omaha, NE. Here are a few noteworthy personal and professional accolades we would like to share:

MWR Sorors Celebrating life at 100+ years

oror Clara Shepard Luper, who was a member of the Chi Zeta Chapter in Oklahoma City, OK, departed life on June 8th, 2011. Soror Luper was initiated at Langston University. She was a beloved Zeta Dove with over 67 years of service to our sorority. Soror Luper was a leader in the Oklahoma City community and across the nation with the NAACP. Her leadership and tenacity led to the integration of eating establishments across the Midwest to include Katz Drug Stores.

Soror Alclair Vivian Mays-Pleasant no photo 105 years young (Tulsa, OK) Soror Inez Giles left 102 years young (St. Louis, MO) Soror Lola Parker Dean right 100 years young (Muskogee, OK)

Congratulations to the MWR Miss Zeta 2011!

Congratulations to Soror Elizabeth Lassiter, Tau Alpha (NE), for being crowned MWR Ms. Zeta 2011!

LOCKHART-JOHNSON NAMED CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

anet Lockhart-Johnson was named Citizen of the Year for the city of Rock Island in the category of Education. Janet has been a teacher for 41 years. Her contributions include developing a Lioness Club for girls that meets throughout the school year to discuss how girls can emerge as respectful young women. She also serves as Mrs. Claus at the King Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Christmas party and is President Elect of the IL/ IA Center for Independent Living. She is the President of the Quad City Negro Heritage Society, which sponsors the Debutante Cotillion. She served as The Marshall in the Rock Island Labor Day Parade. Janet is a member of Xi Pi Zeta Chapter Davenport, IA and Iowa State Director.

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South Central

R E G I O N A L U P D AT E

Psi Gamma Zeta of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.

participated in the Opelika Think Pink Breast Cancer Awareness fundraising Walk held Saturday October 8th, 2011 in downtown Opelika. Pictured above are members of Psi Gamma Zeta, the Archonetts, the Amicettes, the Pearlettes, and parents of the youth.

AREA ZETA YOUTH ATTEND STATE CONFERENCE & WIN AWARDS

eta Youth Run the World was the theme for the historic first Alabama State Association of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Youth Conference held on the campus of Alabama State University September 9-10, 2011. Young ladies from all across the State of Alabama converged on the Alabama State campus, filling it with enthusiasm and energy. The agenda for a conference was filled with educational opportunities designed for youth ranging from the youngest of the youth auxiliaries, the Pearlettes (ages 4-6 years), to the oldest of the youth auxiliaries the Archonettes (ages 14-18). After registration and the opening ceremony, all of the youth enjoyed an entertaining evening at the Garrick Hardy Center for the Pretty Pearlz Rock the Stage talent show.

workshops provided by the conference. The workshop topics included: Express YouArts & Crafts , Say No to Strangers, Pretty Girlz Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Bully, My Girls Are Beautiful (Self-Esteem 101), Zeta Girlz Run Da World; Etiquette 1 on 1, Royal Tea: Alabama Youth Runz the World, and Alabama Rocks: ABC Spell Me.

registration for the conference and also for having the largest number of youth (6) from one sponsored chapter to participant in the conference. Those youth attending the conference were: Pearlette Reese Burks; Amicettes - Angel Bailey, Frances Bailey, Derica Staley; Archonnettes Cadice Lewis and Angelia Bailey.

During the Banquet, Psi Gamma Zeta Archonette, Angelia Bailey, provided the invocation for the conference. Psi Gamma Zeta Youth received a award for being the First Youth auxiliary to submit their

Psi Gamma Zeta Auburn Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. is under the leadership of Dr. Constance Hendricks. Archonettes advisors are Sandra Staley and Denise Rogers. Amicette advisors are Jeannette Bailey and Amy Core and the Pearlettes advisors are Stephanie David and Kim Perkins. Any one interested in becoming a member of any of these groups please contact the chapter at southcentralrd@bellsouth.net

The youth Auxiliaries of Auburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Psi Gamma Zeta chapter participated in all the

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A REPORT FROM THE

SOUTHEASTERN REGION

Soror Marian Harris Shannon

he matriarch of the Southeastern Region, Soror Marian Harris Shannon, became a triumphant Zeta on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 in Miami, Florida. Soror Shannon was a genuine symbol of the Principles of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and her impact can be felt in the lives of many from Virginia to South Florida. She was a champion for education. Soror Shannon was an active Life Member of the Hampton University Alumnus and the first female to serve as the editor of the Hampton Script, the university’s newspaper. She was a champion for youth. Soror Shannon received numerous awards prior to her retirement in education and served many tireless days as a Journalism and Economics teacher at Booker T. Washington Junior and Senior High School in Miami, Florida. Soror Shannon was a champion for service. She was an active member of Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church, The Black Archives, and the Moseley House. Soror Shannon also served as the last full term president of the Florida Teacher’s Association in 1965 and was in office during the merger with the Florida Education Association.

Ms. Shannon entered the sisterhood of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. in 1946 as a member of the first class of the Beta Tau Zeta Chapter and continued to be an active member on all levels for 65 years. Soror Shannon has served in various capacities on the National level - the 1963 Boule’ Marshall, 2006 Honorary Boule’ Marshall, Editor of the Archon, and Advisor to Grand Basilei), regionally - as Grammateus, Antapokritis, Regional Marshall and as an inductee of the Southeastern Region Hall of Fame. In Florida, Soror Shannon served as State Director and was instrumental in organizing efforts to support undergraduates, and named a “Zeta for all Seasons” while holding many positions in Beta Tau Zeta. Soror Shannon became one of the first sorors to become a Diamond Life member and was honored as a Zeta Dove at the Boule’ in Dallas, Texas.

a mentor to all. She will be missed but her love for Zeta still runs deep throughout the Southeastern Region. Donations are still being accepted to fund the Marian Shannon Scholarship. All donations can be sent to Beta Tau Zeta Chapter, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., P.O. Box 471466, Miami, FL 33247. Written by JacQueline E. Richardson with Information submitted from Beta Tau Zeta Chapter – Miami, Florida

She was a lifetime achiever as an educator to many, community activist for some and

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Southern Region

Beta Alpha Chapter Southern University and A&M College • Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge Food Bank – Program which distributes food and prepares holiday baskets for the less fortunate

Beta Delta Chapter Xavier University • New Orleans

“True Life I’m a Zeta” – Documentary highlighting the life of a Zeta lady and featuring interviews with Zetas throughout the city

Lambda Gamma Chapter McNeese State University • Lake Charles, Louisiana

Service Projects – Contributions to the Safe Harbor Z-Hope Project and a very successful Prematurity Awareness Campaign at the Christian Baptist Church

Psi Sigma Chapter Louisiana State University at Shreveport • Shreveport

Donation to Well Spring Alliance for Women and Booker T. Washington Nursing Home - Project which provided gifts to the home’s 70 residents

PICTURED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ERNESTEEN VALERE, Louisiana State Director, IRENE TOLIVER, West

Texas State Director, SHERYL P. UNDERWOOD, International Grand Basileus, ANITRA KENNEDY

Alpha Beta Chapter

FURLOW, Southern Regional Director and KEISHA M. BEASLEY, East Texas State Director.

Dillard University • New Orleans

West Jefferson Health Care CenterCommunity Drive which raised monetary donations and collected over 100 pounds of toiletries, clothes, books, games, etc. for the care center

Alpha Gamma Zeta Chapter New Orleans

Susan G. Komen: Walk for the Cure – Volunteer event for the fight against cancer. The chapter raised $1,000 for the cause

Epsilon Omicron Zeta Chapter Monroe

“Better Love Yourself” The First Annual Trunk Show – Chapter presented 31 students (males and females) each enrolling in college for the first time with trunks filled with items a college bound student would need. Event also included financial, moral and career planning advice

he “Mighty” Southern Region is pleased to extend a heartfelt greeting to you. We are extremely grateful to have the opportunity to serve you and to exemplify the precepts of scholarship, service, sisterly love, and finer womanhood, upon which Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated is predicated. As we approach the start of a new year, it is with a spirit of gratitude, excitement, and teamwork that we look forward to meeting, greeting, working, and fellowshipping with you. Let us continue to let our light shine so that others will see our Christian-like spirit in all that we do. Sisterhood is a small word, but with such an important meaning. True

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Zeta sisters embrace their challenges, conquer their fears, and appreciate the rich history of which our great organization was founded. As we travel across the region and impact the world, we look forward to embracing challenges, conquering fears, and creating a piece of history with each and every one of you. May God continue to bless and keep you in His care! To God be the Glory! Sisterly, Southern Regional’s Team Visionaries Anitra, Keisha, Ernestene, Irene Working as a TEAM to serve YOU!

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44th Pacific Region Leadership Conference in Portland, OR - June 2011

PHI MU ZETA CHAPTER CELEBRATES ZETAS RECOGNIZING ALL YOUTH

n April 9, 2011, the Phi Mu Zeta Chapter hosted its first annual Zetas Recognizing All Youth (ZRAY) luncheon to honor our exceptional youth within the rialto school district. Students and families were honored with a special lunch, and presented with recognition awards for their efforts in the following categories: community service, most improved, academic achiever, and all around youth. ZRAY is a program that we created to encourage and motivate youth within the Inland Empire/Pomona Valley in the areas of scholarship and community service. Students from ten different area schools in grades 5-12 were nominated by teachers, counselors, and church members in the various categories and honored for their exemplary work in school and for the work that they do within their respective communities. In its first year, the chapter received over 120 applications, and thanks

to the overwhelming support from Rialto School Districts’ teachers, administrators, and the district superintendent, the mayor of the city of Rialto, as well as local businesses and Zetas, we were able to present each student with a framed certificate, scholastic medal and an amusement park gift certificate. ZRAY is a “two-fold” program. Along with recognizing youth, ZRAY is also our way of supporting and promoting our national education foundation. All funds raised through ticket and advertisement sales are donated directly to National Education Foundation (NEF). In our first year, we were successful with raising over $300 dollars. Phi Mu Zeta is encouraged by the inquiries that we have already received from school administrators who are looking forward to

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this year’s program. Members are in the planning stages for our 2nd annual ZRAY Recognition Luncheon. Our goal this year is to add an additional school district, hand out over 200 awards, as well as double our NEF donation. Ultimately, our hope with the ZRAY program is to eventually include all of the schools within our territory and encourage and recognize those youth who are so frequently overlooked. 2 6

As early as 1940, graduate chapters of Zeta Phi Beta began to realize the importance of the prestige, good will and cooperation of women, who for various reasons were not members of any Greekletter organization. The “Boosters” in Louisville, Kentucky, the “Zeta Court” in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the “Zeta Mothers” in Los Angeles, California and perhaps others who were among the successful active auxiliaries attached to Zeta chapters in the early 40’s. They rendered valuable services to the chapters and the communities, and served as incentives for other cities to attempt similar organizations. Early in 1948, there was such a group organized in Omaha, Nebraska, and they chose the Latin name—Amicae (Friends). At the same time other groups were being organized over the country, and it was apparent that Zetas favored the auxiliaries. The Grand Basileus Lullelia Harrison, included in her report to the 1948 Boule, a recommendation that chapters be allowed to organize auxiliaries under the direction of the national body and that all such auxiliaries be known as Zeta Amicae. The recommendation was adopted.

HATS OFF TO AMICA MARY HINTON

he Mighty Southern Region was the first region in Zeta to officially charter an Amicae auxiliary. In 1948, the Zeta Amicae Auxiliary of Houston, Texas was established by Lullelia Walker Harrison. The auxiliary was chartered by a group of dynamic ladies that were dedicated to community service and friendship to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. Only one member of the original Amicae charter members remains, Amica Mary Francis Hinton. Amica Hinton is a tireless member of the Houston auxiliary. Although she is over ninety years old she has not slowed down one bit. Mrs. Hinton regularly attends meetings, activities and community service projects of the Houston Amicae auxiliary and still finds time to support the local Zeta chapters’ events. Amica Hinton served as president of the Houston auxiliary from 1972 to 1978. She served as the first coordinator and recorder of the Southern Regional Amicae Workshop in 1963 in Houston, Texas. Amica Hinton was in charge of hosting the Amicae during the 1978 Boule in Houston, Texas. Amica Hinton has frequently dedicated time and money to the Stork’s Nest project. She helped to furnish layettes, decorations and other materials for the Cullen and Mount

Vernon Stork’s Nests. Her tenacity is a driving force behind the Houston auxiliary’s volunteerism at the Mount Vernon Stork’s Nest from its inception to the present. Amica Hinton is a proud member of Luke’s African Methodist Episcopal Church. She regularly attends worship and participates in the congregation’s outreach efforts. She also volunteers with numerous agencies and organizations throughout Houston. Amica Hinton has been recognized as a Brilliant Jewel by the Lambda Zeta Chapter. She has also received accolades and awards from various agencies throughout the city. On December 4, 2010 the Southern Regional Director visited Amica Hinton and presented her with a token of love on behalf of the Southern Region.

ELIGIBILITY The Amicae may be mothers, relatives and friends of sorors’ and Amicae in any city where there is an active graduate chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Membership may also include other women who express a desire to become affiliates, who are reputable citizens in the community, have interest in Zeta activities, take an active part in community affairs and who are not eligible for sorority membership. Members of collegiate Greek-letter sororities are not eligible for membership. Graduate and undergraduate sorors and friends must have the same qualifications for membership.

SIGMA ALPHA CHAPTER AMICAE

he Sigma Alpha chapter members and the Amicae continue to serve their community on an ongoing basis through the Stork’s Nest Program at Sinai Samaritan Hospital. Participants can exchange points earned for baby items each first Saturday of the month at the Agape Community Center where needy families can have a home-cooked meal.

QUICK FACTS • Amicae Colors—Light Blue • Symbol—Clasp Hands • Amicae Flower—White Carnation

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THE HISTORY OF AMICAE

AMICAE SPOTLIGHT

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A Zeta Soars

AS A LEGAL EAGLE

President Barack Obama Nominates Zeta Member Judge Bernice Donald for Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

n December 2010, President Obama nominated Judge Bernice Bouie Donald for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. On September 6, 2011, our beloved soror was confirmed by the U. S. Senate in a 96 to 2 vote. Soror Donald, a graduate of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, has been a judge since 1982. She hears appeals of cases from Tennessee,

Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky. Prior to this appointment Judge Donald served as a United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee. President Obama said “Judge Donald has shown an outstanding commitment to public service throughout her career and as a District Judge in Tennessee.” He adds, “I am proud to nominate her today for a seat

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on the United States Court of Appeals and I am confident she will serve the American people with distinction.” Judge Bernice Bouie Donald is a distinguished jurist with over 28 years of judicial experience. Soror Donald served as a United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee 15 years prior to her stepping into her new role. 2 8

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his is the time to dream with huge expectations for success, realizing that great wealth comes from smart and purposeful spending. Here are my top ten steps to climbing your financially ladder to wealth:

1. Allow time in your life to DREAM 2. Manage your Debt 3. Know what belongs to you 4. Control Impulse Buying 5. Shop on a full stomach 6. Set-up an Emergency Fund 7. Spend less than you earn to a Budget 8. Stick (carry it with you at all times) your umbrella of Insurance 9. Review Coverages 10. Keep Good and Safe Records

Judge Donald has shown an outstanding commitment to public service throughout her career and as a District Judge in Tennessee. — PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Judge Donald was born and raised in Desoto County, Mississippi. In the 1960s, Judge Donald was one of the first students to integrate Olive Branch High School. In 1974, she graduated from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) and in 1979 she received her law degree from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at Memphis State University.

Now is your time to do a reality check. Where do you fall on the list? Is everyone in your household incorporating the steps above? If so, keep up the good work…continue that climb. If not, focus on your purpose in life and set-up a plan to making your financial dreams come true – one step at a time. Submitted by: Cynthia Elliott, CPA — an entrepreneur and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Tennessee. This Zeta has an MBA with a Finance major. In her spare time, she teaches individuals how to set up personal budgets and how to accomplish their saving goals. She is he author of ABCs That make Cent$ — Tools needed to succesfully climb your financial ladder to wealth.

After graduating from law school, Judge Donald worked briefly as a sole practitioner before accepting a position as a staff attorney at Memphis Area Legal Services, where she provided legal assistance to low-income individuals. In 1981, she joined the Shelby County Public Defender’s Office. In 1982, Judge Donald was elected to serve as a judge on the Court of General Sessions in Shelby County, making her the first female African-American judge in the history of Tennessee. In 1988, she became the first female African-American federal bankruptcy judge in the nation when she was appointed to that position by the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Donald joined Zeta as a member of Alpha Eta Zeta Chapter. A R C H O N

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onate to the “Burn the Mortgage Campaign”, empowering

acknowledge your benevolence by listing you on our website and

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. to extend our philanthropic

in our national publication, The Archon and during a public event

efforts and shine the bright light of our beloved sisterhood

at the 2012 Boulé in the Windy City, Chicago, Illinois. All donors will

across this nation and abroad. You may donate as many times

also receive a Capital Campaign pin and certificate during our 2012

as you would like to and are able. When you donate, Zeta will

Boulé.

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We would also like to acknowledge our 2011 Capital Campaign contributors during the first giving cycle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through July 1, 2011. They are listed below in order of region and chapter. Atlantic Region

Pacific Region

Soror Jacqueline McNair

Soror Gwendolyn Hodges

Soror Lucille S. Bacon Diamond Alpha Theta Zeta

Soror Mary Jackson

Diamond Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Costella Grant

Soror Janetta Varrie

Soror Alpha G. Hay Diamond Beta Alpha Zeta

Soror Lois McKellar

Diamond Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Geraldine Johnson

IGB Sheryl P. Underwood

Soror Elaline Rudolph

Soror Mae Williams Hale

Soror Charbet Ducket

Soror Dr. Evelyn Wesley

Soror Sandy Simpson

Soror Dr. Robbie Latimore

Soror Kimberly Smith Tann

Soror Myrtle Ballard

Soror Vallely Holloway

Soror Evon Mazyck

Soror Gina Merritt Epps

Soror Morine Hill

Soror Lee Rivers Harris

Soror Kathryn Williams

Soror Annie Baker

Soror Beulah Robinson

Eastern Region

South Central Region

Soror Dr. Marjay Anderson

Soror Rosie L.T. Pridgen

Soror Barbara Kirnes

Soror Ruby Myers

Soror Kathleen Thomas

Soror Shirley B. Thompson

Soror Brenda H. Williams

Soror Chrislyn Turner

Soror Cortina R. Jennings

Soror Susie M. Person

Soror Cora Coleman Portee

Soror Rosemarie Farngalo

Soror Wanda Smith

Soror Cora B. Edwards

Soror Darlene Sparks

Soror Cynthia Asia

Soror Lynette Banks Harris

Soror Stacey Smith

Soror Lorna Matthews

Soror Dr. Constance Hendricks

Soror Marion Shannon

Soror Dr. Denisha Hendricks

Soror Rosetta Vickers

Soror Tranita Avery

Soror Verna Johnson

Soror Charlotte Miller

19th IGB Soror Eunice Thomas

Sapphire Chi Beta Zeta Diamond Chi Rho Zeta Diamond Chi Rho Zeta

Diamond Delta Zeta Zeta Diamond Delta Zeta Zeta Diamond Xi Tau Zeta

Diamond Beta Zeta Diamond Beta Zeta

Diamond Delta Zeta

Golden Nu Tau Zeta

Diamond Sigma Delta Zeta

Southeastern Region

Diamond Alpha Psi Zeta

Golden Iota Delta Zeta

Soror Betty Esnault Golden Lambda Rho Zeta

Soror Carol Grandberry Golden Lambda Rho Zeta

Soror Dorothy King

Diamond Psi Psi Zeta

Soror Willie M. Whiting Diamond Zeta Tau Zeta

Midwestern Region Soror Tanya Dixon Golden Theta Nu Zeta

Soror Mary Tillman Diamond Xi Zeta

Diamond Beta Alpha Zeta

Diamond Kappa Iota Zeta

Sapphire Beta Alpha Zeta

Golden Omicron Alpha Zeta

Diamond Beta Sigma Zeta

Diamond Xi Lambda Zeta

Diamond Alpha Delta Zeta Diamond Alpha Delta Zeta Diamond Alpha Rho Zeta

Diamond Gamma Beta Zeta

Diamond Beta Tau Zeta

Diamond Psi Gamma Zeta

Diamond Beta Tau Zeta

Golden Rho Nu Zeta

Diamond Beta Tau Zeta Diamond Beta Tau Zeta Sapphire Beta Tau Zeta

Soror Linda Thomas York Diamond Alpha Gamma Zeta

Soror Kimberly Brackett Golden Kappa Zeta

Soror Sara Scarbrough Golden Lambda Zeta

Soror Tunesia Brenard Diamond Lambda Zeta

Sapphire Beta Tau Zeta Diamond Beta Tau Zeta

Diamond Epsilon Eta Zeta

Soror Mary Strozier Weaver Diamond Epsilon Eta Zeta

Soror Evelyn Brown Diamond Epsilon Zeta

Soror Bessie Fulks Diamond Eta Gamma Zeta

Soror Katheryn Davis Diamond Eta Omega Zeta Diamond Eta Theta Zeta

Diamond Psi Zeta

Soror Dorothy Perrault Diamond Upsilon Mu Zeta

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Soror E. Virginia Johnson

Soror Hazel Wilson

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Sapphire Sigma Mu Zeta Diamond Zeta Mu Zeta

Soror Mary Marlene Sharp

Southern Region

Sapphire Phi Omicron Zeta

Diamond Rho Epsilon Zeta

Diamond Delta Sigma Zeta

Sapphire Psi Gamma Zeta

Sapphire Phi Omicron Zeta

Diamond Rho Epsilon Zeta

Diamond Beta Tau Zeta

Sapphire Phi Lambda Zeta

Golden Lambda Rho Zeta

Soror Cynthia McCoy

Diamond Kappa Iota Zeta

Diamond Beta Alpha Zeta

Golden Iota Delta Zeta

Diamond Psi Gamma Zeta

Great Lakes Region

Diamond Iota Omicron Zeta

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Message from the National Chaplain ZETA’S FIRST EVER NATIONAL CHOIR!

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I pray this message finds you all “blessed and highly favored among women”!

eta’s National Choir Committee is still celebrating the wonderful time we had at the 2011 Zeta Organizational Leadership Conference! Indeed the 200-voice Zeta National Choir showed up and showed out! As a result, the National Choir has been invited to perform at the 2012 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Boule in Chicago, IL! This is a great honor and we continue to look forward to God opening even more doors for the choir in the near future. Also, we have expanded the Zeta National Choir Committee by adding Regional Choir Coordinators to the team. In doing so, you can expect to receive communications from your Region’s Choir Coordinator. Don’t be surprised if your Regional Director takes advantage of the very idea of assembling a sweet sounding, soul stirring, hand clappin’, foot stompin’ Regional Choir to perform at Regional conferences and events. We encourage you to utilize the Regional Choirs during all meetings, social functions & observances especially Christmas Parties, Founders Day, Finer Womanhood Week, Finer Womanhood Month, Necrology & Rededication Services. Visit www.zphib1920.org to register for the National Choir online!

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“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:4-7.

or most of us the holiday season brings with it a myriad of parties, gift exchanges, and shopping sprees. To get ready for these events, we have to shop, buy, bake, and travel which eventually results in our becoming overwhelmed, exhausted, and frustrated. Then we wonder why we don’t have the “holiday cheer” everyone expects at this time of year. My prayer is that you will not become distracted by the many events of the holiday season, at least not too busy to remember to include God in your daily lives. Let us rejoice during this time, and always remember the true meaning of the holiday season. There may be problems and distractions ahead for you. They may rise up on the left and on the right. They may come at you head on, but remember that the Lord can give you, “the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding” to “guard your hearts and minds.” God would have you to rejoice in the midst of the holiday distractions. As the apostle Paul puts it and he surely had his share of distractions, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!”

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iss Robbie Montgomery is the owner and resident matriarch of Sweetie Pie’s and Sweetie Pie’s at the Mangrove, the nationally acclaimed soul food restaurants she founded in her hometown of St. Louis, MO. Miss Robbie, as she is affectionately called, is known for her made-fromscratch favorites like macaroni & cheese, smothered pork, baked chicken and peach cobbler.

Now, at the age of seventy, Miss Robbie’s life in the limelight is not over, as she finds herself still entertaining the masses every day at Sweetie Pie’s! You can always find her on the floor of the restaurant, during the busy lunch rush, cutting up and chatting with the customers who come from all over the world to get a taste of her famous soul food. Her son, Tim, is her business partner, and together they have two Sweetie Pie’s locations running successfully. For Miss Robbie, however, that is not enough, and now she is working to build her legacy and plans to open a new, even bigger Sweetie Pie’s in downtown St. Louis, where as a little girl, she was not allowed during segregation.

Miss Robbie’s restaurants have attracted a popular following among both local St. Louis residents and celebrities alike. Now we all can experience Miss Robbie’s cooking via “Welcome to Sweetie Pies” a series on OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). The show follows the loud, loving and musical Montgomery family as they work to expand their family-owned business, one soulful dish at a time. Since the weather is turning cold, we asked Miss Robbie, “What is your favorite cold weather comfort food?” According to Miss Robbie, “When its cold out, I like to serve my family Oxtail Soup. I prepare it slow-cooked, allowing for the meat to be tenderized. Its warm, hearty and fills you up - the perfect comfort food for sure! Yum! Prior to running her own restaurants, Miss Robbie toured the U.S. singing backup for Ike and Tina Turner during the 1960s. Her stint as an Ikette launched a singing career that spanned over 20 years, including gigs

as a background singer for The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Pattie LaBelle and The Rolling Stones, among others. Because finding a welcoming restaurant could be difficult for

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African-Americans during the ‘60s, Miss Robbie often ended up cooking for the group while on the road, honing her mother’s recipes along the way.

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She’s come a long way, and this willful woman doesn’t plan on letting anything stand in the way of her dreams to own a building with a huge restaurant and banquet facility. Sweetie Pie’s: The Upper Crust. At this location, she hopes to fulfill her lifelong dream of opening a restaurant, banquet hall, cooking school and performing arts space in one. Miss Robbie remains devoted to both her other Sweetie Pie’s locations and serving her community. Active in charity outreach programs, Miss Robbie helps provide job training to formerly incarcerated men and women and food to those in need. “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” airs Saturdays, 9-10 p.m. ET/PT.

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nternational Grand Basileus Sheryl Underwood and her fellow presidents of the National Pan-Hellenic Council of Presidents represent the nine greek-letter member organizations and millions of members world-wide. Grand Basileus Underwood, and her colleagues, feel strongly that participating, as a unified group, in major activities and events reinforces the accessibility and relevance of the organizations in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture.

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For the first time in the history of Essence Magazine, the publication brought together all four International Presidents of the sororities of the Divine Nine. The group gathered in Washington, DC for an engaging discussion that resulted in a four-page feature story included in the December 2010 issue of the magazine. A R C H O N

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The White House In December 2009 the National Pan-Hellenic Council Presidents accepted an invitation from President and Mrs. Barack Obama to join them for a holiday celebration at the White House. The celebration was hosted by the President and First Lady and organized by First Lady Michelle Obama’s East Wing Social Office. Invitees for this gath-

members of the Divine Nine, other national leaders and celebrities, showed their support for the spirit that uplifts, encourages and empowers communities across the nation and the world.

“I like to highlight my colleagues and the members of all nine organizations, when I have the chance.” This particular show highlighted “unity” in the African American community.

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National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and the United Negro College Fund– UNCF Text-toDonate campaign

In February 2010, history was made, when all nine (9) Presidents of the National Pan-

The Grand announced that the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and the United Negro College Fund– UNCF are partnering in a Text-to-Donate campaign to ensure that seniors at UNCF member colleges have the financial resources to graduate on time. The funds raised via the UNCF Campaign for Emergency Student Aid (CESA) were used to support graduating seniors who need to pay off balances for tuition, books and room and board before they can receive their diplomas. ering included Oprah Winfrey, our brother Rev. Al Sharpton, author/pastor Joel Osteen, Gayle King and a host of national and international dignitaries.

BET Celebration of Gospel The National Pan-Hellenic Council Presidents spread holiday cheer by attending the BET Celebration of Gospel. Because our International Grand Basileus is a member of the BET family of entertainers, she extended a personal invitation to members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council of Presidents, the Divine Nine, to attend this “spirited musical gala.” Grand Basileus Underwood, the

Hellenic Council were represented on the highly popular BET program The Mo’Nique Show. Grand Basileus Underwood was invited to be a guest on the Show and simply asked if the other Greek organizations would like to join her and create this tremendous moment for all of the organizations. And they said yes, and the rest is history. According to Grand Basileus Underwood,

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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Collects Toys for Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys

eta Phi Beta Sorority and Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys donated toys to underprivileged children as a part of 2010 Christmas. According to International Grand Basileus Sheryl P. Underwood, “This was a wonderful opportunity for us all to unite around the spirit of giving and bring joy to the hearts of some deserving children.”

This historic moment between Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys, was the first time in the 15-year history of this annual event that a national Greek organization has formally collected toy donations on behalf of House Full of Toys. For over 15 years, Stevie Wonder has lent his considerable influence and talent to supporting the toy collection effort through

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his Stevie Wonder’s House of Toys Benefit Concert, held last year on December 18 at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Because of the hardships families are experiencing this holiday season, many children face a Christmas with no gifts or toys. Not only does the gift of toys change Christmas for many of these children, it can

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change their view of the world and give them hope for the future. In 2010 Zeta chapters and auxiliaries, across the country, donated over 700 toys and over $5000 in gift cards to the campaign. Grand Basileus Underwood has this to say, “This was our very first year of the sorority supporting this effort, so I commend you and our members for truly embracing the meaning of the season and pouring out your hearts to some very needy children. Now, let’s do it again this year!” Organizers have expressed their sincere appreciation to the women of Zeta for their willingness to add their energy to this effort. In 2011 the over 900 chapters of Zeta Phi Beta will be asked to participate and collect toys for those in need once again. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., sharing joy and love at Christmas.

n December 10, 2010 a call went out to provide Christmas gifts to Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys. The Delta Beta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated answered the call with no hesitation, providing over 30 Christmas gifts that were shipped to California for the Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys Benefit Concert.

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The Talk of the Town:

ZETA INTERNATIONAL GRAND BASILEU

n Tuesday, September 6, our very own International Grand Basileus Sheryl P. Underwood joined the CBS daytime talk show THE TALK for the start of the second season. The show airs weekdays at 2pm ET, 1pmPT/CT. As the only working entertainer to ever hold the post of International Grand Basileus, Sheryl P. Underwood is in a unique position to continuously provide opportunities for national visibility both for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and Greekdom. Grand Basileus Underwood is no stranger to media and manages a successful career as an entertainer, radio personality and entrepreneur. We know her as “Grand Underwood,” but the world knows her as a much sought after

entertainer who has been described as one of the world’s brightest contemporary humorists. She joins THE TALK hosts Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne and Aisha Tyler. THE TALK, which averages 2.21 million viewers per day, has a strong profile in the daytime viewing line-up on CBS.

and the world. She is hailed as one of the most intelligent, articulate and well-informed women of this current era. Her addition to The Talk will add a very witty and culturally relevant voice to the conversation.

Since joining the show she has lifted up Greekdom to new heights; promoting her beloved Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and fellow Greek organizations, as well as significant partnerships and endeavors that are important to Zeta. Grand Basileus Underwood is a multi-faceted entertainer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, humanitarian and former member of the armed services who shares her time and talents to positively impact her community

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rand Basileus Underwood can be heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show, a nationally syndicated show airing in over 64 markets, with over 7 million listeners. She also serves as “guest host of the show” and appears on The Steve Harvey Project, the television version of the radio show that airs on Centric TV.

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The Sheryl Underwood Show airs on Jamie Foxx’s The Foxxhole, on Sirius/XM 98, where she provides a mix of political satire, comedy and music. Grand Basileus Underwood also hosts the fifth season of Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up airing on STARZ and is a former contributor to the Tom Joyner Morning Show.

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f the nearly 4 million babies born in the United States in 2000, roughly 10% were born prematurely, 7% with low birth weight (less than 5.5 pounds), and 7% with birth defects.

Stork’s Nest and March of Dimes Our Partnership & Progress

The National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality estimates that 34% of pregnant women – some 1.3 million a year– get insufficient prenatal care. In view of these statistics, it is imperative for pregnant women, especially minority women, to understand the importance of prenatal care and to have every opportunity to get it. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. and The March of Dimes foundation have a historic partnership of almost 40 years, which provides for one of Zeta’s signature community service programs Stork’s Nest. Stork’s Nest is the project that seeks to improve pregnancy outcomes by increasing the number of pregnant women who get prenatal education and adequate early and regular prenatal care. This care is vitally important for addressing medical and other risk factors for low birth weight as well as prematurity and other infant health problems. What a significant and important impact the collaborative partnership between Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and the March of Dimes Foundation have in local communities in the more than 170 chapters of Stork’s Nest throughout the nation.

ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INC. AND THE MARCH OF DIMES FOUNDATION HAVE A HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP OF ALMOST 40 YEARS

BETA ZETA CHAPTER HONORED FOR 25 YEARS OF STORK’S NEST

n February 2011, Sorors from the DC-MD-VA area were on hand to be recognized by the March of Dimes for the longstanding partnership Zeta Phi Beta has enjoyed since 1972. The special honorees of the night were the members of Beta Zeta Chapter who have operated a Stork’s Nest at Hunt Place Clinic in the District of Columbia for 25 years. Soror Savannah Winston, 1st Anti-Basileus (seated far left) and Soror Georgia Davis (center) accepted this award from Soror Evelyn Brown, National Stork’s Nest Coordinator. Zeta had the largest representation of any group at this Celebration of Black

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History and the March of Dimes event held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Beta Zeta Chapter is doing its part to educate the community that African-Americans have the highest premature birth rates must seek prenatal care early. Expectant mothers, who receive services at the Hunt Place Clinic, receive vouchers to obtain baby items from the Stork’s Nest free of charge. Soror Davis spoke of how proud of the work being accomplished at Stork’s Nest and remembered Triumphant Soror Generva White, who recently passed away as a long time volunteer at the Stork’s Nest at Hunt Place.

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PHI OMICRON ZETA OPENS STORK’S NEST

he Phi Omicron Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. cut the ribbon for the Grand Opening of their Stork’s Nest on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Rockdale Medical Center in Conyers, Georgia. This Stork’s Nest is a collaborative prenatal program between Phi Omicron Zeta, the March of Dimes, and Rockdale Medical Center. Soror Evon Denise Mazyck and Soror Sandra Speaks are CoCoordinators of the Stork’s Nest, which will serve pregnant women in Rockdale and Newton Counties by providing education, incentives, and encouragement for women to begin prenatal care in their first trimester and to continue regular prenatal visits until their babies are born. Ms. Kylie Rowlands, Manager of The Birthplace at Rockdale Medical Center said, “Good prenatal care is vitally important for early identification of medical and other risk factors that affect a developing fetus. Treating problems early is the key to preventing prematurity, low birth weight, and other serious disorders. Stork’s Nest provides the incentive for women to get the care they need.” Soror Gloria Fallings, President of Phi Omicron Zeta stated, “We are committed to doing what it takes to make this program a success in our community.” The Stork’s Nest provides maternity and infant clothing, baby supplies, and items such as car seats and strollers to pregnant women at low or no cost. Women earn points toward these incentive items by keeping their prenatal care appointments, by attending Stork’s Nest prenatal education sessions, and through a variety of other healthy pregnancy activities. In 2005, more than 500,000 babies were born prematurely to women who received late or no prenatal care. Young teens, lowincome women, and African American women are at particularly high risk for getting late or little prenatal care, and thus, may not benefit from the full range of medical and social services available.

Rev. H.K. Benton – Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Covington, Ga., Soror Sandra Speaks, Kylie Rowlands – Rockdale Medical Center, Soror Myra F. Reese – Georgia State Director, Soror Gloria Fallings – Basileus, Phi Omicron Zeta Chapter, Soror Audrey Williams. RIBBON CUTTING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Soror Felicia Arnold, Soror Marilyn Barton, Soror, Gloria Fallings – Basileus, Phi Omicron Zeta Chapter, Soror Evon Mazyck, Soror Sandra Speaks, Soror Dalphine Browder, Soror Shakema Allen, Soror Veronica Lawrence, Soror Audrey Williams, Soror Dorothy Moss, Soror Kathryn Williams, Soror Alison Jackson. PHI OMICRON ZETA FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Approximately fifty people were in attendance at the Grand Opening, including dignitaries Soror Myra Reese, Georgia State Director of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; Soror Shanessa Ashford, Graduate Member to the National Executive Committee of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; Reverend H. K. Benton, Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Covington, Georgia; and Ms. Kylie Rowlands, Manager of The Birthplace at Rockdale Medical Center. Although Stork’s Nest is new to the Covington and Conyers area, the program is part of a national collaborative initiative of the March of Dimes and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and has been in existence for more than four decades. The March of Dimes is a national leader in the funding and promotion of research, community services education, and advocacy to ensure that all babies are born healthy. For more information about

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this Stork’s Nest program or to get involved, contact Soror Evon Mazyck at (770) 6024755 or evon2505@aol.com.

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November is Prematurity Awareness Month Zeta Phi Beta helps Increase the Chances of Survival for Babies Born Too Soon

ore than half a million babies are born prematurely each year. Forty weeks is a full-term pregnancy. Every week of a pregnancy is important. Infants, born preterm, are at increased risk for health problems and death. Even with significant advances in medical treatment and heightened awareness by the public, premature birth is still the number one killer of new-

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borns. To bring attention to this crisis, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority teams up with the March of Dimes to increase public awareness of the premature birth crisis in America and observe November as Prematurity Awareness Month and November 17 as the first-ever World Prematurity Day. Since 1990, the rate of premature births has gone up more than 20 percent. The issue of prematurity is close to the hearts of the

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women of Zeta Phi Beta. According to International Grand Basileus Sheryl P. Underwood, “The pending birth of a baby can be a very exciting time in a woman’s life, and the life of her family, however all too often this joy turns to sorrow when their bundle of joy is born preterm. We are honored to partner with the March of Dimes on this very important mission. I have asked that all 900+ chapters and auxiliaries support Zeta’s efforts to advocate for healthy mothers and healthy babies in order to reduce the occurrence of premature births.” The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. With chapters nationwide, the March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. The sorority’s National Prematurity Awareness campaign is executed under the banner of its Stork’s Nest program. Stork’s Nest, a national initiative developed by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, is designed to decrease the incidence of premature birth by providing information and education, on a local and national level, regarding prenatal care, healthy mothers, healthy pregnancies and delivering healthy babies. According to Evelyn Brown, Zeta Phi Beta’s National Stork’s Nest Director, “the partnership between Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. and the March of Dimes Foundation is an historic partnership. For almost forty years this relationship has undergirded Zeta’s Signature Community Service Program, Stork’s Nest.” Brown states, “We believe that it is critically important that pregnant women, especially minority women, understand the importance of prenatal care and have every opportunity to receive it.”

as well as that of their babies-to-be and their newborns. Zeta volunteers have also generously provided necessary items such as maternity clothes, layettes, and furniture at minimal or no cost, and we’re grateful for that caring assistance as well.” In recognition of November as Prematurity Awareness Month, members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority across the country conducted Zeta Prematurity Awareness Weekends on November 5 and 6 or November 12 and 13. According to U. S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin “our country has one of the highest rates of preterm births in the world. We must do better.” Dr. Benjamin is a family doctor who has seen, first-hand, the devastating impact that a premature birth can have on a baby, its mother and their family - potential long-term health challenges and even death. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority encouraged all of its members, family, friends and colleagues to join the effort and support the March of Dimes and observe Prematurity Awareness Month and World Prematurity Day on Thursday, November 17, 2011. To learn more about global prematurity prevention efforts visit http://www.facebook.com/WorldPrematurityDay and join the virtual campaign by changing your Facebook status to reflect a prematurity awareness message. Together, with the March of Dimes, Zetas worldwide continue to work to saves the lives of babies. The Zeta Prematurity Awareness Sunday program is a 2011-2012 National Z-HOPE agenda item and is worth 125 Bonus Z-Hope points. Distinguished Pearl Chapter Points will be awarded as well.

“Zeta Phi Beta Sorority has reached thousands of vulnerable moms and babies in communities across the country through the Stork’s Nest program,” says Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes. “Stork’s Nest is so important because it helps women take good care of their own health

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reating a program that targets young males and addresses contemporary issues, is of vital importance to Zeta Phi Beta as the sorority moves forward. According to International Grand

Basileus Sheryl P. Underwood, “As we look at the universe that is “Zeta” we must embrace the entire family and be acutely aware of enhancing relationships with all family members. We have opportunities for young girls to become Archonnettes, Amicettes and go on to become legacy Zetas, like their mothers. We now have the Zeta Male Network which is guided by the mission statement: “The young to hear, be guided, become knowledgeable and wise through the instruction of Men of God and Honor.” According to the National Director of Zeta Male Network Soror Vivian L. Dawson-Marvray, “The Zeta Male Network is a assembly of distinguished men that are put in place as resources. They will be a networking mechanism that will help guide both young men and women.”

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he beginning of a new year fosters a spirit of love and remembrance in the sisterhood of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. During the month of January we celebrate the Founding of our great organization; February is the month of “Love”; and March we observe one of our founding principles, Finer Womanhood.

Sisters offer a voice of reason as well as inspiration. Valentine’s Day is a very appropriate time to say “I’m Thinking of You” and “I Love You.” Finer Womanhood Observance is an ideal time to express gratitude. Let us open our hearts and offer expressions during this “Season of Love and Remembrance.”

THINGS TO REMEMBER

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Soror Kay Jones Rosebure NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF AMENITIES

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Acknowledgement and recognition of our leadership should be respected on all levels. By virtue of their rank in the sorority, the Grand Basileus, Past Grand Basilei, National, Regional, State and Local officers should be extended appropriate courtesies.

Rather than giving a gift that may be cumbersome, consider purchasing a gift card (ie American Express, Visa, etc.) for shopping at a store of choice and wrapping it in a unique package.

A simple handwritten note or card from your sister will be greatly treasured.

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Tips For Surviving THE

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s the festive holiday season is upon us, many of us find it stressful to keep up with often-unrealistic demands and expectations of family, friends and events. The solution to an enjoyable celebration is to relax and take good care of ourselves, which in turn will increase energy and reduce stress levels. To keep happy and safe this season here are 10 tips for surviving the holidays.

Take time for yourself. Although spending time with friends and family is essential, it’s also important to set aside at least five minutes for yourself to relax. Try practicing deep breathing exercises when you feel stressed out.

Drink plenty of water.

Spread out meals.

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Instead of throwing a dessert or cocktail party, try snowshoeing or ice-skating as an alternate holiday event. Play powder puff football or build a snowman.

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Although the cold weather may make you less inclined to grab a glass of water, it is just as important in the winter as it is during the summer. Water helps counter the dehydrating effects of travel or drinking alcoholic beverages, and it may also help satiate your appetite since thirst is often mistaken for hunger.

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Laugh.

Laughing is a great tension reliever. It burns calories, reduces stress and usually means that you and those individuals in your presence are having an enjoyable time.

‘TIS THE SEASON

Gift

Giving

ETIQUETTE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Don’t stress out over holiday gift-giving. We’ve got your answers right here!

is the Season for Giving! The holiday season creates a spirit of festivities and sharing expressions of love. It is a time when the magic of the holidays comes alive. The thought of twinkling lights and the aroma of traditional holiday menus reminds us of loved ones we want to give holiday expressions to.

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• When giving gifts for the holiday season, there’s a right way and a wrong way to go about it. Knowing something about the person you are giving a gift to makes your gift selection easier. Often times we pull names at work or in organizations and have no close association with the person whose name was drawn. Giving gift cards is appropriate, but a gift is more sentimental, unless it is the preference.

Make your list and check it twice! DEVELOP A HOLIDAY BUDGET. • List all of the people you would like to remember during the holidays. After your list is complete, prioritize. • You may not be able to give everyone

a gift, but you can send them a card. Do not make gift giving a competition. Stay within your means. If someone gives you a gift who is not on your list, don’t feel obligated to reciprocate. Simply show your gratitude for the gift without making excuses for not giving them a gift. Re-gifting can create problems.

GIVE SINCERE THOUGHT TO WHAT YOU’RE GIVING. • Give age appropriate gifts. If you are uncertain about a child’s gift, ask the parent what is acceptable. • When giving gift cards, a generic card is recommended. All stores are not in all cities. • An email thank you is acceptable but the preferred is a hand written note.

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The most important thing about the holidays is make it a celebration and not a stressful time. May your holiday be filled with love, reflections of cherished memories and the creation of new memories.

GIFT GIVING IDEAS TO ENHANCE HOLIDAY MEMORIES. • For a spouse, partner or close family members: A weekend escape or quiet refuge from Christmas and New Years madness. • Ring in the New Year in style and elegance at a favorite hotel or New Year’s

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Eve Gala Dinner Dance. Lobster Gram, flowers or favorite food delivered to the person. Make a holiday basket of favorite things. Make a donation in honor or memory of someone special to that person or to an organization whose cause that person is passionate about.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Roast Turkey with Cranberry Orange Glaze Maple syrup, cranberry juice and orange marmalade combine for a glaze with traditional New England ingredients.

Directions Step

Step

Preheat oven to 325°F. Combine marmalade, cranberry juice concentrate, maple syrup, vinegar and salt in small heavy saucepan. Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low. Cook, uncovered, stirring frequently 12 to 15 minutes, or until glaze is reduced to about one cup.

Ingredients •

3/4 cup orange marmalade

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3/4 cup frozen cranberry juice concentrate, thawed

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3 tablespoons maple syrup

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1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

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1/2 teaspoon salt

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1 (14 pound) Butterball® Frozen Whole Turkey, thawed

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No-stick cooking spray

Nutritional Information • • • • • • • • •

Remove neck and giblets from body and neck cavities of turkey; discard or refrigerate for another use. Drain juices from turkey and pat dry turkey with paper towels. Turn wings back to hold neck skin against back of turkey.

Place turkey, breast side up, on a flat roasting rack in a shallow pan. Brush turkey lightly with vegetable oil or cooking spray. Roast turkey for 2 hours. Cover breast and top of drumsticks loosely with foil to prevent overcooking of breast.

Calories 275 Fat 10 g Saturated Fat 3 g Trans Fat 0.0 g Cholesterol 89 mg Sodium 325 mg Carbohydrates 24 g Sugar 22 g Protein 26 g

Recipe Information Step

Continue roasting turkey for another 45 minutes. Remove foil and brush generously with glaze. Return foil loosely to top of turkey. Cook for another 45 minutes, or until meat thermometer reaches 180°F when inserted into the deepest part of the thigh.

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SERVINGS:

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COOK METHOD: Bake/Roast

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PREP TIME:

25 minutes

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Doves Celebrating a Legacy of Service

onoring our Zeta Doves is a vision of International Grand Underwood to recognize members who have given 50 or more years of service to the sorority. During a beautiful and touching ceremony held as part of the 2010 Boule of Sisterly Love â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Southern Style in Dallas, Texas, Zeta Doves were honored and presented with a custom designed Zeta Dove Pin and a delicate white rose.

Soror Althea Armstrong Atlantic Theta Zeta Zeta

Soror Wave W. Simmons Eastern Omicron Zeta 1956

Soror Evelyn White Atlantic Zeta Delta Zeta

Soror Vermell DeLauder Atlantic Theta Zeta Zeta

Soror Millie Dunn Veasey Eastern Omicron Zeta 1953 A R C H O N

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Soror Janice D. Smith Eastern Omicron Zeta 1959 |

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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. is fortunate to have so many sorors who have earned this designation through unwavering commitment to the principles of Scholarship, Sisterly Love, Service and Finer Womanhood. The Archon is pleased to acknowledge the service and contributions of our Doves by featuring them in this pictorial tribute and listing. Several of the Dove submissions also feature images from their younger days!

Soror Wanda P. Poole Eastern Omicron Zeta 1947

Soror Ellen Jean Gaddy Eastern Omicron Zeta 1961

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Soror Theressa Dixon Great Lakes Beta Omicron Zeta

Soror Hazel Whitney Great Lakes Beta Omicron Zeta

Soror Della Donna-Matthews Midwestern Zeta Zeta Zeta 1950

Soror Charlene J. Adkins Pacific Lambda Pi Zeta

Soror Myrtle Ballard Pacific Iota Delta Zeta

Soror Wilma Geeston Pacific Lambda Pi Zeta

Soror Beatrice Nelson Pacific Lambda Pi Zeta

Soror Lena Smith Pacific Mu Sigma Zeta

Soror Hattie Fossett South Central Nu Eta Zeta 1959

Soror Lillian Whitney South Central Chi Lambda Zeta 1956

Soror Annie T. Griffith South Central Epsilon Beta 1949

Soror Ruth T. Simmons South Central Beta Sigma 1954

Soror Barbara Bonner South Central Epsilon Beta 1950

Soror Doris C. Alston Eastern Omicron Zeta 1961

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Soror Delores Crittenden South Central Epsilon Beta 1956

HONOR & HOMAGE

Soror Emma Grant South Central 1956

Soror Fannie Foster South Central Sigma Beta 1954

Soror Gwendolyn Taylor South Central Epsilon Beta 1955

Soror Hilda Benion South Central Sigma Beta 1952

Soror Lottie M. Palmer South Central Epsilon Beta 1953

Soror Ernma Conley South Central Sigma Beta 1955

Soror Mildred Fields South Central Sigma Beta 1952

Soror Nell Carodine South Central Sigma Beta

Soror Marie Evans South Central Epsilon Beta

Soror Emma Cooper South Eastern Delta Tau Zeta 1953

Soror Hattie Fulton South Eastern Delta Tau Zeta 1949

Soror Yvonne Lee South Eastern Iota Eta Zeta

Soror Selma Conyers South Eastern Delta Tau Zeta 1954

Soror Diana McManus South Eastern Delta Tau Zeta 1954

Soror Stina Tisdale South Eastern Delta Tau Zeta 1948

Soror Ruth McKnight South Eastern Delta Tau Zeta 1952

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Atlantic Region Soror Alice Barnes Delta Zeta Zeta

Soror Helen Hutchinson Delta Zeta Zeta

Great Lakes Region

Soror Viola Arnold Beta Omicron Zeta

Soror Virginia Coleman

Soror Cora Bradley

Epsilon Rho Zeta

Beta Omicron Zeta

Soror Charlotte Johnson

Soror Willa Burns

Epsilon Rho Zeta

Soror Katherine Ross Epsilon Rho Zeta

Soror Beaulah Odessa Ball Epsilon Xi Zeta

Soror Dolores Smalls Epsilon Xi Zeta

Soror Issie Jenkins Eta Pi Zeta

Soror Juanita Robinson Eta Pi Zeta

Soror Inez Brooks Gamma Nu Zeta

Soror Jeanne Lewis Gamma Nu Zeta

Soror Mary Thompson Iota Chi Zeta

Soror Ruth Conway Lambda Gamma Zeta

Soror Clara Bennett Zeta Delta Zeta

Soror Viola Jones Zeta Delta Zeta

Delta Phi Zeta

Eta Upsilon Zeta

Delta Zeta 1959

Soror Grace Hill Delta Zeta 1954

Soror Clarice Hornbuckle Delta Zeta 1959

Soror Clarissay Knoq Delta Zeta 1949

Soror Carol Smith Delta Zeta 1955

Soror Marian Pat McLean Mu Lambda Zeta

Soror Adelaide W. Staton Omicron Zeta 1952

Soror Mary Simpson Eta Upsilon Zeta

Soror Catherine LaRue Eta Zeta

Soror Lizzie G Miller Eta Zeta Eta Zeta Eta Zeta

Soror Clemontine Parker Eta Zeta

Soror Mary Yates

Soror Millie D. Veasley Omicron Zeta 1952

Soror Bettye A. Murchinson Sigma Xi Zeta 1959

Soror Bertha Brown Soror Margaret Cameron Gamma Delta Zeta

Soror Lovia Price Gamma Delta Zeta

Soror Ora Sims Gamma Delta Zeta

Soror Pricilla Sumpter Gamma Delta Zeta

Soror Bertha Wesley Gamma Delta Zeta

Soror Eva Board Iota Zeta

Soror Estella Caldwell

Kappa Beta Zeta

Soror Birdie Harris Kappa Lambda Zeta

Soror Mary Moss Kappa Lambda Zeta

Soror Sadie Bomar Kappa Rho Zeta

Soror Dolphin Pierce

Soror Dr. Levey Vaungh

Soror Betty Hamilton

Soror Laura Banks

Midwestern Region

Zeta Tau Zeta 1951

Alpha Epsilon Zeta

Soror Carrie Benjamin

Soror Snordia Brown

Psi Psi Zeta 1941

Beta Psi Zeta 1952

Soror Mildred P. Butler

Soror Ellen Coffey

Psi Psi Zeta 1952

Beta Psi Zeta 1957

Soror Doris Jackson

Soror Marie Dorsey Beta Psi Zeta 1949

Psi Psi Zeta 1960

Beta Psi Ztea 1953

Soror Sylvia Patterson

Soror Alma Washington

Psi Psi Zeta 1951

Chi Zeta

Soror Willie Whiting

Soror Sarah F. Bivins

Psi Psi Zeta 1948

Epsilon Zeta Zeta

Soror Brenda Reed

Soror Gertrude Coffey

Sigma Alpha Zeta

Epsilon Zeta Zeta

Soror Naomi Carter

Soror Helen J. Shaw

Sigma Beta Zeta 1948

Epsilon Zeta Zeta

Soror Willa Mae Garnett

Soror Helen Y. Speed

Sigma Beta Zeta 1945

Epsilon Zeta Zeta

Soror Melvia D. Russell, PhD

Soror Frances Hawthorne

Theta Lambda Zeta 1960

Nu Mu Zeta

Soror Alforetta Hughes

Soror Charellise Coleman

Xi Beta Zeta

Xi Zeta

Soror Vera M. Paul

Soror Dorothy Edwards

Xi Mu Zeta 1960

Xi Zeta

Soror Mary Chambers

Soror Inez Giles

Zeta Alpha Zeta

Xi Zeta

Soror Precious Buckner

Soror Betty Howard

Zeta Beta Zeta

Xi Zeta

Soror France Faithful

Soror Edwina Linsey

Zeta Beta Zeta

Xi Zeta

Soror Addie Faulk

Soror Mary Ann Tillman

Zeta Nu Zeta

Xi Zeta

Soror Annye Roberts

Soror Celestine James

Zeta Omega Zeta

Zeta Zeta Zeta

Soror Bella Clark

Soror Rebecca Miller Zeta Zeta Zeta 1960

Zeta Tau Zeta 1953

Soror Dr. Elvie Rhone Zeta Tau Zeta 1960

Soror Fay L. Walker Zeta Tau Zeta 1955

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Soror Ersaline Porchia

Psi Psi Zeta 1960

Soror Gwendolyn Mitchell Smith Soror Elaine Rugrley

Soror Suzie Parker

Soror Bobby Smith

Soror E. Jean Woodard

Zeta Tau Zeta 1953

Psi Psi Zeta 1947

Soror Wilma Orr

Iota Zeta

Soror Minnie Peggs

Soror Barbara Banks-Hayes

Soror Christabel Bradford

Soror Maxine Davis

Soror Ruth Travis

Zeta Tau Zeta 1960

Psi Psi Zeta 1941

Soror Edna Metoyer

Eta Zeta

Delta Zeta 1957

Soror Antoinette Kirkwood

Nu Theta Zeta

Soror Mary Watkins

Soror Almetta Alexander

Soror Dr. Ellen O. Goggins

Zeta Xi Zeta

Mu Tau Zeta

Delta Phi Zeta

Gamma Delta Zeta

Soror Gertrude Green

Kappa Rho Zeta

Mu Rho Zeta

Soror Gladys Moses

Gamma Delta Zeta

Soror Ruth Delaney

Mu Rho Zeta

Beta Omicron Zeta

Eastern Region

LISTED IN ORDER OF REGION, CHAPTER AND LAST NAME

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Soror Jessie Bryant

Soror Sadie Wiley

Soror Addie Jones

Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Zelda Hutcherson

Soror Eloise Fitzpatrick

Soror Florida Lusk

Soror Helen Ingram

Soror Patricia Bell

Soror Anthonette Akins

Soror Enid Jones

Soror Alma Bradford

Soror Viola Ellison

Soror Doris Lee

Soror Coatest Carter

Soror Statoria Goldman

Soror Helen Stone

Soror Carolyn Embry

Soror Lula Gray

Soror Margaret Brooks

Soror Genevieve Finley

Soror Francical Jackson

Soror Eunice Powers

Soror Connie Harper

Soror Angeline Roberson

Soror Ellen Ringer

Soror Thelma Johnson

Soror Mae N. Pickens

Soror Annie Collins

Soror Freddie Jones

Soror Margaret F. Scott

Soror Marie Forbes

Soror Anna L. Maryland

Soror Doris Payton

Soror Dorris Higgins

Soror Mary McCall

Soror Lurene Tryanham

Soror Helen D. Agee

Soror Dorothy Peterson

Soror Barbara Echols

Alpha Rho Zeta

Gamma Iota Zeta

Soror Helen Gentry

Soror Bennye Reasor

Soror Juanita Foster

Alpha Rho Zeta

Gamma Iota Zeta

Soror Lucy Ball

Soror Minnie Scott

Soror Eloise Hickey

Alpha Rho Zeta

Gamma Iota Zeta

Soror Morine Hill

Soror Carolyn Thomas

Soror Wilma Nelson

Alpha Rho Zeta

Gamma Iota Zeta

Soror Mignon Mitchell

Soror Elizabeth Thomas

Soror Mabel Scruggs

Alpha Rho Zeta

Gamma Iota Zeta 1929

Soror Vergie Renty

Soror Catherine Bates

Soror Zephree Taylor

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1955

Gamma Iota Zeta 1942

Soror Mary Tynes

Soror Hilda Benion

Soror Izetta Thurmond

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1952

Gamma Iota Zeta 1949

Soror Barbra Booner

Soror Gertrude Trammell

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1950

Gamma Iota Zeta 1943

Soror Delores Critteden

Soror Evalyn Young

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1956

Gamma Iota Zeta 1948

Soror Fannie Foster

Soror Willie Powell

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1954

Kappa Tau Zeta 1948

Soror Emma Grant

Soror Freddie Mayo

Soror Anna T. Griffieth

Soror Ethel Payne

Soror Lottie Palmer

Soror Mary D. Thomas

Soror Ruth T. Simmons

Soror Alice Powell

Soror Gwen Taylor

Soror Lois Kelly

Soror Bernice Wilson

Soror Hazel Ballard

Soror Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mera Baylor

Soror Novella Bass

Soror Billy Hearns

Soror Laura L. Davis

Soror Betty Blackmon

Lambda Pi Zeta Lambda Pi Zeta

Soror Majorie Ellen Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Laura Farwell Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Mary Johnson Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Myrtle McClain Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Theresa Morgan Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Audrey Quarrells Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Beannie Reams Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Geraldyne Renfrum Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Jean Richardson Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Mary Rollins Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Barbara Samuels Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Margaret Wheeler Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Earkine Wikerson Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Janeice Young Alpha Psi Zeta

Soror Evelyn Hendley Delta Delta Zeta

Soror Millie Johnson Delta Delta Zeta

Soror Nettie Backstrom Epsilon Phi Zeta

Lambda Pi Zeta Lambda Pi Zeta

Soror Irma Evans Epsilon Phi Zeta

Soror Jovine Hankins

Lambda Pi Zeta

Psi Theta Zeta Psi Theta Zeta Psi Theta Zeta

Rho Beta Zeta Rho Beta Zeta Rho Beta Zeta Xi Eta Zeta Xi Eta Zeta

Xi Lambda Zeta Xi Lambda Zeta Xi Lambda Zeta Xi Lambda Zeta Xi Lambda Zeta

South Central Region

Soror Mary Hester

Epsilon Phi Zeta

Alpha Delta Zeta 1955

Soror Barbara McDavid

Soror Christia Hudson

Epsilon Phi Zeta

Alpha Delta Zeta 1955

Soror JoAnn McNeil

Soror Gladys Moreland

Alpha Delta Zeta 1942

Soror Catherine Prater

Soror Inez Morris-Chambers

Alpha Delta Zeta 1957

Soror Orene Hopkins

Soror Katherine Thames Soror Lula Carter

Epsilon Zeta Zeta 1954

Alpha Rho Zeta

Epsilon Zeta Zeta 1955

Alpha Rho Zeta Alpha Rho Zeta

Soror Morlene Anderson

Soror Marie Jordan

Alpha Rho Zeta Alpha Rho Zeta

Alpha Eta Zeta 1947

Soror Alva Young

Soror Rutha Pegues

Alpha Rho Zeta Alpha Rho Zeta

Alpha Eta Zeta 1946

Soror Frances O. Cal

Soror Bernice Randolph

Lambda Eta Zeta Lambda Eta Zeta Lambda Eta Zeta

Alpha Eta Zeta 1948

Soror Frances Stephens

Soror Frances Taylor

Pi Zeta 1943

Pi Zeta 1949

Delta Nu Zeta 1950

Pi Zeta 1952

Alpha Eta Zeta 1959

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Nu Kappa Zeta 1957 Nu Zeta

Beta Xi Zeta 1959

Lambda Alpha Zeta 1956

Gamma Gamma Zeta 1950 Gamma Gamma Zeta 1950

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1950

Kappa Psi Zeta

Gamma Eta Zeta Gamma Eta Zeta

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1955

Kappa Psi Zeta

Eta Sigma Zeta 1956

Gamma Beta Zeta 1953

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1954

Alpha Eta Zeta 1955

Lambda Alpha Zeta 1950

Epsilon Zeta Zeta 1960

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1953

Iota Delta Zeta

Delta Nu Zeta 1950

Epsilon Zeta Zeta 1954

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1949

Epsilon Phi Zeta

Soror Louise Jones

Alpha Rho Zeta

Alpha Sigma Zeta 1956

Epsilon Phi Zeta

Alpha Delta Zeta 1949

Alpha Mu Zeta 1958

Alpha Rho Zeta

Lambda Pi Zeta

Iota Delta Zeta

Delta Nu Zeta 1950

Alpha Rho Zeta

Soror Ester Courtney Epsilon Phi Zeta

Alpha Eta Zeta 1959

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Soror Lillie Ewing Pi Zeta 1957

Soror Pauline Hall, Pi Zeta 1940

Soror Dr. Edith W. Kimbrough Pi Zeta 1960

Soror Henrietta McCallister Pi Zeta 1950

Soror Tennie McGill Pi Zeta 1950

Soror Veonie McKinnie Pi Zeta 1956

Soror Frances Reeds Pi Zeta 1951

Soror Ossie Trammel Pi Zeta 1956

Soror Fannie Whitlow Pi Zeta 1954

Soror Martha Woods Pi Zeta 1949

Soror Lula Wigham-Marable Psi Gamma Zeta 1959

Soror Mary Griffin Psi Iota Zeta 1958

Soror Bernice Hinson Stewart Psi Lambda Zeta 1954

Soror Eleanor Randolph Theta Omega Zeta

Soror Josephine Taylor Theta Omega Zeta

Soror Henri Lowe Theta Pi Zeta 1942

Soror Florence Weatherby Theta Pi Zeta 1953

Soror Mable Mitchell 1948

Soror Doris Walters 1947

Soror Molice Wilkins 1947

South Eastern Region Soror Marion Anderson Alpha Omicron Zeta

Soror Eddie Bellinger Alpha Omicron Zeta

Soror Mary Brown Alpha Omicron Zeta

Soror Janie Burgess Alpha Omicron Zeta

Soror Dorothy Daniels Alpha Omicron Zeta

Soror Bernice Dessasure Alpha Omicron Zeta

Soror Lillie Garvin Alpha Omicron Zeta

Soror Mary Jefferson Alpha Omicron Zeta

Soror Erna T. Jones

Soror Theresa Hawthorne

Soror Marguerite V. Miller

Soror Mary Jones

Soror Betty Lark

Alpha Omicron Zeta

Beta Beta Zeta

Soror Cherry B. Moss

Soror Myrtle McDaniel

Soror Margaret Lewis

Alpha Omicron Zeta

Beta Beta Zeta

Soror Gertha McFadden

Soror Janie Tuggle

Alpha Omicron Zeta

Beta Beta Zeta

Soror Dolofes Moskowitz

Soror Margaret Turner

Alpha Omicron Zeta

Beta Beta Zeta

Soror Lucia Odom

Soror Donella Wilson

Alpha Omicron Zeta

Beta Beta Zeta

Soror Juanita Roland

Soror Julia Driskell

Alpha Omicron Zeta

Beta Omega Zeta

Soror Elizabeth Rose

Soror Myrtice LaMarr

Alpha Omicron Zeta

Beta Omega Zeta

Soror Beatrice Sweet

Soror Catherine Lawrence

Alpha Omicron Zeta

Beta Omega Zeta

Soror Dorothy Bass

Soror Margaret Primo

Alpha Theta Zeta

Beta Omega Zeta

Soror Clyde Faison

Soror Emma Thompson

Alpha Theta Zeta

Beta Omega Zeta

Soror Elise Freeman

Soror Mary H. Willis

Alpha Theta Zeta

Beta Omega Zeta

Soror Mary Mitchell

Soror Pearl P. Brown

Alpha Theta Zeta

Beta Pi Zeta

Soror Johnnie Spaulding

Soror Vivian P. Cox

Alpha Theta Zeta

Beta Pi Zeta

Soror Delores Washington

Soror Margaret W. Davis

Alpha Theta Zeta

Beta Pi Zeta

Soror Louise Wilkerson

Soror Beatrice G. Sanders

Alpha Theta Zeta

Beta Pi Zeta

Soror Juanita Legree

Soror Sallie Smith

Alpha Upsilon Zeta

Beta Pi Zeta

Soror Inell Ross

Soror Alma Simmons

Alpha Upsilon Zeta

Beta Rho Zeta

Soror Carrie Wright

Soror Sara Askew

Alpha Upsilon Zeta

Beta Tau Zeta 1950

Soror Esther Barton

Soror Georgiana J. Bethel

Beta Alpha Zeta

Beta Tau Zeta 1945

Soror Eugenia M. Brown

Soror Willye P. Blue

Beta Alpha Zeta

Beta Tau ZEta 1951

Soror Irma Bryant

Soror Hazel Bohannon

Beta Alpha Zeta

Beta Tau Zeta

Soror Vernice Harrison

Soror Estella M. Cox

Beta Alpha Zeta

Beta Tau Zeta 1958

Soror Dr. Altamease Henry

Soror Verneka J. Dames

Soror Emma Reese

Soror Dr. Sara M. Logan

Soror Marian M. Dean

Soror Mary M. Sharpe

Soror Fannie Morton

Soror Alberta Godfrey

Soror Mary Stovall

Soror Nancy Watts

Soror Doris S. Harden

Soror Dr. Eunice S. Thomas

Soror Evelyn Wells

Soror Gladys H. Johnson

Soror Lillie Barthwell

Soror Fannie Adams

Soror Mary W. Johnson

Soror Sally Berry

Soror Ruth Black

Soror Dorothy P. Lee

Soror Martha Frazier

Soror Tecora Drake

Soror Cecile McCartney

Soror Izetta Jackson

Alpha Omicron Zeta

Beta Alpha Zeta Beta Alpha Zeta Beta Alpha Zeta Beta Alpha Zeta Beta Alpha Zeta Beta Beta Zeta Beta Beta Zeta

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Soror Lydia Richardson Beta Tau Zeta 1950

Soror Frankie S. Rolle Beta Tau Zeta 1945

Soror Eugenia B. Thomas Beta Tau Zeta 1944

Soror Lorraine Vaught Beta Tau Zeta 1958

Soror Rosetta J. Vickers Beta Tau Zeta 1952

Soror Dorothy Wallace Beta Tau Zeta 1950

Soror Edith W. Washington Beta Tau Zeta 1948

Soror Gladys Alexander Delta Sigma Zeta

Soror Dona Cowart Delta Sigma Zeta

Soror Cora Roberson Delta Sigma Zeta

Soror Bertha McKnight Delta Tau Zeta 1952

Soror Jean McKnight Delta Tau Zeta 1950

Soror Bertha Session Delta Tau Zeta

Soror Agnes H. Wilson Delta Tau Zeta

Soror Florence Backus Epsilon Chi Zeta

Soror Rachel A. Brown Epsilon Chi Zeta

Soror Juanita Toatley Epsilon Chi Zeta

Soror Lula Bass Epsilon Eta Zeta

Soror Merrian Douglass Epsilon Eta Zeta

Soror Willie P. Farley Epsilon Eta Zeta

Beta Tau Zeta 1953

Epsilon Eta Zeta Epsilon Eta Zeta

Beta Tau Zeta 1959 Beta Tau Zeta 1952

Epsilon Eta Zeta Epsilon Eta Zeta

Beta Tau Zeta 1955

Beta Tau Zeta 1959

Epsilon Psi Zeta Epsilon Psi Zeta Epsilon Psi Zeta

Beta Tau Zeta

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Beta Tau Zeta 1957

Beta Tau Zeta 1943 Beta Tau Zeta 1954

Beta Tau Zeta 1956

Beta Beta Zeta

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Beta Beta Zeta

Epsilon Psi Zeta

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Soror Betty B. Hayes

Soror Lovia Price

Soror Dr. Emily Jones

Soror Georgia Beckles

Soror Patricia Heard

Soror Priscilla Sumpter

Soror Anna Ladson

Soror Dorothy Black

Soror Barbara Hill-Robinson

Soror Bertha Wesley

Soror Florine Manigautt

Soror Jackie Brooks

Soror Carrie Johnson

Soror Sarah Morse

Soror Mary J. Jones

Soror Louise C. Brumfield

Soror Charlotte Light

Soror Betty Reynolds

Soror Mary J. Jones

Soror Mildred Bryant

Soror Adiel C. Lisbon

Soror Ethel Elliott

Soror Vanilla Thompson

Soror Rheba Bryant

Soror Phyllis Lowery

Soror Mable Coaxum

Soror Vanilla Thompson

Soror Anna B. Collins

Soror Mable McCullough

Soror Addie Crawford

Soror Eliza B. Williams

Soror Alma Epps

Soror Geraldine Murdock

Soror Geneva Dansby

Soror Haroldine Crowder

Soror Dorothy Johnson

Soror Lucile Neely

Soror Maude Frasier

Soror Mae B. Echols

Soror Betty Lumpkin

Soror Lola Parks

Soror Eartha Goodwin

Soror Linda Isabel

Soror Maggie H. Turner

Soror Lucy Pennington

Soror Carrie E.R. Grady

Soror Lois McKellar

Soror Sallie S. Anthony

Soror Johnnie Rainey

Soror Hilda H. Jefferson

Soror Carolyn Howard

Soror Janie Ball

Soror Helen Rainwater

Soror Sarah Leonard

Soror Eula M. Mood

Soror Evelyn D. Brown

Soror Ann Robinson

Soror Mozelle Myers

Soror Virginia F. Davis

Soror Louise C. Byron

Soror Averett P. Shannon

Soror Iola D. Risher

Soror Olivia Henry

Soror Louise P. Chambers

Soror Nettie T. Shepherd

Soror Florence Smalls

Soror Hattie L. Ficklin

Soror Pauline S. Cheese

Soror Dr. Myrtice M. Taylor

Soror Evelyn Smith

Soror Frances Reliford

Soror Minnie Clayton

Soror Mollie Wainwright

Soror Marilyn Watson

Soror Bettye Shelling

Soror Martha Cleveland

Soror Mary Walton

Soror Alma Wigfall

Soror Marian Flowers

Soror Rosa Craig

Soror Martha T. Williams

Soror Dr. Tecora Wilburn

Soror Hazel Harvey

Soror Frances Culbreath

Soror Phreddye Dixon

Soror Ruth Cunningham

Soror Altamease Nickson

Soror Dorothy J. Davis

Soror Corinne Robinson

Soror Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;la P. Hickman

Soror Esther R. Harvey

Soror Charlene Everett

Soror E. Florine Wilson

Soror Dr. Helen Wigfall

Soror Zeda Lawyer

Soror Annell S. Garner

Soror E. Virginia Johnson

Soror Earline B. Gilliard

Soror Joreatha Malone

Soror Marva Gibson

Soror Rubena Kemp

Soror Bernice Sanders

Soror Corinne Monroe

Soror Ernestine P. Glass

Soror Queenie Lawton

Soror Lela M. Austin

Soror Oryntha Murray

Soror Julia Glass

Soror Audrey Thomas

Soror Lucille Edwards

Soror O.R. Williford

Soror Cornelia Glover

Soror Blanche Whigam

Soror Venezuela Ford

Soror Sarah Mathis

Soror Irma G. Hamilton

Soror Bertha Brown

Soror Mary Gethers

Soror Willie Mae Jackson

Soror Jennie M. Harrison

Soror Sybil Jones

Soror Ruth Jenkins

Epsilon Tau Zeta 1947 Epsilon Tau Zeta 1961

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Epsilon Tau Zeta 1956 Epsilon Tau Zeta 1956 Epsilon Tau Zeta

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Soror Wilhelmenia Jefferson Xi Iota Zeta

Soror Charlie F. Knight Xi Iota Zeta

Soror Flora P. Miller Xi Iota Zeta

Soror Maggie P. Pitts Xi Iota Zeta

Soror Earlene Gilbert Xi Omega Zeta

Soror Gladys Turner Xi Omega Zeta

Soror Mattye McCullough Xi Phi Zeta

Soror Myrtle Wright Xi Phi Zeta

Soror Angela Johnson Xi Xi Zeta

Soror Genova Lawrence Xi Xi Zeta

Soror Katie B. Alston Zeta Eta Zeta 1955

Soror Lee A. Collins Zeta Eta Zeta 1958

Soror Lois Dickerson Zeta Eta Zeta 1955

Soror Elise McLaurin Zeta Gamma Zeta 1955

Soror Mary Turner

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Soror Katherine Valentine Zeta Gamma Zeta 1946

Soror Sarah C. Gibson Zeta Mu Zeta

Soror Evelyn Green Zeta Mu Zeta

Soror Gwendolyn White Zeta Mu Zeta

Soror Annie Fisher Zeta Sigma Zeta

Soror LaRue Stephens Zeta Sigma Zeta

Soror Bettye Wilson Zeta Sigma Zeta

Soror Kathleen Young Beta Pi Zeta

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Soror Winold Goodman Alpha Chi Zeta 1947

Soror Lois Martin Alpha Chi Zeta 1947

Soror Falonia McDonald Alpha Chi Zeta 1947

Soror Verna Allen

Alpha Gamma Zeta 1951

Soror Helen Badie

Alpha Gamma Zeta 1950

Soror Lucille Bland

Soror Martha V. Pierce

Soror Mary T. Charles

Soror Bernice Carkum

Soror Thelma Richardson

Soror Clara Deo

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Soror Jennie L. Curry Alpha Gamma Zeta 1960

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Soror Emma C. Wilson Epsilon Alpha Zeta 1946

Soror Zedia Lane

Soror Lucille Hunter

Soror Thelma M. Cary

Soror Leatrice R. Roberts

Soror Rosa M. Clark

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Soror Mable C. Emery

Gamma Kappa Zeta 1956

Mu Zeta 1960

Kappa Zeta 1951

Soror Isabel M. Herson

Kappa Zeta

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Soror Bobbie J. Foster

Soror Billie N. Chambers

Soror Carey B. Wallace

Soror Fanny R. Houston

Soror Rachel H. Wells

Soror Mirian Jones

Soror Robbye L. Williams

Soror Nuralee Lee

Soror Dorothy F. Briggs

Soror Justine Lewis

Soror Elizabeth C. Clow

Soror Lavon Marshall

Soror Alva C. Cooper

Soror Celia B. Pearson

Soror Pearl Douglas

Soror Annie Williams

Soror Audrey Edwards

Soror Lucille Calhoun

Soror Margaret D. Evans

Soror Dorothy Collins

Soror Helen H. Hayes

Soror Doris H. Ellison

Soror Alpha Henderson

Soror Gaynell Gainer

Soror Dorothy Hicks

Soror Marye Gilford

Soror Viola F. Holloway

Soror Louise Graham

Soror Emma Lou Jacobs

Soror Josie Harper

Soror Gertrude McCowan

Soror Hazel Hayes

Soror Ella McNeil

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Alpha Pi Zeta 1960 Alpha Pi Zeta 1960 Alpha Pi Zeta 1948

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Kappa Zeta 1946 Kappa Zeta 1951

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Lambda Zeta 1956

Soror Doris C. Steele

Lambda Zeta 1948

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Lambda Zeta 1950 Lambda Zeta 1947

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Soror DeLois Paley Psi Zeta 1954

Soror Hazel Robinson Psi Zeta 1945

Soror Alberta Thomas

Soror Melanie J. Thibodeaux

Soror Vivian M. Savoy

Soror Mary O. Flournoy

Soror Helen B. Stewart

Soror Inez Harris

Soror Edna G. Walker

Soror Ruby L. Moore

Soror Ledessa B. Williams

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Soror Pearlie Johnson Upsilon Zeta 1955

Soror Mildred L. Mason

Lambda Zeta 1957

Upsilon Zeta 1936

Soror Jean Roquemore

Lambda Zeta 1958

Upsilon Zeta 1958

Soror Sammie W. Sutton

Lambda Zeta 1947

Upsilon Zeta 1940

Soror Dorothy L. Boyd

Lambda Zeta 1942

Zeta Kappa Zeta 1959

Soror Claudia B. Curtis

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Soror Hazel F. Wilson

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Lambda Zeta 1946

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Soror Lillian J. Jefferson

Lambda Zeta 1952

Soror Althea L. Renfro

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Soror Augustine Warner

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Soror Vertie J. Young

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Soror Lucy Virdure Mu Zeta 1952

Soror Barbara Punch

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Soror Mildred C. Stevenson Mu Zeta 1959

Soror Nova Maddox

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Soror Mildred Spriggins Mu Zeta 1953

Soror Joyce J. Parker

Epsilon Alpha Zeta 1946

Soror Geraldine A. Simms Mu Zeta 1960

Soror Latrell Johnson

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Soror Earlene M. Simms Mu Zeta 1960

Soror Marcene D Mosby

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Soror Evelyn W. Robinson Mu Zeta 1960

Lambda Zeta 1955

Alpha Pi Zeta 1954

Soror Helen W. Poydras Mu Zeta 1945

Soror Catherine Huff

Alpha Pi Zeta 1954

Soror Mary Moody Mu Zeta 1952

Soror Bobbie W. Moorehead

Alpha Pi Zeta 1942

Soror Mae C. Johnson Mu Zeta 1960

Soror Jewel Hill Alpha Pi Zeta 1960

Soror Gloria M. Handy Mu Zeta 1960

Soror Lillian C. Wilson Alpha Gamma Zeta 1955

Soror Fannie H. Dunn-Terrell Mu Zeta 1953

Soror Jacqueline Gray Alpha Gamma Zeta 1958

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First African American Woman to Lead American Cancer Society National Board Public Education Leader Cynthia M. LeBlanc, Ed.D Becomes Board Chair During Annual Leadership Change. Breast Cancer Expert W. Phil Evans, M.D., F.A.C.R., Assumes Role of President

he American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest voluntary health organization, elected 11 new officers to its volunteer 2011-2012 National Board of Directors during its annual meeting this week, including the first African American woman to chair its board. The organization’s National Assembly and National Board of Directors, the Society’s primary governing bodies, have been comprised of elected volunteers since the organization’s inception in 1913. Leading the Assembly will be the newly elected President W. Phil Evans, M.D., F.A.C.R., of Dallas, Texas, and presiding over the Board will be Chair Cynthia M. LeBlanc, EdD, M.A., of Richmond, California. Other officers elected were: Gary M. Reedy, of Dresher, Pennsylvania, chair-elect; Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., M.D., of New Haven, Connecticut, president-elect; Pamela K. Meyerhoffer, F.A.H.P., of Scottsdale, Arizona, vice chair; Tim E. Byers, M.D., M.P.H., of Aurora, Colorado, first vice president; Douglas K. Kelsey, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.P., of Zionsville, Indiana, second vice president; Daniel P. Heist, C.P.A., of State College, Pennsylvania, treasurer; Robert R. Kugler, Esq. of Haddonfield, New Jersey, secretary; Edward E. Partridge, M.D., of Birmingham, Alabama, immediate past president; and, Stephen L. Swanson of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, immediate past chair. Dr. LeBlanc, the incoming chair of the board, has more than 30 years of experience in administration in several school

districts in California, for which she has received numerous recognitions and awards for outstanding leadership. A Society volunteer for 24 years, LeBlanc has served in various capacities at the community, Division and national levels. She has served on the Society’s California Board of Directors since 1994, including serving as chair from 2004-2005 and was instrumental in encouraging the inclusion of youth in the work of the Society and strategic planning addressing the impact of cancer in diverse communities. A St. George medal recipient, Dr. LeBlanc is a Road to Recovery volunteer, Legislative Ambassador, and ACS National Leadership Development Program coach. She is humbled to be the first African American woman to serve in this position for the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of

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experience to save lives and end cancer for good. As a global grassroots force of three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping you stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early, helping you get well by being there for you during and after a diagnosis, by finding cures through groundbreaking discovery and fighting back through public policy. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing more than $3.5 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more about us or to get help, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer. org.

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During the month of October Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF partnered in the annual Trick-or-Treat for U.S. Fund for UNICEF campaign.

ll month long, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority chapters, members and auxiliaries were asked to host Halloween fundraising parties or carry an orange collection box door-to-door on Halloween to raise money to support UNICEF’s mission and initiatives that save children’s lives. According to International President Sheryl P. Underwood, “Zeta Phi Beta’s partnership with UNICEF is in keeping with our commitment to improving the lives of children and families.” “She adds, “this was a great way for people to support the work of UNICEF and help less fortunate children.” For more than 60 years, Trick-or-Treat for U.S. Fund for UNICEF has served as the Original Kids Helping Kids® campaign. Beginning in 1950, children across America were inspired to collect coins for UNICEF to aid children abroad enduring the after-effects of World War II. According to UNICEF it was not just a charity effort—it was a call to end the needless suffering of their more vulnerable peers around the globe. Since that time, generations of Americans have

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supported Trick-or-Treat for U.S. Fund for UNICEF as a powerful way to make a difference in the lives of the world’s children. Today, that mission is as urgent as ever, and the campaign is just as vibrant. To-date the Trick-or-Treat for U.S. Fund for UNICEF campaign has raised more than $160 million. The campaign remains an inspiration to the young (and the young at heart). According to Dr. Kathryn T. Malvern, who is Zeta Phi Beta’s main representative to the United Nations, and partnership initiator, “As NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) partners, through the UN, Zeta and UNICEF provide a powerhouse for bettering the human condition of children globally.” She adds, “In 2010 Zeta, under the leadership of International President Sheryl P. Underwood, initiated the Haitian Relief Fund with a $20, 000 donation to UNICEF during Zeta Day at the UN. And now we begin another campaign in partnership for children, Trick or Treat for UNICEF. Together, we do make a difference!!”

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ZETAS SALUTING THOSE WHO SERVE! Zeta Phi Beta Joins First Lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces Initiative

eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. is Joining Forces with our country’s First Lady Michelle Obama to serve and support military families.

The “Joining Forces” initiative is in keeping with our commitment to caring for those who protect our freedom. By Joining Forces Zeta Phi Beta will apply our energies to embracing the heroes among us who serve our country as members of the active military, military families, veterans and survivors of our fallen warriors. Joining Forces ties in with our Adopt-a-Military Base/ Adopt-a-Military Family Initiative, both under the umbrella of Zetas Saluting Those Who Serve! Zeta joins the country in giving back by Joining Forces to support those who sacrifice so much to ensure our democracy and its citizens are protected. Every chapter that signs up will get Z-HOPE & Distinguish Pearl Points. For ideas and resources to serve and support military

families via Joining Forces visit the official White House website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces. For more information contact your Chapter President, State or Regional Director. Zeta introduced the Adopt-a-Military Base/Adopt-a-Military Family initiative in 2010, perfectly aligning with Mrs. Obama’s commitment to support military families. Joining Forces builds upon the First Lady’s long-standing concern for enhanced support to military families, recognizing the unique challenges they face. Zeta Phi Beta is also looking for members who currently serve or who have served in the military. “We want to recognize our members whose service contributes to our country’s freedom,” says Grand Basileus Underwood. She adds, “We are especially looking for our Zeta Doves who served in World War II and the Korean War.” Zetas with military service should visit www. ZphiB1920.org to register their military service.

VISIT WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/JOININGFORCES FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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nternational Grand Basileus Sheryl Underwood is pleased to announce that Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is one of the newest partners to join Text4Baby, the first-ever free mobile texting service for moms during pregnancy and infants up to their first birthday. Text4Baby leverages cellular technology to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies and strengthen families. Text4Baby, founded by the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, is a free text messaging service, supported by the wireless industry. Each week moms receive free text messages on a variety of topics including nutrition, labor, delivery, breast-feeding and immunization, all things moms need to know in order to be healthy moms and have healthy babies. Cellular carriers do not charge a fee for the texts messages. Currently there are over 240, 000 subscribers to the Text4Baby service. As a Corporate Partner, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority will provide visibility for the initiative and conduct outreach campaigns designed to encourage moms-to-be to sign up for the free service. Informed and healthy mothers are critical to ensuring a full-term pregnancy and deliverer of healthy babies. This initiative is under the banner of the sororityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Storkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest program, a national initiative designed to decrease the incidence of premature birth by providing information and education, on a local and national level, regard-

ing prenatal care, healthy mothers, healthy pregnancies and delivering healthy babies. Text4baby is made possible through a broad, public-private partnership that includes government, corporations, academic institutions, professional associations, tribal agencies and non-profit organizations. Women can sign up by texting BABY to 511411 or by visiting www.text4baby.org.

Text4Baby Partners Zeta Phi Beta will join founding partners Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB), Voxiva, CTIA - The Wireless Foundation and Grey Healthcare Group (a WPP company). Johnson & Johnson is the found-

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ing sponsor, and the premier sponsor is WellPoint. U.S. government partners include the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense Military Health System and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The mobile health platform is provided by Voxiva and free messaging services are generously provided by participating wireless service providers. Implementation partners include BabyCenter, Danya International, Syniverse Technologies, Keynote Systems and The George Washington University. MTV Networks is a media sponsor.

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ifty years ago, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened its doors in Memphis, Tenn., becoming the very first children’s hospital to bring research and patient care together under one roof.

true to those same principles and celebrates five decades of research breakthroughs and unrivaled patient care. From the first moment that Danny Thomas, the founder of St. Jude, began raising money in the 1950s to build a children’s hospital, his mission was to help all desperately ill children, regardless of a family’s religion, financial status, or race. Although segregation was common practice in the South,

St. Jude became the place that doctors from around the world could send their sickest patients for lifesaving treatments, and parents never had to worry about how they would pay for it. Today, St. Jude remains

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PARTNERSHIP Dr. Constance Hendricks, South Central Regional Director, and Jennifer M. Jones, NPHC National President, with patients of St. Jude.

Thomas held firm in his conviction that all children, no matter their background, deserved a fighting chance. When St. Jude opened its doors on Feb. 4, 1962, it was the first fully integrated children’s hospital in the South. AfricanAmerican and white patients were treated in the same rooms; they dined together; and bathroom facilities were integrated. In most Southern hospitals, AfricanAmerican personnel, even those with university degrees, were normally employed in service areas. At St. Jude, they were hired as doctors, researchers and nurses delivering world-class care to the hospital’s first patients. Even though there was still discrimination in the South, it was not going to be permitted at St. Jude. Lemuel Diggs, MD, an original member of the St. Jude Board of Governors, wrote: “In my opinion, the St. Jude Hospital should be supported by people of all races, and we should never allow the segregation problem to interfere with our more important aims. Today, a son of one of the technicians in my laboratory died of leukemia after an illness which financially wrecked their family, as well as causing mental and physical strain on members of the family. … It is for such a disease that St. Jude Hospital is being built. The petty matters of race pale into

unimportance in the face of catastrophes of this type.” When the hospital opened in 1962, children diagnosed with cancer faced a virtual death sentence. Only two out of every 10 children diagnosed would survive the disease; today St. Jude has helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancers to 80 percent. For five decades, St. Jude has advanced the research and treatment of pediatric cancer, as well as sickle cell and other childhood illnesses. Today, St. Jude continues to lead the way in the discovery of better treatments that can save even more precious lives. Thanks to dedicated supporters, one child saved at St. Jude means thousands more saved around the world. That’s because St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with everyone in the medical community. St. Jude is a national hospital with a global mission – to reach the day Danny Thomas dreamed of: a day when no child will die in the dawn of life.

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St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. No family ever pays St. Jude for care. In 1962, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer, was 4 percent. Today, the survival rate for this once deadly disease is 94 percent, thanks to research and treatment protocols developed at St. Jude. The daily operating cost for St. Jude is $1.7 million, which is primarily covered by public contributions. St. Jude is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. St. Jude is the first institution established for the sole purpose of conducting basic and clinical research and treatment into catastrophic childhood diseases, mainly cancer. St. Jude was the first institution to produce a cure for sickle cell disease with a bone marrow transplant and has one of the largest pediatric sickle cell disease programs in the country.

To learn more about St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, visit www.stjude.org.

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In Loving Memory of Our Triumphant Past Basileus Soror Kissner, Former Grand Basileus, Joins Triumphant Sorors

riumphant Soror Janice Marie Gantt Kissner, the 17th International Grand Basileus, died on July 15, 2010 at the age of 69 years old. Soror Janice Gantt Kissner became a member of Zeta Phi Beta in the fall of 1965 and was initiated into Chi Chapter at Cheyney University in Cheney, Pennsylvania. She served as Basileus and assured the sorors in her chapter and sponsoring graduate chapter—Beta Delta Zeta—that one day soon she would be the Grand Basileus of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.

contacts the number of Stork’s Nest rose from 25 in 1974 to 80 in 1980. Zeta’s work in the healthcare arena was then parlayed to establish partnerships with the National Medical Association and Howard University Medical Center to educate communities on health prevention measures, and during Grand Kissner’s administration, Birch Haven was refurbished in 1977 and it was due to her extensive ability to travel that Zeta’s outreach increased and partnerships flourished.

She began the road to her destination first serving as the first National Undergraduate Member at Large and then as the National Third Anti-Basileus from 1969 – 1972. Soror Kissner ran for and won the office of Grand Basileus in 1974 and is often referred to as the youngest Grand Basileus ever elected at the age of 34 years of age. With her strong communication skills, youthful determination and extraordinary vision, she was able to move Zeta forward at lightening speed. Soror Kissner was affectionately known as “Grand Jan”, under the Kissner administration in 1975, the National Educational Foundation was incorporated to award scholarships and sponsor workshops.

Zeta became one of two organizations asked to affiliate with the National Council of Women of the U.S.A. and the National Council of Negro Women. During her administration her outreach and business savvy garnered Fortune 500 company contributions to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Grand Kissner was the first Grand Basileus nominated by Ebony magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans and the first to participate in the Congressional Black Caucus Brain Trust. During the Kissner administration, the slogan, “A CommunityConscious, Action-Oriented Organization”, was adopted. Dr. Kissner increased Zeta’s outreach internationally by chartering a chapter in St. Croix in 1976 and held the first regional conference on the continent of Africa.

Through her professional affiliation as community affairs director with the March of Dimes, a formal partnership was established with the sorority. This partnership led to the establishment of Storks Nest throughout the country, providing the sorority with greater national visibility and internationally with the establishment of a Nest in Liberia. Through Grand Kissner’s efforts and

Past Grand Janice Gantt Kissner raised the bar on the membership’s knowledge of the administration by holding the first national constitutional and budget hearings during the Boulé and by conducting the first outside audit of national finances. Grand Kissner extended the auxiliary outreach and

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published the first Archonette handbook to assist sponsors working with youth groups and further extended the Zeta’s outreach by inviting entertainers and vendors to Boulé. Grand Jan always motivated and inspired our undergraduate sorors but further emphasized safety and adherence to rules by developing the Pledge’s Bill of Rights, holding the first undergraduate retreat in 1975 and formulated the first non-hazing policy in Greekdom that was eventually adopted by the National PanHellenic Council. Grand Kissner’s administration grew Zeta from 238 chapters to 508 chapters in a span of six years—the largest growth in chapters and membership of any administration in Zeta’s history. As a proud member of Zeta Zeta Chapter in Dolton, Illinois, she was a Soror who practiced and was committed to the principles of this sorority: Service, Scholarship, Sisterhood and was always a “Finer Woman” each and every day of her life. The National Executive Board of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, offers its most sincere and heartfelt sympathy. The National Executive Board of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., deleted the name of Soror Janice Gantt Kissner from the roll of active members and placed it among the honored dead. She has left Zeta Phi Beta Sorority to join the Triumphant Zetas where we shall one day meet in the great Boulé that shall never end. Peace to her remains and felicity to her soul.

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Soror Cordelia Neale Sigma Alpha Zeta

Soror Carol Williams

Soror Martha Jackson Price

Nu Eta Zeta, (Alabama)

Chi Lambda Zeta, (Tennessee)

Soror Terriyln Plump

Soror Novella Bass

Beta Eta Zeta, (Alabama)

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Pi Zeta, (Tennessee)

Soror Patricia Henley

Soror Yvonne Moore

Rho Alpha Zeta, (Alabama)

Alpha Eta Zeta, (Tennessee)

Soror Catherine Bates

PACIFIC REGION

Alpha Sigma Zeta, (Alabama)

Soror Barbara Neal

Soror Katina Williams

Alpha Eta Zeta, Tennessee

Beta Upsilon Zeta, (Alabama)

Soror Deloris Callahan

Soror Obie Cooper

Soror Geneva Kirby Harris

Alpha Eta Zeta, Tennessee

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Delta Omega Zeta, (Alabama)

Soror Yvonne Moore

Soror Charlesetta Darrett-Fishman

Soror Mary Morris Scissum

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Soror Dr. Barbara Collier

Soror Lullelia Walker Harrison

Delta Omega Zeta, (Alabama)

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Soror Luvenia Brown

Lambda Zeta Chapter

Gamma Eta Zeta, (Alabama)

Soror Samelia Woodson

Soror Jeanette McCall

Gamma Eta Zeta Chapter - Alabama

Gamma Eta Zeta, (Alabama)

Soror Lizzie T. PlentyHudson

Soror Constance Hawthorne Alpha Psi Zeta Chapter, (California)

Soror Thelma Johnson Alpha Psi Zeta Chapter, (California)

Soror Audrey Quarles

Alpha Rho Zeta, (Alabama)

Alpha Psi Zeta Chapter, (California)

Soror Sharon McGee

Soror Octavia Carter

Iota Beta Zeta, (Arkansas)

Delta Delta Zeta Chapter, (California)

Alice Mays

Soror Lois Bradford

Epsilon Zeta Zeta, (Arkansas)

Eta Mu Zeta, (Washington)

Soror Henrietta Stewart Eta Mu Zeta, (Washington)

Soror Tina Lewis, Phi Theta Zeta Chapter, (California)

Soror Nancy Quishenberry, Theta Iota Zeta Chapter, (California, Inactive)

Soror Precious Hawes Alpha Sigma Zeta, (Alabama)

Soror Genieve Finley

Soror Alexis Hampton Tau Eta Chapter (Mississippi)

Soror Valerie Mendenhall Williams Epsilon Zeta Zeta, (Arkansas)

Soror Dorothy Ann Portis Epsilon Zeta Zeta, (Arkansas)

Soror Patricia Ann Waddy Epsilon Zeta Zeta, (Arkansas)

Soror Betty T. Lumpkin Beta

Nu Omega Zeta, (Arkansas)

Chapter and Charter Member Epsilon

Delta Chi Zeta, (Mississippi)

Soror Ava Cobbins

Alpha Xi Zeta, (Alabama)

(Mississippi)

Soror Barbara Scott

Soror Juanita Humphrey

Alpha Sigma Zeta, (Alabama)

(Mississippi)

Soror Tiara Gibson-Bonner

Soror Ruby Smith

A TRIBUTE TO OUR TRIUMPNANT SORORS

Soror Valarie Schrader May 14, 1972 ~ July 27, 2011 Nu Chi Zeta Chapter St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Soror Zelma Howard

Sallie Fernandes

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Beta Tau Zeta (Florida)

(Mississippi)

Soror Shannon E. Owens

Soror Marian Harris Shannon

Soror Eloise Edward

Beta Upsilon Zeta, (Alabama)

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Alpha Mu Zeta, (Arkansas)

Soror Geraldine Coleman

Tau Xi , (Alabama)

Beta Chapter and Epsilon Zeta

Soror Lazerne Harper

Sharon Rembert

Soror Thelma WestBrooks

Soror Sadye Watson Potter

Alpha Mu Zeta, (Arkansas)

Nu Zeta Zeta, (Alabama)

Pi Tau Zeta and Epsilon Gamma, (Alabama)

Tau Zeta Chapter

Soror Mable Boswell Mitchell

Epsilon Zeta Zeta, (Arkansas)

Soror Rosa Lawson

Psi Epsilon Zeta and Charter Member

Soror Carol Snowden

Soror Polly Johnson

Delta Theta Zeta, (Alabama)

Regional Director Soror Haroldine Crowder Kapp Iota Zeta

Soror Paula A. Oates-Ward

Soror Helen Pollard

SOUTH EASTERN REGION

Epsilon Zeta Zeta, (Arkansas)

Alpha Rho Zeta, (Alabama)

Nu Zeta Zeta, (Alabama)

Another day now dawning Another day has begun Another day to turn to God and pray, “Lord, let Thy Will be done” A day to slay doubt’s dragon, To know within your soul That as you give yourself to Him He’ll bless and make you whole. A day to live in His purpose A day to show you care When others come to you distraught Confused or in despair A day to share God’s blessings In quiet and meaningful ways That touch hearts with hope and joy And brighten those cloudy days A day for sweet celebration For gratitude and praise Because His love enfolds you Not just now, but in all your days.

Gamma Eta Zeta Chapter (Alabama)

Soror Vivian Mathews Kelley

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

THIS IS THE DAY!

(Mississippi)

Soror Alma Starks Alpha Eta Zeta, (Tennessee)

Soror Jacqueline Moore

Soror Amecia Monica Wade

Beta Upsilon Zeta, (Alabama)

Alpha Eta Zeta, (Tennessee)

We pray by the house in which you stand, is on the road of the greatest land. We salute you Sister, You’ve earned your wings and left this place of common things. Your deeds were many, whether small or grand. And you were a friend to both woman and man. Rest our Sister, Your legacy is penned and through time your sisterly love will transcend.

Soror Valarie Schrader became a member of Nu Chi Zeta on June 20, 2008. Her time in Zeta was marked with Service, Scholarship, Sisterly Love and Finer Womanhood. Soror Schrader was a certified and highly qualified school Teacher at the Ricardo Richards Elementary School on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. She taught in the Primary Multi-Age classroom of 2nd and 3rd grade students. She was married to Mr. Joseph Schrader and had three daughters, Ashley, Alexis and Adrienne.

Soror Mary Morris Scissum Alpha Xi Zeta, (Alabama)

Soror Mary H. McCall

Poem by Michele Gray-Samuel

Alpha Rho Zeta, (Alabama)

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