Rho Chi Zeta’s
Out of the Blue A Monthly Newsletter...Keeping Sorors Informed V O L U M E
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Executive Board News From National News From Region News From State PXZ News
PXZ Calendar Undergrad Corner March of Dimes
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Basileus Corner Greetings Remarkable Sorors of Rho Chi Zeta Chapter, I am so grateful for many things during this holiday season, family, friends, health and dedicated sorors like you. During the break, I reflected on what is going well in our chapter and where work is needed. I realize we truly need help in understanding the chapter function and communication. Understanding the chapter function is the responsibility of all members not just the officers. So, I encourage you to pick up your handbook and read as well as ask questions. My goal for this Zeta year is to enhance our communication. I will continue to provide you with the weekly update every Tuesday. The weekly update, is a summary of the communication from all levels of our leadership. I not only challenge you to stay informed, but use your gifts and talents to benefit the chapter. Please, take a moment to reflect on the commitment each of us made when we took our Zeta Oath as we were initiated into the organization. Now, ask yourself what can I do to make Zeta Phi Beta and Rho Chi Zeta chapter the best it can be? I value each one of you as member of this Chapter. We have to work together to be a positive influence in Delaware County. Be an engaged member. Support your chapter leaders, and be willing to serve when called upon. Rho Chi Zeta needs you!
Yours in Service,
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Basileus Inspiration "It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or dehumanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.” — J. W. Goethe
The Executive Board Basileus: Madame Sandra Casimir
Grammateus: Soror Deanna Lewis
First Anti-Basileus: Soror Barbara A. Cousar
Second Anti-Basileus: Soror Lytanja Jones-Beulah
Tamias: Soror Erika M. Dawkins
Tamias Grammateus: Soror Elizabeth K. Terrell
Third Anti-Basileus: Soror Earnestine Livingston
Phylacter: Soror Barbara Abdul-Karim
ZOL Zeta’s national leadership conference convened July 18-21, 2013, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Over 1,100 members (graduate and undergraduate) and Amicae (Friends) attended intense training that was designed to enhance leadership skills in both Zeta Phi Beta and in their personal/professional life. This year’s ZOL Leadership Conference, experienced the largest attendance since the beginning of this national program in 2005. Sorors Butler, Cousar, Johnson, Lewis, Livingston and I attended. Sorors Butler, Johnson and Livingston are pursuing certification. PAGE
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National Zeta News
IMPORTANT DATES July 10 – 15, 2014 Zeta Phi Beta Boule Washington, DC
Life membership is open until December 31, 2013. To apply, you must have 5 consecutive years of activity in Zeta. The Basileus’ signature is required on the application. Phi Beta Sigma Centennial kick off Founders' Day Gala event will take place on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at the Renaissance Hotel Downtown, Washington, DC. Please visit PBS national website for more information.
July 16 - 20, 2014
The Boule will take place July 15 – 19, 2014 at The Hilton located 1919 Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C. to coincide with the Sigma’s Centennial. Registration material has not been released.
Phi Beta Sigma Centennial Conclave Washington, D.C.
Phi Beta Sigma’s Centennial Conclave will take place in July 16 - 20, 2014 at Marriott Wardman Park located at 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, D.C. Please adhere to the documents pertaining to sorority's Unified Visual Identity Manual/Standards.
Atlantic Region Zeta News The Atlantic Regional Leadership Conference was held on October 10 – 13, 2013 in Buffalo, New York. Soror Butler, Casimir, Cousar, Jones-Beulah, Lewis, and Page attended. The delegates were Sorors Jones-Beulah and Lewis.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Zeta News
The Commonwealth of PA Leadership Conference will take place at the Philadelphia Renaissance Hotel on April 11-12, 2014 in Philadelphia.. IMPORTANT DATES
March 14, 2014 Deadline to register for CPLC
April 11 – 12, 2014: CPLC in Philadelphia, PA
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Rho Chi Zeta News Introducing Rho Chi Zeta Membership Intake Fall 2013 Class
Aspirants: Lorraine Henry Jashina Miller
Danielle Pettigrew Sandra Pitts Whitney Strickland Kendra Taylor
U.P.L.I.F.T. This marks our fourteenth year servicing young girls of Delaware County through our program UPLIFT (Utilizing Potential and Life Interests for Teens). This year the theme is “Destination UPLIFT: A Journey to Self Discovery.� The goal is to assist our participants in discovering more about themselves in hopes that they can in turn act on their strengths and become valuable contributors to their communities. The life skills they learn within UPLIFT are applicable whether the participants plan to attend college or gain immediate employment after graduating high school. PAGE
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Rho Chi Zeta Chapter Calendar December 1st
Happy Zetaversary Soror Keya Epps
December 3rd
January 8th
Happy Birthday Soror Jamila Cook
January 11th
Happy Birthday Soror Sheena Oliver
Rho Chi Zeta Chapter Meeting
Happy Zetaversary Soror Nikkimah Davis
UPLIFT Academy
December 5th
Happy Zetaversary Soror Lisa Davis
December 7th
Rho Chi Zeta Chapter’s Meeting
December 8th
Happy Zetaversary Soror Nicole Allison
December 10th
Happy Birthday Soror Rebecca Austin
December 11th
Happy Birthday Soror Kalimah White
December 13th
January 16th
Happy Founders Day Zeta Phi Beta—94 Years!
January 17th
Happy Birthday Soror Carmen Wilson
Happy Birthday Soror Tracy Tucker
January 19th
Happy Birthday Soror Valentina Landrine
January 20th
Happy Birthday Soror Arlisha Calloway
January 25th
Happy Birthday Soror Keya Epps
Happy Birthday Soror Azeb Kinder
January 28th
Happy Zetaversary Soror Kimyla Stokes-Harrison
Happy Birthday Soror Kimyla Stokes-Harrison
Happy Birthday Soror Lavonia Page
December 14th
UPLIFT Academy
December 18th
Happy Zetaversary Soror Kala Lynn Baxter
December 19th
Happy Birthday Soror Michelle Johnson
December 28th
Happy Zetaversary Soror Lytanja Jones-Beulah
January 4th, 2014
Happy Birthday Soror Andrea Allen
February 1st
Happy Zetaversary Soror Erika Dawkins
Happy Zetaversary Soror Elizabeth Terrell
Rho Chi Zeta Chapter Meeting
February 12th
Happy Zetaversary Soror Latanga Rand
February 27th
Happy Zetaversary Soror Sheena Oliver
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Undergraduate Corner Rho Chi Zeta is proud to be the sponsoring graduate chapter for the following universities:
Kutztown University Zeta Sigma
Millersville University Pi Mu
Penn State University Mu Eta
Widener University Pi Tau
Pi Tau A national coalition has been formed by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and the National Action Network calling on all fraternities, sororities, civic organizations, academic institutions, politicians, celebrities and concerned citizens to support a full-scale effort to eliminate hazing culture from society. Pi Tau and another sorority collaborate to educate the campus on this initiative.
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Undergraduate Corner (Con’t) Pi Mu Chapter Celebrates 3o years We have worked really hard the past 30 years to establish a name for ourselves at Millersville University. Our organizers Denise Nelson and Regina Moore worked to overcome much adversity. The torch was passed on to the Chartering line in 1983 and the legacy continues today. Sorors came from near and as far as California, Georgia, Massachusetts, and North Carolina to celebrate this milestone in the chapter.
Members of Rho Chi are made of sorors from various undergraduates chapters. This year many celebrate their undergraduate special anniversary. Soror Casimir celebrated with each chapter to represent PXZ chapter celebration! Soror Casimir, Basileus of Rho Chi Zeta and Soror JonesBeulah, Second Anti-Basileus pause for a picture.
Temple University Celebrated 90 Years
Cheyney University Celebrated 60 Years Soror Casimir Celebrated Cheyney University, Chi Chapter 60th anniversary with Soror Wilkes who was initiated there.
Soror Casimir, Livingston, Webb and Wilkes celebrated with Soror Moses-Baxter, Oliver, Epps and White who are Temple graduates
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Rho Chi Zeta 2013 March of Dimes Walk
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Rho Chi Zeta Youth
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The Salisbury School is a dynamic K-12 educational institution where creative and innovative education and learning take place every day. More importantly, students are exposed to the highest levels of learning and instruction in an environment that is safe, and nurturing.
Alexa loves her school and fits right in with her peers. She is giving swimming a break, but picked up soccer in the Fall.
“Beautifully,
Alexa fixed houses for Habitat for Humanity during 2013 Experiential week with School. She hopes to make it to China in 2014!
Brilliantly,
Uniquely You Summit
and Bravely”
Over the past four years UYS has had the unique opportunity to challenge more than 2000 girls throughout the Delaware Valley to become their best selves! They have encouraged them to “Become Who They Are”, empowered them to think and act “Beautifully, Brilliantly, and Bravely”, introduced them to the foundation of being “Uniquely” themselves and asked them to declare—I AM! Alexa Green has attended the Uniquely You Summit for the past two years. She enjoys the speakers as well as meeting new friends.
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Congratulations Congratulations to Soror Nikia Whitaker and her husband Kenneth Hannon on their union as life partners! I'm so happy that the two of you have found love in each other. May the Lord bless you and keep you.
“Opportunities don’t happen, you
Zeta’s Making History
create them.” ~Chris Grosser
Lillie Mae Leatherwood(-King) (born July 6, 1964) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
She competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Sherri Howard, Olympic 400 m champion Valerie Brisco-Hooks and 400 m silver medalist Chandra Cheesborough. A native of Ralph, Alabama, Lillie attended the University of Alabama, in the 1986 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships Lillie captured the 400-m title with a 1st-place finish in an indoor collegiate record-setting time of 51.23s. She was also the National Champion in the 400-meter dash at the 1985 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, with a time of 53.12 seconds. Lillie became a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority in 1986 through the Iota Eta Chapter at the University of Alabama. She became married on November 20, 1986 to teammate & Olympian, Emmit King, member of Phi Beta Sigma. Lillie now resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and is employed by the Tuscaloosa City Police Department. OUT
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Soror Ingrid PĂŠrez-Martin can be reached at: ingridp_23@hotmail.com
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Rho Chi Zeta Chapter PO Box 163 Chester, PA 19016
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Christmas Around The World Word Find B D N P N Y X S I M T S R E K
L V A A B G M E C O N A V C I
N I D D T K R I S M A S K H K
V A O S I A A C L Z V I D R T
W N L N Z V L R G I O H U I E
I O I K Y E A K A L E D O S V
S C G A L L O N E C M D K T S
A E I T U J K W S R S N S M S
M T G A B O N E T A K O A A A
S E H W K U A L O C H E N S M
I F M S O L D E N I P L T Y E
R Q A L F U A T J U L E S Q I
K P N A T A L I S N S F I P Z
W E I H N A C H T E N H R J A
R J Z V R B O Z I C V B K V W
BOZIC CHRISTMAS CRACIUN GABONETAKO
NATAL
JOULU
NATALIS
JULE
NAVIDAD
KALEDOS
NOEL
KARACSONYI
NOLLAG
KERSTMIS
NWEL
KRISMAS
PASKO
KRISTNASKO
VANOCE
MILIED
VIANOCE
NADAL
WEIHNACHTEN
NADOLIG
ZIEMASSVETKI
Can you match the language to its Christmas translation? PAGE 12