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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 51
5	5	Honoring Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., on reaching the historic milestone
6	6	of 105 years of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY16, 2025
9	9	Ms. K
10	10	AMLAGER-DOVE(for herself, Ms. WILSONof Florida, Ms. KELLYof Illi-
11	11	nois, Mrs. S
12	12	YKES, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms. WILLIAMSof Geor-
13	13	gia, Ms. M
14	14	CCLELLAN, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CAR-
15	15	TERof Louisiana, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia,
16	16	Mr. F
17	17	ROST, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Ms. NORTON, Ms. CLARKEof New
18	18	York, and Ms. T
19	19	LAIB) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
20	20	ferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
21	21	RESOLUTION
22	22	Honoring Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., on reaching the his-
23	23	toric milestone of 105 years of scholarship, service, sis-
24	24	terhood, and finer womanhood.
25	25	Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was founded on Janu-
26	26	ary 16, 1920, at Howard University in Washington, DC,
27	27	by five finer women, Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl
28	28	Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings,
29	29	and Fannie Pettie Watts;
30	30	Whereas these ‘‘Five Pearls’’ who founded Zeta Phi Beta So-
31	31	rority, Inc., were dedicated to a core desire to provide
32	32	true service, embrace scholarship, set a standard for sis-
33	33	terly love and finer womanhood;
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36	36	•HRES 51 IH
37	37	Whereas, on March 30, 1923, in Washington, DC, Zeta Phi
38	38	Beta Sorority, Inc., was incorporated to ensure the per-
39	39	manence of the organization by Myrtle Tyler Faithful,
40	40	Gladys Warrington, Joanna Houston, Josephine F. John-
41	41	son, and L.O. Goldia Smith;
42	42	Whereas, since its founding in 1920, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
43	43	Inc., has chartered hundreds of chapters worldwide and
44	44	has a membership of over 100,000 and is divided into
45	45	eight intercontinental regions and over 875 chapters lo-
46	46	cated in the United States, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the
47	47	Caribbean;
48	48	Whereas the organization’s innovation has resulted in several
49	49	firsts, including being the first National Pan-Hellenic
50	50	Council organization to centralize its operations in a na-
51	51	tional headquarters, the first to charter a chapter in Afri-
52	52	ca, the first to form auxiliary groups, and the first to be
53	53	constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma
54	54	Fraternity, Inc.;
55	55	Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., is dedicated to expand-
56	56	ing their reach and has made a concerted effort to de-
57	57	velop chapters at both predominantly white institutions
58	58	and historically Black colleges and universities;
59	59	Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., has remained dedi-
60	60	cated in realizing the vision statement of being ‘‘an orga-
61	61	nization aimed towards the people and community by
62	62	raising awareness, encouraging the highest standards for
63	63	scholastic achievement, and a greater meaning of unity
64	64	among members’’;
65	65	Whereas the current members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
66	66	Inc., inherit a legacy built by former members who have
67	67	left remarkable imprints in their fields, including
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71	71	Bernette Johnson, the first Black woman to serve on the
72	72	Louisiana Supreme Court and the first Black woman to
73	73	become Chief Justice, Syleena Johnson, a Grammy
74	74	Award nominee R&B singer, Dr. Elizabeth Koontz, a re-
75	75	nowned educator, Dionne Warwick, a former Goodwill
76	76	Ambassador to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture
77	77	Organization, Zora Neale Hurston, an author, filmmaker,
78	78	and anthropologist, and Sheryl Underwood, a comedian
79	79	and television host; and
80	80	Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., continues to make a
81	81	difference in the United States and around the world, al-
82	82	ways following the footsteps of its founders and uphold-
83	83	ing the motto of Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority, Inc., to be ‘‘a
84	84	community-conscious, action-oriented organization’’:
85	85	Now, therefore, be it
86	86	Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-1
87	87	gratulates and commends Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority, Inc., 2
88	88	on 105 years of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer 3
89	89	womanhood. 4
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