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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 51
Honoring Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., on reaching the historic milestone
of 105 years of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY16, 2025
Ms. K
AMLAGER-DOVE(for herself, Ms. WILSONof Florida, Ms. KELLYof Illi-
nois, Mrs. S
YKES, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms. WILLIAMSof Geor-
gia, Ms. M
CCLELLAN, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CAR-
TERof Louisiana, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia,
Mr. F
ROST, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Ms. NORTON, Ms. CLARKEof New
York, and Ms. T
LAIB) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
RESOLUTION
Honoring Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., on reaching the his-
toric milestone of 105 years of scholarship, service, sis-
terhood, and finer womanhood.
Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was founded on Janu-
ary 16, 1920, at Howard University in Washington, DC,
by five finer women, Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl
Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings,
and Fannie Pettie Watts;
Whereas these ‘‘Five Pearls’’ who founded Zeta Phi Beta So-
rority, Inc., were dedicated to a core desire to provide
true service, embrace scholarship, set a standard for sis-
terly love and finer womanhood;
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Whereas, on March 30, 1923, in Washington, DC, Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority, Inc., was incorporated to ensure the per-
manence of the organization by Myrtle Tyler Faithful,
Gladys Warrington, Joanna Houston, Josephine F. John-
son, and L.O. Goldia Smith;
Whereas, since its founding in 1920, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
Inc., has chartered hundreds of chapters worldwide and
has a membership of over 100,000 and is divided into
eight intercontinental regions and over 875 chapters lo-
cated in the United States, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the
Caribbean;
Whereas the organization’s innovation has resulted in several
firsts, including being the first National Pan-Hellenic
Council organization to centralize its operations in a na-
tional headquarters, the first to charter a chapter in Afri-
ca, the first to form auxiliary groups, and the first to be
constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity, Inc.;
Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., is dedicated to expand-
ing their reach and has made a concerted effort to de-
velop chapters at both predominantly white institutions
and historically Black colleges and universities;
Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., has remained dedi-
cated in realizing the vision statement of being ‘‘an orga-
nization aimed towards the people and community by
raising awareness, encouraging the highest standards for
scholastic achievement, and a greater meaning of unity
among members’’;
Whereas the current members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
Inc., inherit a legacy built by former members who have
left remarkable imprints in their fields, including
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Bernette Johnson, the first Black woman to serve on the
Louisiana Supreme Court and the first Black woman to
become Chief Justice, Syleena Johnson, a Grammy
Award nominee R&B singer, Dr. Elizabeth Koontz, a re-
nowned educator, Dionne Warwick, a former Goodwill
Ambassador to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture
Organization, Zora Neale Hurston, an author, filmmaker,
and anthropologist, and Sheryl Underwood, a comedian
and television host; and
Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., continues to make a
difference in the United States and around the world, al-
ways following the footsteps of its founders and uphold-
ing the motto of Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority, Inc., to be ‘‘a
community-conscious, action-oriented organization’’:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-1
gratulates and commends Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority, Inc., 2
on 105 years of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer 3
womanhood. 4
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