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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Kappa Sigma Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta
3 Sorority, Incorporated, is sponsoring its first legislative
4 visit to the State Capitol; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded on
6 January 16, 1920, by five young women, respectfully known as
7 the Five Pearls, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl A. Neal, Myrtle
9 Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, and Fannie Pettie Watts
10 recognized the need to encourage the highest standards of
11 scholarship through scientific, literary, cultural, and
12 educational programs; promote service projects on college
13 campuses and in the community; foster sisterhood; and exemplify
14 the ideal of Finer Womanhood; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Since its inception Zeta Phi Beta has chronicled a
16 number of firsts; Zeta Phi Beta was the first Greek-letter
17 organization to charter a chapter in Africa in 1948; to form
18 adult and youth auxiliary groups; to centralize its operations
19 in a national headquarters; and to be constitutionally bound to
20 a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is honored to have formed

 

 

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1 many wonderful, community-based partnerships over the past 88
2 years administering Stork's Nest in collaboration with the
3 March of Dimes, the Z-HOPE program, and giving financial
4 assistance through our National Education Foundation; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The members and auxiliary groups of this sorority
6 provide voluntary service to community outreach programs, fund
7 scholarships, support organized charities, and promote
8 legislation for social change; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The Zeta Phi Beta members who have distinguished
10 themselves individually include Rear Admiral Evelyn J. Fields,
11 Violette Anderson, Dr. Deborah Wolfe, Bernette J. Johnson,
12 Esther Rolle, Sheryl Underwood, Minnie Riperton, Syleena
13 Johnson, Dr. Elizabeth D. Koontz, and Zora Neale Hurston, and
14 Illinoisan Dr. Jylla Moore Foster, past international
15 president of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Key officers today include: Dr. Barbara C. Moore,
17 International President; Daisy L. Davis, Great Lakes Regional
18 Director; and Alice F. Craft, Illinois State Director;
19 therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22 the members of this Body, in recognition of the achievements of

 

 

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1 the members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and the values for
2 which they strive, do proclaim Wednesday, May, 21, 2008 as the
3 First Zeta Phi Beta Day throughout the State of Illinois; and
4 be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
6 presented to the International President of Zeta Phi Beta
7 Sorority, Inc., the Great Lakes Regional Director of Zeta Phi
8 Beta Sorority, Inc., and the Illinois State Director of Zeta
9 Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.