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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, with a history spanning over 100 years since its founding in 1920 at Howard University, has been a trailblazing organization. During its existence, it has made significant contributions in the face of historical challenges, including the Ku Klux Klan's presence, the Harlem Renaissance, the onset of Prohibition, and the ratification of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.
Against this backdrop, five visionary students created a sorority dedicated to positive change, academic excellence, and addressing societal issues, especially within the Black community.
Throughout its 100+ years, Zeta has continued to innovate, from centralizing operations to chartering chapters in Africa and forming partnerships. With a global presence and a membership exceeding 100,000, the sorority remains committed to community service, education, and social change.
As it celebrates its remarkable 100+ year journey, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated remains dedicated to excellence and service to humanity, poised to continue its impactful work into the future.
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In the mid-1950s Rhoda Nixon, a junior high school social worker, and Alberta Alston, a guidance counselor at Edgar Dubs Shimer Junior High School frequently conversed about the graduate chapters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., to which each belonged. At the time, Rhoda Nixon belonged to the Delta Mu Zeta Graduate Chapter, while Alberta Alston was very active in the Gamma Xi Zeta Graduate Chapter. Even so, they both agreed that there was a need for a graduate chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. in the Queens, NY, area. To explore, they talked to women in their respective chapters and also reached out to members in the Alpha Zeta Graduate Chapter who resided in Queens.
Within a matter of months, an application for chartering a new chapter was made and on May 25, 1957, Thirteen women who represented the best in Zeta Phi Beta, became the charter members of Delta Beta Zeta, a chapter officially chartered to Long Island, New York.
Through the years, Delta Beta Zeta has made generous contributions to the American Red Cross, Sickle Cell Foundation, March of Dimes, NAACP, United Negro College Fund, Langston Hughes Library, Schomburg Center for Research, as well as the National Education Foundation of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. The chapter has frequently held voter registration drives in schools (reaching out to parents and high school students) and the community.
Since 1957, the women of Delta Beta Zetas have done great things. Chapter members have provided thousands of dollars in scholarship money to literally hundreds of young women in Queens. At one point, the chapter adopted a young man in South Africa and assisted in paying part of his college tuition.
The ladies of Delta Beta Zeta are no strangers to providing service to the community. Throughout its history, chapter members have donated gifts to children at local shelters and children who were hospitalized. Chapter members have tutored elementary school students as they prepared for the state-mandated examination.
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