Recognizing, honoring, and congratulating Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated on its 106th Founders' Day and Declaring January 16th Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Day in the City of Philadelphia.

Recognizing, honoring, and congratulating Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated on its 106th Founders’ Day and Declaring January 16th Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Day in the City of Philadelphia. WHEREAS, The Philadelphia City Council traditionally recognizes significant contributions to our community, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated is one such contributor and prepares to celebrate its 106th Founders’ Day on January 16, 2026; and WHEREAS, On January 16, 1920, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. by 5 principled coeds: Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, and Fannie Pettie Watts; and WHEREAS, Rooted in the slogan of “A Community-Conscious Action-Oriented Organization,” Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded on the simple belief that sorority elitism and socializing should not overshadow the real mission for progressive organizations - to address societal mores, ills, prejudices, poverty, and health concerns of the day; and WHEREAS, Since its inception, the Sorority has chronicled several firsts. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was the first Greek-letter organization to charter a chapter in Africa (1948); to form adult and youth auxiliary groups; to centralize its operations in a national headquarters at 1734 New Hampshire Avenue NW in Washington D.C.; to be constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, and was the first b…