IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 37 
Honoring Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., on reaching the historic milestone 
of 103 years of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2023 
Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE (for herself, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. FOUSHEE, 
Mrs. SYKES, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. PLASKETT, and Mr. MFUME) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., on reaching the his-
toric milestone of 103 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, it was the first National Pan-Hellenic Council or-
ganization to centralize its operations in a national head-
quarters, first to charter a chapter in Africa, first to 
form auxiliary groups, and 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 
Bernette Johnson, the first Black woman to serve on the 
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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-
gratulates and commends Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority, Inc., 
on 103 years of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer 
womanhood. 
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