Zeta Phi Beta

Zeta Phi Beta History

Founding Information

  • Founding Date and Place: January 16, 1920 at Howard University

Founders

  • Arizona Cleaver Stemons (Middle Name: Leedonia)

  • Pearl Anna Neal

  • Myrtle Tyler Faithful (Middle Name: Lavenia)

  • Viola Tyler Goings (Middle Name: Margaret)

  • Fannie Pettie Watts

Symbol and Colors

  • Symbol: Dove

  • Colors: Royal Blue & White

Motto

  • Motto: A community-conscious, action-oriented organization

Principles

  • Principles:

    • Scholarship

    • Service

    • Sisterhood

    • Finer Womanhood

Headquarters

  • Location: 1734 New Hampshire Ave, Washington, D.C. 20009

Official Flower

  • Flower: White Rose

Phi Beta Sigma History

Founding Information

  • Founding Date and Place: January 9, 1914, at Howard University

Founders

  • Charles I. Brown

  • A. Langston Taylor

  • Leonard F. Morse

Symbol and Colors

  • Symbol: Dove

  • Colors: Royal Blue & Pure White

Motto

  • Motto: Culture for Service and Service for Humanity

Principles

  • Principles:

    • Brotherhood

    • Scholarship

    • Service

Headquarters

  • Location: 145 Kennedy Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20011

Official Flower

  • Flower: White Carnation

Beta Chi Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Members

  • Members:

    • Aseye Potakey

    • Takaya McFarland

    • Selma Osei

    • Jane Mogor

    • Sarah Sackey

Chapter Information

  • Chartered On: March 31, 2023

  • Current President: Aseye Potakey

  • Expanded to BU: January 2024

  • Sponsoring Graduate Chapter: Delta Omicron Zeta

Boston Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Chapter Name

  • Name: Beta Alpha

Leadership Information

Current Leaders

  • International Grand Basileus: Dr. Stacie NC Grant

  • Regional Director: Beverly S. Tatham

  • State Director: Sherina D. Wright

  • Basileus of Delta Omicron Zeta: Jennifer Soruggs

Excuses Creed

  • "Excuses are tools for the weak and incompetent, Used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who specialize in these will never be Zeta."

Colleges

Locations

  • Morgan State University: Baltimore, Maryland

  • Butler University: Indianapolis, Indiana

  • Cornell University: Ithaca, New York