National History
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was founded January 16, 1920 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. by five coeds. These women dared to depart from the traditional coalitions for Black women and sought to establish a new organization predicated on the precepts of Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood and Finer Womanhood. The trail blazed by the founders, Arizona Cleaver Stemmons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings and Fannie Pettie Watts, has been traversed by thousands of women dedicated to the emulation of the objectives and ideals of the Sorority. The Sorority was the first Greek-letter organization to charter a chapter in Africa (1948); to form adult and youth auxiliary groups, the Amicae, Archonettes, Amicettes, and Pearlettes.
The Sorority is the first and only to be constitutionally bound to a brother organization, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. Zeta’s national and local programs include endowment of its National Educational Foundation; community outreach services; and support of multiple affiliate organizations. Zeta chapters and auxiliary groups have given untitled hours of voluntary service to educate the public, assist youth, provide scholarships, support organized charities and promote legislation for social and civic change. A nonprofit organization, Zeta Phi Beta is incorporated in Washington, D.C. and in the state of Illinois. The Sorority is supported by the dues and gifts of its members.
Visit Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. National Website
The Sorority is the first and only to be constitutionally bound to a brother organization, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. Zeta’s national and local programs include endowment of its National Educational Foundation; community outreach services; and support of multiple affiliate organizations. Zeta chapters and auxiliary groups have given untitled hours of voluntary service to educate the public, assist youth, provide scholarships, support organized charities and promote legislation for social and civic change. A nonprofit organization, Zeta Phi Beta is incorporated in Washington, D.C. and in the state of Illinois. The Sorority is supported by the dues and gifts of its members.
Visit Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. National Website
Phi Beta Zeta Chapter History
Phi Beta Zeta was honored chartership on Saturday, April 17, 2007 under the leadership and authority of the 22nd International President Barbara C. Moore and 18th Midwestern Regional Director Antoinette “Toni” Gordon. Past Oklahoma State Director Cynthia Marigny officiated the charter ceremony.
This became the second Graduate Chapter in Tulsa, OK. Alpha Iota Zeta was the first graduate chapter in Tulsa, but was not active.
Zanda Dandy moving to Tulsa was interested in getting an active chapter. After calling headquarters and finding out how to charter a chapter, her search began for other Sorors that would be interested in her “quest”.
Those charter members and first officers were Renea Lyles (President), Tiffany Clark (Vice President), Shauntay Jones (Secretary), Zanda Dandy (Assistant Secretary), Emisha Maytubby (Treasurer), Leah Hendricks (Assistant Treasurer), and Quinton Young (Historian).
Recorded by Zanda Dandy in 2018
This became the second Graduate Chapter in Tulsa, OK. Alpha Iota Zeta was the first graduate chapter in Tulsa, but was not active.
Zanda Dandy moving to Tulsa was interested in getting an active chapter. After calling headquarters and finding out how to charter a chapter, her search began for other Sorors that would be interested in her “quest”.
Those charter members and first officers were Renea Lyles (President), Tiffany Clark (Vice President), Shauntay Jones (Secretary), Zanda Dandy (Assistant Secretary), Emisha Maytubby (Treasurer), Leah Hendricks (Assistant Treasurer), and Quinton Young (Historian).
Recorded by Zanda Dandy in 2018