What is Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated?

Zeta Phi Beta is an organization that strives for change. We, a group of college educated women organized as a sister organization to Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., understood that at the historical moment of our birth, it was time for a change--to move beyond the pale legacies set forth by other women's greek lettered societies.

We, the women of Zeta Phi Beta, knew that in order for true change to occur, it must take place with the cooperation of both genders. That is why we walk hand in hand with our Sigma brothers. Zeta women best understand the words of Julia A. J. Foote: "So close are the bonds between man and woman that you can not lift one without lifting the other."

We, the Sisters of the Dove, were not complacent with the status quo. For that reason, Zeta women claim a stellar legacy of political, civic, and social change.

We, those who exemplify Finer Womanhood know the power of sisterhood. As sisters we unite, combining our energies into a healing blue and white light to soothe our troubled world.

We, the bearers of the Zeta light, know that with change comes challenges. Yet we shall always meet each challenge with a brave heart, a clear conscience, and an unshakable committment to service. It is through World Class Service that a higher self, a better self, is actualized.

Eighty thousand women strong, individuals all, united in one singular purpose: to live our lives such that they may be examples for others to follow. Zeta Phi Beta, we love her so, her very name sets each soror's heart aglow. "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."--Proverbs 31:29

I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in
rainbows, with a harp and a sword
in my hands.
--Soror Zora Neale Hurston

Written by Soror Cecily Walker, Epsilon Zeta Chapter (Atlanta, GA).