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H. 5147
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Robinson
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Introduced in the House on February 12, 2020
Adopted by the House on February 12, 2020
Summary: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/12/2020 House Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 27)
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TO HONOR AND COMMEND ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED, FOR ITS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., is a community-conscious and action-oriented organization that was founded on the campus of Howard University on January 16, 1920, by five collegiate women: Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, and Fannie Pettie Watts; and
Whereas, in the Palmetto State, forty-seven Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., chapters; twelve Amicae Auxiliaries; and fifteen Youth Affiliate Groups totaling more than a thousand women and youth are led by state Director Maxine Moses-Adams; and
Whereas, the members of the organization have donated more than eight hundred Wigs for Awareness, over twenty thousand dollars to the March for Babies, twenty thousand dollars to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, and twenty thousand dollars to the American Cancer Society; and
Whereas, whether giving scholarships through their South Carolina License Tag program or administering their outstanding Zetas Helping Other People Excel (Z-HOPE) program, formed during the leadership of South Carolina's own triumphant Soror Barbara Crockett Moore, the sorority's twenty-second international president, the women of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., understand that service to the community is their greatest legacy; and
Whereas, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., members participate in national programs that include the Elder Care Initiative that provides education and awareness about preparing for the senior years; the Stork's Nest, a community-based, prenatal, health-promotion program for low-income, pregnant women; Adopt-A-School to identify low-performing schools and provide assistance to enhance the educational experience, increase test scores, and improve grades; and
Whereas, the South Carolina chapters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., initiated their first annual collaboration with the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in April to bring awareness and to educate the community about the importance of consent with the #IASK campaign; and
Whereas, the South Carolina chapters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., are celebrating their thirteenth year of converging on the State House to bring recognition for and awareness of the service that the organization renders to the State of South Carolina; and
Whereas, the organization honors Marion M. Gary, the ninth South Carolina state director; Southeastern Regional Director Dr. Yvonne Jefferson Barnes; and Dr. Shirrie Miller for commissioning and implementing the first Zeta Day at the South Carolina State House hosted on April 9, 2008; and
Whereas, cognizant of the organization's ongoing commitment to the welfare of the citizens of this great State, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to pause in their deliberations to honor the South Carolina chapters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, honor and commend Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, for its many years of dedicated service to the people of South Carolina.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated.
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