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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Partners with Hazing Prevention Network to Combat Hazing

Ashley Brown — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated has become the first sorority affiliated with the National Pan-Hellenic Council to collaborate with the Hazing Prevention Network. This partnership aims to enhance the organization’s commitment to preventing hazing and ensuring a safe environment for new members. The Hazing Prevention Network, a national nonprofit organization, educates communities about the risks […]

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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove Elected as Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus

Ashley Brown — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:30:00 +0000

In a significant development for the 119th Congress, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, has been elected to serve as the Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). This prestigious position places her at the forefront of the CBS. Expressing her gratitude for the appointment, Kamlager-Dove remarked, “I […]

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Zeta Phi Beta’s Imani Corbett: Seton Hall’s First NAACP President

Ashley Brown — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:14:42 +0000

In Feburary, Seton Hall University achieved a significant milestone by becoming a certified chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored. The forefront of this historic moment is Imani Corbett, who has been appointed as the inaugural president of the newly chartered chapter. Corbett is a member of the Psi Pi chapter of […]

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Los Angeles Lakers Hire Dr. Vanessa Brooks as Head Athletic Trainer

Ashley Brown — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:51:47 +0000

The Los Angeles Lakers made a significant move on Friday by announcing that they have hired Dr. Vanessa Brooks as their new head athletic trainer. Brooks, a trailblazer in the NBA, previously served the Oklahoma City Thunder for five seasons. She made history as the first Black woman to be dual-certified as an athletic trainer […]

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Jackson State University’s Tiger Career Closet Receives Donations From Zeta Phi Beta, Lawyer’s Association

HBCU Editors — Wed, 18 May 2022 17:52:12 +0000

Jackson State University students will be able to receive business clothes for interviews and other meetings thanks to continued donations. Learn more about two donations to the Tiger Career Closet in the JSU release below. Jackson State University’s Tiger Career Closet received two generous gifts this spring. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch partnered with the Mississippi […]

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Chaka Khan & Vivica Fox Become Honorary Members Of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

HBCU Editors — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 19:21:15 +0000

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc announced its new “2020 Honorary Member Candidates.” Included in the group is legendary songstress Chaka Khan and actress Vivica A. Fox. Also included are fellow “finer women”, Archbishop Mary Floyd Palmer, the First African American Woman and First Non-Denominational Archbishop in the United States, and Linda L. Singh, the First African American […]

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Zeta Phi Beta Bans Transgender Women

HBCU Editors — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:29:20 +0000

As historically Black colleges and universities make LGBTQ-positive inroads, a sorority is committed to sticking with the past. Zeta Phi Beta, which has more than 100,000 members and over 800 chapters around the globe, enacted a policy earlier this year that states an “individual must be a cisgender woman” to join, according to the Washington Blade. A copy […]

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Zeta Phi Beta: Hampton University 2016 Homecoming Step Show

HBCU Editors — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:41:51 +0000

2016 Homecoming Step Show … Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc Rho Alpha Chapter.. Hampton University

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Greek Life Scares The Crap Out Of Freshmen And Other Oblivious Students

Sonia Montalvo — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:19:49 +0000

Though hard to believe some of us really do grow up oblivious, to Greek life that is. Ask me what I knew about Greek life prior to college and I would tell you “This sorority that wears blue used to come to the Boys & Girls Club and step for us when I was in […]

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Why Don’t More Black Greeks On Campus At HBCUs Come Out As Gay?

Tommy G. Meade Jr. — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:37:23 +0000

In early 2015, I wrote about one particular Central State University student who asked the Black Greeks on campus at the school one simple but complicated question: “Why does it seem like you all discriminate against gay people?” the CSU student asked. Apparently he wanted the CSU Black Greeks to respond with an honest answer […]

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