Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was founded on January 16, 1920, at Howard University in Washington, DC, by five finer women, Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, and Fannie Pettie Watts; Whereas these Five Pearls who founded Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., were dedicated to a core desire to provide true service, embrace scholarship, set a standard for sisterly love and finer womanhood; Whereas, on March 30, 1923, in Washington, DC, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was incorporated to ensure the permanence of the organization by Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Gladys Warrington, Joanna Houston, Josephine F. Johnson, and L.O. Goldia Smith; Whereas, since its founding in 1920, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., has chartered hundreds of chapters worldwide and has a membership of over 100,000 and is divided into eight intercontinental regions and over 875 chapters located in the United States, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean; Whereas the organization’s innovation has resulted in several firsts, it was the first National Pan-Hellenic Council organization to centralize its operations in a national headquarters, first to charter a chapter in Africa, first to form auxiliary groups, and first to be constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., is dedicated to expanding their reach and has made a concerted effort to develop chapters at both predominantly white institutions and historically Black colleges and universities; Whereas Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., has remained dedicated in realizing the vision statement of being an organization aimed towards the people and community by raising awareness, encouraging the highest standards for scholastic achievement, and a greater meaning of unity among members