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FL S1800

Resolution

Status

Passed

1/11/2024

Primary Sponsor

Geraldine Thompson

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Origin

Senate

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes January 16, 2024, as "Zeta Phi Beta Day" in Florida, celebrating 104 years of community service and activism on the sorority's International Founders' Day
  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was founded on January 16, 1920, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by five women who established the organization on precepts of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood
  • Notable alumni include acclaimed Florida-raised author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance who grew up in Eatonville
  • Members of Zeta Phi Beta, its auxiliary groups (Zeta Amicae and Zeta Male Network), and youth groups gathered at the Florida Capitol on January 11, 2024, to support causes aligned with the organization's 2024 theme, "The Extraordinary Power of S.H.E." (social, health, and economic justice)
  • The sorority's current programs include a National Educational Foundation endowment, scholarships, support for charitable organizations, and promotion of social and civic initiatives at the national, state, and local levels

Legislative Description

Zeta Phi Beta Day

Last Action

Adopted

1/11/2024

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