Beta Zeta Graduate Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Annual Finer Womanhood Public Program

PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 13, 2007 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:      Savannah Winston, 301-675-6755
Date:           Saturday, March 24, 2007
Time:          1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location:    Howard University- Blackburn Center
                  Washington, DC 20059

D.C. Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Honors Community Groups in the Fight Against Breast Cancer at Annual Finer Womanhood Public Program

As part of their mission to enhance the quality of life in the District of Columbia through community service and sisterhood during the organization’s observance of Finer Womanhood, the Beta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will host a community health awareness program to promote the importance of women’s health focusing on women of color and low-income residents.  

The theme of this year’s event is “Building Better Bodies and Communities” and the focus of the public program is breast cancer awareness, honoring local organizations for their outreach in educating the public on prevention methods and community health resources that are available. The honorees include W*USA 9 Buddy Check 9 program which encourages women to pick a buddy and remind each other on the 9th of the month to do a self exam. Participants also include representatives from the American Cancer Society, Doctors Community Hospital and Project Now.

Finer Womanhood is a hallmark of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. that begun in 1923 and the activities emphasize the standards, morals, customs, and attributes of its members and the community. This observance was originally held the last full week of February, and later expanded to also include the entire month of March.  Finer Womanhood is defined as “the distinguishing characteristics of a woman - one superior in kind, quality or appearance, marked by or affecting elegance or refinement.”

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded in 1920 in Washington, DC on the belief that the social nature of sorority life should not overshadow the real mission of progressive organizations- to address societal mores, ill, prejudices, poverty, and health concerns of the day. The international organization’s more than 100,000 initiated members have given millions of voluntary hours to educate the public, provide scholarships, support organized charities and promote legislation for social and civic change. Zeta Phi Beta has more than 800 chapters in the United States, Japan, Germany, the Republic of Korea, and the Caribbean.

For more information on Zeta Phi Beta, please visit the Sorority web site at www.zphib1920.org.

Beta Zeta Chapter
Beta Zeta Chapter was charted in 1925 and is one of the largest and most distinguished graduate chapters in Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. The chapter works closely with its Amicae Adult Auxiliary group, and actively cooperates with the collegiate chapters in the District of Columbia, which include Alpha Chapter (Howard University), Kappa Alpha Chapter (University of the District of Columbia), and Sigma Pi Chapter with members at American and Trinity Universities. The graduate chapter also sponsors Amicae (adult women), Archonettes (teen girls), Amicettes (pre-teen girls), and Pearlettes (elementary age girls) which are the sorority’s auxiliaries.

For more information on Beta Zeta Chapter, please visit www.betazetazpb.org.