OH THIS MONTH WE HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE MANY OF THE HISTORICALLY BLACK SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES THAT MAKE UP THE DIVINE NINE AND WE ARE ROUNDING THINGS OUT WITH NONE OTHER THAN THE SISTERS KNOW FOR FINER WOMANHOOD. AS OF THIS MONTH, THE LADIES OF ZETA PHI
BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED HAVE NOW BEEN AROUND FOR 100. THREE YEARS, SO WE ARE SO PLEASED TO HAVE THE ILLINOIS STATE DIRECTOR KAREN QUICK WITH US TODAY. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US ON GDC. GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS PLATFORM TO SHARE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT DATA 5-2 SORORITY INCORPORATE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION AND I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE A FEW GIRLFRIENDS WHO ARE ZETAS THAT ARE LIKE OH, I’M TUNING IN. OKAY SO FIRST TELL US HOW YOU USHERED IN THE NEW YEAR. WELL IN THE NEW YEAR WE STARTED OFF WITH OUR
JOINT FOUNDER’S DAY, SO WE PARTNERED WITH OUR BROTHERS OF FIVE ABLE SIGMA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED AND WE HAD A HUGE FOUNDERS. THEY CELEBRATION INTENTLY PARK OVER 480 ATTENDED WOW, ABOUT THAT TO KICK IT OFF, AS WELL AS OUR SERVICE INITIATIVE FOR AT THAT EVENT WAS CAPTURING, UM, FUNDS TO DONATE.
TO EACH OF OUR, UM, FOUNDATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP. LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SERVICE WORK. YOU ALL STEAMED THIS YEAR FOR THE STORY AS A WHOLE IS THE INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SERVING AND ADVOCATING FOR HEALTH JUSTICE AT HOME AND ABROAD. CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU
ALL PLAN TO LIVE THAT OUT HERE IN CHICAGO AND BEYOND? YES SO WE’RE CALLING THAT INITIATIVE. WE’RE EMBRACING THE SWELL AND SO WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR CHAPTER OVER IN LIBERIA, WHERE WE WILL BE COLLECTING FUNDS SO THAT WOMEN CAN GO AND HAVE EXAMS FOR THEMSELVES. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO
HAVE A HUGE IMPACT EVEN HERE LOCALLY, BUT A BROAD IMPACT OUR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN. HOW CAN PEOPLE SUPPORT THAT CAUSE AND SUPPORT YOU ALL IN YOUR EFFORTS? YES SO WE YOU CAN GO TO THE Z FIVE B. 1920 DOT ORG AND THERE SHOULD BE INFORMATION OUT THERE ON HOW
YOU CAN GIVE TO THAT OUR INITIATIVE AS WELL AS YOU CAN GO TO ZETA PHI BETA ILLINOIS DOT ORG AND GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT INITIATIVE, ALRIGHT, AND IT’S AMAZING REALLY, TO SEE HOW ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ADAPTED OVER TIME AND STILL BEEN ABLE TO THRIVE FOR OVER A CENTURY. SO HOW
DO YOU CONTINUE TO GROW? AND IF PEOPLE ASK, WHAT’S THE POINT IN 20? 23. WHAT’S YOUR RESPONSE? SO HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO GROW? WE CONTINUE TO GET INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND SERVE AS THAT’S ONE OF OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES. SERVICE AS WELL AS WE ARE ON CAMPUS COLLEGE CAMPUSES BUILDING AND
DEVELOPING YOUNG WOMEN THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE ON THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AUXILIARY AND WERE FIRST TO HAVE AND THE ONLY ORGANIZATION WHO HAS A AUXILIARY, AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY IS CALLED ZETA AMICA. AND THERE ARE FRIENDS OF ZETA. SO THEY ARE WOMEN WHO HAVE NOT OBTAINED A
COLLEGE EDUCATION YET, BUT THEY COME ALONGSIDE US IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL TO DO SERVICE. AND SO THAT’S ANOTHER WAY. WE ENSURE THAT WE STAY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THE BLUE IS OUT THERE SHOWING UP SHOWING OUT AND INSPIRES. PEOPLE TO WANT TO BE A PART OF A WINNING TEAM. ABSOLUTELY AND
YOU ALL HAVE HAD A WINNING TEAM FOR A LONG TIME HAVE ENJOYED CLOSING OUT EACH ONE OF OUR SEGMENTS THIS MONTH, JUST SHOWING THE REACH OF OUR SORTIES AND THE BEAUTIFUL LEGACIES. SO MANY OF US HOLD DEAR. FEW NOTABLE ZETAS INCLUDE CHICAGO’S OWN GRAMMY NOMINATED SONG INTERESTS. SELENA JOHNSON, MUSICAL LEGENDS DIONNE
WARWICK AND SHAKA KHAN AND THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT OF VIOLET IN ANDERSON. SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE CITY PROSECUTOR OF CHICAGO AND FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO PRACTICE LAW BEFORE THE SUPREME CO
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