HR 9007

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution acknowledging the contributions of Phi Beta
3	Sigma Fraternity and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and
4	recognizing March 24, 2011, as "Sigma-Zeta Day" in
5	Florida.
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7	WHEREAS, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded at Howard
8	University in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 1914, by A.
9	Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown, and
10	WHEREAS, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, with the assistance of Phi
11	Beta Sigma, was founded at Howard University in Washington,
12	D.C., on January 16, 1920, by Arizona Cleaver, Myrtle Tyler,
13	Viola Tyler, Fannie Pettie, and Pearl Neal, and
14	WHEREAS, both Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta, through
15	statewide and local partnerships, address many of the challenges
16	that racial and ethnic minority groups face today such as health
17	issues and behaviors, birth of healthy babies, HIV/AIDS, and
18	teenage pregnancy, and
19	WHEREAS, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity currently lists 16
20	collegiate chapters and 16 alumni chapters in Florida and Zeta
21	Phi Beta Sorority's membership numbers 16 collegiate chapters
22	and 43 alumni chapters in the state, NOW, THEREFORE,
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24	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
25	Florida:
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27	That March 24, 2011, is recognized as "Sigma-Zeta Day" in
28	Florida in recognition of the many civic contributions that the
29	members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
30	have made to this state.

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