Z-Lessons March 2015

March 2015 Volume 4 Issue 10

Soror Mary B. Wright, International President Soror Janet Y. Bivins, Esq., Atlantic Regional Director Soror Gina Merritt-Epps, Esq., New Jersey State Director

Message from the State Director: Finer Focus

Z-Lessons Monthly Embellishment & Training for

the Sorors of New Jersey Building on the Principles of Zeta

While Blazing New Paths!

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. State of New Jersey Soror Gina Merritt-Epps, Esq. New Jersey State Director 325 East Jimmie Leeds Road Suite 7 PMB 144 Galloway, NJ 08205 (609) 748-1470 Website: www.zphibnj.org www.facebook.com/ZPhiBNJ E-mail: [email protected]

S orors, welcome to Finer Womanhood Month! With everyone emphasizing our obligation to Be Finer, it is important to reflect on exactly what it means to be a Finer Woman of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. As we attend chapters Finer Womanhood events, please remember the tips outlined in the Febru-ary newsletter. This is also a great time to reflect on why we celebrate Finer Womanhood. Take the quiz on page 2 and test your knowledge.

Remember, no matter where you are, you represent Zeta at all times! Please govern yourselves accordingly!

Thanks to all that wore red in acknowledgement of Heart Healthy Month and to all who will acknowledge Triple Negative Breast Cancer Day on March 3! Thanks also to those who sup-ported Epsilon Xi Zeta Chapter on January 31 and Rho Tau Zeta on February 28.

In addition to the Finer Womanhood focus, this edition of Z-Lessons includes information de-signed to assist as you prepare for the State Executive Board Meeting and the upcoming March for Babies walks. I look forward to seeing you all upcoming events! Thanks for being Finer!

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Z-Lesson - Quiz

1. Before we celebrated Finer Womanhood Month, we celebrated Finer Womanhood ______, which was

introduced in _____. 2. Past Grand _________________ began the tradition of declaring the last full week of February and

the full month of March as Finer Womanhood month.

3. True/False: Honorary members are not allowed to participate in Finer Womanhood activities. 4. Finer Womanhood describes a woman who is _______ to duty, ideal of womanhood, noble in charac-

ter, engaging in manner, responsible to a trust, _______ in conduct, obedient to a higher self, magnan-imous in spirit, affable in receiving others, noteworthy in deeds, __________ to strangers and guests, obliging to neighbors, open-hearted to the poor and needy, and deserving of ___________ (adopted from an acrostic written by Soror Evelyn L. Foster and published in the December, 1925 X-Ray.)

(The answers to questions 1 -3 can be found in Torchbearers of a Legacy.

Check your MIP Manual for the answers to # 4)

The first person to email correct answers to all 4 questions to [email protected] will be placed in the spotlight on the States Facebook page!

Z-HOPE Initiative - NJ State Executive Board Elder Care Project For our State Executive Board Z-Hope Initiative we will be collecting socks and lap blan-kets to be donated to the senior population through the Volunteers of America (VOA). We are asking that chapters and auxiliaries only donate NEW items for this cause, as VOA does not take used items. Please use the National Z-Hope Forms for this initiative and use the code S2S13 for Sen-iors/Spirit (Meeting the Basic Needs). The point scale for these items will be as follows: 20 items=25 points 40 items=50 points 60 items=75 points 80 items=100 points *Please note, if the socks come in multi-packs you will be given credit or each pair and the same goes for the lap blankets. Collection for the Z-Hope Items will be during registration Friday Evening and Saturday Morning

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Parliamentary Corner: State Executive Board Meeting Lets review some provisions of our bylaws to help us prepare for our upcoming State Executive Board Meeting. It is im-portant that you understand who is on the Board, and the Boards duties. Please review the State bylaws for a full under-standing of NJs meetings and conferences. Whos On the Board? Our Executive Board consists of the State Director, Atlantic Regional Director, Elected State Officers, Past State Directors, Chapter Basilei in the State or her designee, State Undergraduate Coordinator, Chairperson of the Undergraduate Council, and Past Atlantic Regional Directors with financial membership in a New Jersey chapter. The members of the Executive Board have the right to cast a vote during the Executive Board meeting. The Grand Basileus is an honorary member of the Board and receives one vote should she attend. When Does the Board Meet? While the State Director schedules the meeting once per year in compliance with the bylaws, the Executive Board may be called into session upon written request of two-thirds of the financial chapters or by the State Director. What Does the Board Do? The Executive Board has several duties, including general supervision of the affairs of the State between its business meet-ings, executing State policies, formulating questions of policy for presentation to the State, and passing upon routine mat-ters of business between State meetings.

Submitted by Titessa Smith

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Executive Board Meeting Information

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Executive Board Meeting Information

Features include:

MIP Certification 9 workshops (including a demonstration of

the Burial Ritual, and sessions for graduates and undergraduates)

Chapter and Soror awards

Location: Chauncey Hotel and Conference Center

Princeton, NJ

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

5:00 6:00 pm Meeting Registration and Z-HOPE Collection

6:00- 6:45 pm MIP Registration

7:00 pm MIP Certification

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

7:15 a.m. 8:15 a.m. REGISTRATIONCONTINENTAL BREAKFASTZ-HOPE COLLECTION

8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. BUSINESS SESSIONS

1. The room block will remain open until it is full or March 24, whichever is sooner. 2. The room rates are $129 plus tax for 1 - 2 persons and $159 plus tax for 3 - 4 persons. 3. When booking your room you MUST provide the name of all persons that will be using the room. 4. The link to be used to reserve the room is https://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp ?groupID=1300897&hotelID=11530. To reserve by phone, call 609-279 6430. Please contact Karen Finkelstein at the Chauncey should you have any problems 5. Check in is at 4 pm and check out is at 11 am.

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Zeta NJ Co-Sponsored Event

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MLK Day of Service - Zeta Delta Zeta Chapter Amicettes, Pearlettes and children of our Sorors volun-teered to make greetings cards for Senior Citizens and donate toys to the children being treated at CHOP-Virtua. The Archonettes participated at Burlington County Library MLK Day Program.

1. Pearlette Flower - Blue Bell 2. Amicette Flower - Tulip 3. Archonette Flower - For-Get-Me-Not

Zealous-Engaged-Talented-Awesome Youth Corner

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The Youth Auxiliary of Epsilon Xi Zeta participated in the Joint Blue and White Day of Service on January 19th at the West Trenton Community Center. The Youth had a great time helping out at the center! The Youth collected canned goods to help replenish the center's pantry as well as stocked the goods on the shelves. They also assisted in folding the donated clothing as well as cleaning the Children's Garden. The Sigma Beta Club of the Lambda Lambda Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. also assisted with the project. The Youth were a big help and they look forward to performing more community service in the near future.

January 19, 2015, Martin Luther King Day of Service at Rutgers University, Camden, NJ the Youth had the oppor-tunity to hear the charge from Congressman Donald Nor-cross, Senator Nilsa Cruz- Perez & Assemblyman Angel Fuentas. They also took the time out to meet our youth and pose for a picture.

MLK Day of Service Gamma Nu Zeta Pearlettes made Get Well & Valentines Day Cards for Childrens Hospital.

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Zealous-Engaged-Talented-Awesome Youth Corner - contd

Penny Harvest Fundraiser in which Gamma Omicron Zeta

Pearlettes collect loose change and donate to March for Babies.

Hasinah Reed, Ajaya Johnson, Suliah Boxton, Sani Thomas, SaNa-yah Alexander, Marguerite Cambridge, Rochelle Gardner

Congratulations!!!! To Gamma Nu Chapter Zeta Youth Auxiliary during their Induction Ceremony on January 25, 2015 at Chestnut Street U.A.M.E Church.

Kudos to GNZ Archonette, Najeaya Singleton for winning State Title in Shot Put Relay!!!

Gamma Nu Zeta Archonettes traveled to Brooklyn, NY to support their sister Archonettes from Sigma Kappa Zeta

Chapter, Zora Neal Hurston Oratorical Contest on February 7, 2015.

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March of Dimes The Reasons We Walk In the United States, 1 in 9 babies is born prematurely. Premature birth is the #1 cause of death in newborns. Premature birth is the leading cause of lasting childhood disabilities such as learning, vision and lung problems. We give hope to the more than half a million babies

born to soon each year. Our Accomplishments The March of Dimes led a broad coalition of organizations in championing Congressional passage of Public Law 113-240, the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act, a bill to renew federal programs that support states efforts to screen every newborn for dozens of conditions that can threaten their lives or health. Across the nation, March of Dimes chapters accumulated 88 victories on key maternal and child health issues, such as newborn screening, access to care, and immunizations.

In 2014, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and our auxiliaries national fundraising goal was $340,000. As of December 2014, we have raised $383,000 , a BIG THANK YOU, we did it Sorors, Amicae, Archonettes, Amicettes and Pearlettes. The State of NJ contributed to these fundraising efforts with collecting over $11,000.00, shout-out to Zeta Delta Zetawho raised $1,765.00.

2015 March for Babies campaign: Five for the Founders The Sororitys national goal is to increase our fundraising efforts to $415,000.00. The State of NJs challenge for each chapter family is $1,000.00. Chapter reporting forms are due to NJ State March of Dimes Coordinator- Soror Sarecia Johnson- [email protected] by May 15, 2015. For 2015, the final reporting date to the local March of Dimes office is October 31, 2015. Challenge ZFB: Recognize all Zeta chapters & auxiliaries who raise funds for M4B that exceed

$5,000.00 in 2015 Recognize the Top 5 Regional & National Fundraising- undergraduate chapter

(minimum raised, $750.00) Recognize the Top 5 Regional & National Fundraising- Amicae & Youth Auxiliary

groups minimum raised, $500.00)

We also have team t-shirts for Zeta, Amicae and the youth groups. Orders must be placed with The Exclusive Touch, LLC (M4B Coordinators- please refer to the 2014 toolkit for details).

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March of Dimes - contd We encourage chapters to register online for fundraising and reporting. Chapters

are encouraged to register using the parent team name of Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority, Inc. (www.marchforbabies.org/zetaphibeta) for reporting purposes. Graduate chapter: Zeta Phi Beta- Chapter name Undergraduate chapter: Zeta Phi Beta- Chapter name-College/University Auxiliaries: Zeta Phi Beta- Zeta (Amicae, Archonettes, Amicettes or Pearlettes)

of city name

Z-HOPE points chapters are able to attain Z-HOPE points via M4B. Minimum of 4 Zeta, Amicae or youth are required to participate in the walk. Minimum amount must be raised according to chapter size:

Chapter/Auxiliary Size Required financial contribution amount for Z-Points Up to 4 Members $ 200.00 (100 BONUS + 50 for every $500 over) 5-25 Members $ 500.00 (100 BONUS + 50 for every $500 over) 26-50 Members $ 700.00 (100 BONUS + 50 for every $500 over) Over 50 Members $ 1,500.00 (100 BONUS + 50 for every $500 over)

Activities must be verified by State Z-HOPE Coordinator. To receive Z-Points, upon completion of the project, request a letter or report on letterhead from the Director of the organization detailing the amount raised and number of paid walkers. Attached a copy of the organization letter to the Z-HOPE Chapter sum-mary form, and complete the basic information on the form.

Please refer to the 2015 M4B Toolkit for additional information. As we continue to partnership with the March of Dimes; let us continue to support and advocate for healthy mothers and healthy babies.

One day all babies will be born healthy.

Submitted by Soror Sarecia Johnson, NJ March of Dimes Representative

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Storks Nest Updates - March of Dimes Submitted by The Storks Nest Committee

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. shares a longtime partnership with the March of Dimes. The following are upcoming events in the State of New Jersey in which Sorors, Amicae and Youth can participate: March for Babies is the March of Dimes premier fundraising event. It sup-ports research and other programs nationwide and in our community to help babies born healthy and those who need help to survive and thrive. When you walk in March for Babies, you give hope to nearly half a million babies born too soon each year. The money you raise supports programs in your communities that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies, and it funds research to find answers to the problems that threaten our babies. We have received instructions from Soror Johnson, MOD Representative

regarding the state's participation in the March for Babies. The March of Dimes will be launching its second Healthy Babies Are Worth the Wait (HBWW) site in Burlington County. HBWW is a community-based pro-gram whose goal is to reduce preterm births using evidence-based programs. The introductory event will be held on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 2 p.m. It will be held at Virtua Memorial Hospital, 175 Madison Avenue, Mount Holly, in the confer-ence room. The MOD would love some Burlington County Zetas to join their ad-visory board for the launch and subsequent quarterly meetings.

For more information about HBWW, please visit

http://www.marchofdimes.org/newjersey/programs_hbww.html.

THE OFFICIAL REOPENING OF THE FINER WOMEN DON'T HAZE CAMPAIGN

Want to Stomp out Hazing?

Check out the new and interactive Finer Women Don't Haze website.

Watch our new Finer Women Don't Haze video with your chapter.

Share your story on Twitter using the hashtag #FWDH.

Check out all the new resources on the official site. Follow the sorority's policies against hazing.

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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. NJ Chapters at Work

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Book Donations for Black History Month

For February, Omicron Omicron Zeta Chapter donated 25 books to the Woodbury Library in Woodbury. The theme for the books this year is African American

Women who Paved the Way. The chapter also created the librarys Black History Month Display

with the donated items.

On Saturday February 7th, Zetas and Amicae of Omicron Omicron Zeta Chapter conducted a Get Engaged Law Enforcement Work-shop at the Pfeiffer Center in Williamstown. The National Associa-tion for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Gloucester County Branch and National Organization of Black Law Enforce-ment Executives (NOBLE) Northern, Central and Southern Chapters were the partners for this event. The workshop provided law literacy information and a forum for the community to voice their concerns about the national and local police killings. Det. Kim Nelson-Edwards and Eugene Stewart both from NOBLE conducted a presentation on The Law and the Community to an audience of about 70 people. In addition to that presentation Gregg L. Zeff, Esq., Zeff a Civil Rights Attorney talked about knowing your right under the law. Kareen Campbell, State president of the National Organization of Black Women in Law Enforcement (NOBWLE) spoke about women in law enforcement and provided tips for people that do get detained or arrested by police. There was open dialogue between all the parties and the audience. Each organization provided a table of information helpful to the workshop and the chapter passed out the brochure The NAACP Real World Guide to Interacting with Law Enforcement The 411 on the Five-0. Loretta Winters, President of the Gloucester County NAACP stated that this workshop was a great success and she is looking forward to future events with the chapter.

Workshop partners: Zetas, Amicae, NAACP and NOBLE

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The ladies of Gamma Nu Zeta Chapter enjoyed themselves at the first annual Founders' Day Weekend Reception with the Director.

The Ladies of Gamma Nu Zeta Chapter participated in the Garden State Bar Association's Know Your Rights Panel discussion on February 11th on Rutgers University's Camden Campus. Panel-ists included our fraternity brother, Assemblyman, Troy Single-ton. Gamma Nu Zeta Chapter is making strides in #SOcialACTion in Camden/CamdenCounty.

ZetasGetEngaged #GNZ1948

Gamma Nu Zeta Chapter participated in community service at Ronald McDonald House-Camden with Zeta Rho Sigma Chapter and Chi Rho Zeta Chapter. It was a good feeling making break-fast for the residents/patients there.

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Eta Omicron Zeta Chapters Mentoring Program One of the goals of Eta Omicron Zeta 1st Vice President, Mecca K. Brown was to develop a mentoring pro-gram for new and transfer Sorors of the chapter. Thus the Membership Committee developed a Mentoring Program along with a complete manual which includes: Mentor Expectations, Mentor Application/Agreement Form, Mentee Expectations, Mentor/Mentee Goal Sheet, Mentor Evaluation, and Mentee Evalu-ation. The goal is to ensure that seasoned Sorors are paired with and can provide insight and guidance to new and transfer Sorors of Eta Omicron Zeta. THE MENTOR - As a mentor the primary role is to provide guidance and support to the mentee based on her developmental needs as a Zeta. Some of discussions may include advice on Zeta processes and proce-dures, Zeta programs, events, or conferences. Mentors are welcome to provide general advice of their pro-fessional expertise where appropriate. At different points in the mentor/mentee relationship, mentors will take on some or all of the following roles: Coach/Advisor, Source of Encouragement/Support, Resource Person, Champion, and Devil's Advocate. To be a mentor Sorors MUST: Be active/financial for a least (2) consecutive years in Eta Omicron Zeta Chapter Have the willingness to lead/Give directions Sense of personal accountability and professionalism (timeliness, respectfulness, etc.) Time commitment as a mentor for at least (1) year Communication with mentee at least 1-2 times per month (i.e. outings, telephone conversations, e-mails, etc.) Complete the Mentor/Mentee Goal Sheet at the initial meeting THE MENTEE - At different points in the mentor/mentee relationship, a mentee will take on some or all of the following roles: Driver of Relationship, Development Planner, Resource Partner, Teacher, and Con-tinuous Learner.


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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. NJ Chapters at Work - contd To be a mentee Sorors MUST: Be active/financial in Eta Omicron Zeta Chapter Have the willingness to take direction, ideas, and advice from mentor Sense of personal accountability and professionalism (timeliness, respectfulness, etc.) Time commitment to mentor for at least (1) year Communication with mentor at least 1-2 times per month (i.e. outings, telephone conversations, e-mails, etc.) Complete the Mentor/Mentee Goal Sheet at the initial meeting During the first mentor/mentee meeting, the mentor and mentee will complete the Mentor/Mentee Goal Sheet where they outline at least (3) goals for the Zeta year. At the conclusion of the program feedback is welcomed about the effectiveness of the program through the Mentor and Mentee Evaluation Forms. In addition, dia-logue is welcomed on any issues that arise. Eta Omicron Zeta would like to share the Mentoring Program Manual with any chapter that may be interested in implementing a similar program. Thus, if any chapter is interested in obtaining a copy of Eta Omicron Zetas Mentoring Program Manual please contact [email protected].

Zeta Delta Zeta Chapter on the Move Members of Zeta Delta Zeta Chapter, a presentation of socks and footies to

the Burlington Woods Nursing Facility in Burlington, NJ, on Thursday, February 12, 2015.

Adopt-a-School Program Soror Lynette Harris, Chapter Basileus

introduces a lesson to the students.

Blue and White was in the House Sorors of Zeta Delta Zeta Chapter enjoyed an afternoon viewing the movie SELMA!

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Zeta Delta Zeta Hosts its annual Black History Program

It was a Z PHI B extravaganza held at the Willingboro Public Li-brary on Saturday, February 7th. Zeta Delta Zeta Chapter, in part-nership with the Willingboro Public Library, held its annual Black History Program, to a STANDING ROOM ONLY audience. Christopher K.P. Brown, Spoken Word Artist, captivated all age

groups with his original interactive poetry. The Universal African Dance and Drum Ensem-ble took the audience back to the Motherland with music, dance and history. The afternoon ended with refreshments and gift bags for all the children. Phantastic turn out, Phantastic entertainment and Phantastic fun was had by all!

Omicron Epsilon Chapter Queneisha Jones

Chi Alpha Chapter Naomi Lockett

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The ladies of Gamma Nu Zeta Chapter went

#Red for #GoRedForWomen on February 6th. February

is American Heart Awareness Month and

the chapter is highlight-ing this month with

bringing awareness on Social Media as well

as personally. #GoRedSelfie

#ZetasHaveHeart #GNZ1948

On Friday, February 7 members of Omicron Omicron Zeta Chapter

went Red for Heart Health.

Soror Pricilla Wims-Greene, Soror Madeleine Leach, Soror Regina Andrews-Collette, Soror Sanora Hines, Sorors Sharon Suber and Michelle Baynes (Soror Baynes

grandson),

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Support Sister Events

Key Dates and Deadlines

Zeta Delta Zeta Finer Womanhood Luncheon & Fashion Show 03/07/15

Eta Omicron Zeta Finer Womanhood Luncheon 03/14/15

Gamma Nu Zeta Finer Womanhood Luncheon 03/21/15

Gamma Omicron Zeta Finer Womanhood Luncheon 03/28/15

Chi Rho Zeta Scholarship Luncheon 04/11/15

Sigma Zeta Zeta Finer Woman Scholarship Dinner & Dance 04/11/15

Xi Tau Zeta 25th Chapter Anniversary 04/17/15

Rho Rho Zeta Marlene Kelly Finer Womanhood Scholarship Breakfast 05/02/15

Omicron Omicron Zeta Scholarship Awards Brunch 05/02/15

Omega Mu Zeta All White Party Finer Womanhood Event 05/30/15

We hope youve enjoyed this months edition! Please submit articles by the 15th of every month. Use the newsletters as tools to educate and advise your members. Your feedback and suggestions for future topics are welcomed!

[email protected]

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Upcoming Chapter Events

Deadline for State Scholarships 03/01/15

Block for State Executive Board Meeting hotel closes on or before 03/24/15

Deadline for State Executive Board Meeting Registration 04/01/15

New Jersey State Executive Board Meeting 04/24 25/15

ZOL - Washington, DC 07/09 - 11/15

Regional Conference, Philadelphia 10/08 11/15

1: the state of being a sister. 2: the solidarity of women based on shared conditions, experiences, or concerns.

sisterhood /sistrhood/

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