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Zeta Phi Zeta Sorority Holds Scholarship Breakfast, Puts
Spotlight on Mental Health
By Sojourner’s Truth Staff
The members of the Zeta
Phi Zeta Sorority, Inc, Zeta Xi Zeta Chapter, held their
2019 Finer Womanhood Scholarship Breakfast on Saturday,
March 23 in the Mount Vernon Room of Parkway Place with the
theme: “Finer Women Sing the Blues: A Spotlight on Mental
Health.”
“It is very important to
me that we shine a light on mental health, most particularly
in the African-American community,” wrote Jasmine Pope,
president of Zeta I Zeta, in the program notes. “Statistics
show that African Americans are 20 percent more likely to
experience serious mental health problems and of those who
actually need treatment, only one-third of them receive it.”
The theme of mental health
was one that Zeta Soror Kimberly Dada addressed in her
welcome to attendees at the start of the breakfast, saying
“We want to knock out this stigma in our community.”
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Breanna Allen, Arteia Minnick, Danielle Reddick, Laurie
Sharp, Latisha Williams, Angela Crooks and J'Vann Winfield
Jasmine Pope, Sonia Achaleke, Latisha Williams, Whitney
Hughes, Laurie Sharp |
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After the morning’s
welcome, before breakfast and the keynote address, Soror
Tiara Neal performed a praise dance to a musical selection.
The event keynote speaker,
Linda Rowlett, an independent licensed social worker in the
greater Toledo area, also addressed the issue in her
remarks. Rowlett earned a master’s in Science of Social
Administration degree from Case Western Reserve University.
She works with young children, teens, adults and families in
community mental health agencies, inpatient psychiatric
facilities, childcare centers and home health agencies.
After Rowlett spoke, the
chapter’s awards were presented. This year’s Soror of the
Year was presented by Aufwiedersehen Winfield to Celine
Winfield.
The Scholarship Committee
and Chairman Latisha Williams presented sits 2019 Finer
Womanhood Scholarships to two students – Whitney Hughes and
Sonia Achaleke.
Whitney attends Jones Leadership Academy. She has a 4.4986
GPA and plans to attend Emerson College to pursue a degree
in both Journalism and Theater Education & Performance.
Sonia attends Maumee High School. She has a 3.9273 GPA and
plans to attend the University of Akron to pursue a degree
in Biological Sciences, with a minor in Spanish. She plans
to later go on to medical school.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is
a nonprofit, 501c3 and was founded in 1920 on the campus of
Howard University. The sorority’s platform is: Scholarship,
Service, Sisterhood and Finer Womanhood.
Zeta‘s
national and local programs include the endowment of its
National Educational Foundation community outreach services
and support of multiple affiliate organizations. Zeta
chapters and auxiliaries have given countless hours of
voluntary service to educate the public, assist youth,
provide scholarships, support organized charities, and
promote legislation for social and civic change.
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