Greetings Remarkable Sorors of Rho Chi Zeta Chapter,

I am so grateful for many things during this holiday season, family, friends, health and dedicated so-

rors like you. During the break, I reflected on what is going well in our chapter and where work is

needed. I realize we truly need help in understanding the chapter function and communication. Un-

derstanding the chapter function is the responsibility of all members not just the officers. So, I en-

courage you to pick up your handbook and read as well as ask questions.

My goal for this Zeta year is to enhance our communication. I will continue to provide you with the

weekly update every Tuesday. The weekly update, is a summary of the communication from all lev-

els of our leadership. I not only challenge you to stay informed, but use your gifts and talents to bene-

fit the chapter. Please, take a moment to reflect on the commitment each of us made when we took

our Zeta Oath as we were initiated into the organization. Now, ask yourself what can I do to make

Zeta Phi Beta and Rho Chi Zeta chapter the best it can be?

I value each one of you as member of this Chapter. We have to work together to be a positive influ-

ence in Delaware County. Be an engaged member. Support your chapter leaders, and be willing to

serve when called upon. Rho Chi Zeta needs you!

Yours in Service,

Sandra Casimir

"It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”

— J. W. Goethe

Basileus Corner I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Executive

Board 2

News From

National 3

News From

Region 3

News From

State 3

PXZ

News 4

PXZ

Calendar 5

Undergrad

Corner 6

March of

Dimes 8

Zeta Youth 9

Zeta’s Mak-

ing History 10

Zeta Word

Find 12

F A L L 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 3

Rho Chi Zeta’s

Out of the Blue A Monthly Newsletter...Keeping Sorors Informed

Basileus Inspiration

The Executive Board

Phylacter:

Soror Barbara Abdul-Karim

P A G E 2

Zeta’s national leadership conference

convened July 18-21, 2013, in Indianap-

olis, Indiana. Over 1,100 members

(graduate and undergraduate) and Ami-

cae (Friends) attended intense training

that was designed to enhance leadership

skills in both Zeta Phi Beta and in their

personal/professional life. This year’s

ZOL Leadership Conference, experi-

enced the largest attendance since the

beginning of this national program in

2005. Sorors Butler, Cousar, Johnson,

Lewis, Livingston and I attended. Sorors

Butler, Johnson and Livingston are pur-

suing certification.

ZOL

Basileus:

Madame Sandra Casimir

First Anti-Basileus:

Soror Barbara A. Cousar

Second Anti-Basileus:

Soror Lytanja Jones-Beulah

Third Anti-Basileus:

Soror Earnestine Livingston

Grammateus:

Soror Deanna Lewis

Tamias:

Soror Erika M. Dawkins

Tamias Grammateus:

Soror Elizabeth K. Terrell

National Zeta News Life membership is open until December 31, 2013. To apply, you must have 5 consec-

utive years of activity in Zeta. The Basileus’ signature is required on the application.

Phi Beta Sigma Centennial kick off Founders' Day Gala event will take place

on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at the Renaissance Hotel Downtown, Washington, DC.

Please visit PBS national website for more information.

The Boule will take place July 15 – 19, 2014 at The Hilton located 1919 Connecticut Avenue in

Washington, D.C. to coincide with the Sigma’s Centennial. Registration material has not been re-

leased.

Phi Beta Sigma’s Centennial Conclave will take place in July 16 - 20, 2014 at Marriott Wardman Park located at 2660 Woodley

Road NW, Washington, D.C.

Please adhere to the documents pertaining to sorority's Unified Visual Identity Manual/Standards.

The Atlantic Regional Leadership Conference was held on October 10 – 13, 2013 in

Buffalo, New York. Soror Butler, Casimir, Cousar, Jones-Beulah, Lewis, and Page at-

tended. The delegates were Sorors Jones-Beulah and Lewis.

Atlantic Region Zeta News

P A G E 3

IMPORTANT DATES

July 10 – 15, 2014

Zeta Phi Beta

Boule

Washington, DC

July 16 - 20, 2014

Phi Beta Sigma

Centennial Conclave

Washington, D.C.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Zeta News The Commonwealth of PA Leadership Conference will take place at the Philadelphia Renaissance Hotel

on April 11-12, 2014 in Philadelphia..

March 14, 2014

Deadline to register

for CPLC

April 11 – 12, 2014:

CPLC

in Philadelphia, PA

IMPORTANT DATES

Rho Chi Zeta News

P A G E 4

U.P.L.I.F.T. This marks our fourteenth year servicing young girls of Delaware County through our pro-

gram UPLIFT (Utilizing Potential and Life Interests for Teens). This year the theme is

“Destination UPLIFT: A Journey to Self Discovery.” The goal is to assist our participants in

discovering more about themselves in hopes that they can in turn act on their strengths and

become valuable contributors to their communities. The life skills they learn within UPLIFT

are applicable whether the participants plan to attend college or gain immediate employment

after graduating high school.

Introducing Rho Chi Zeta Membership Intake Fall 2013 Class

Aspirants:

Lorraine Henry

Jashina Miller

Danielle Pettigrew

Sandra Pitts

Whitney Strickland

Kendra Taylor

P A G E 5

Rho Chi Zeta Chapter Calendar December 1st

Happy Zetaversary Soror Keya Epps

December 3rd

Happy Birthday Soror Sheena Oliver

Happy Zetaversary Soror Nikkimah Davis

December 5th

Happy Zetaversary Soror Lisa Davis

December 7th

Rho Chi Zeta Chapter’s Meeting

December 8th

Happy Zetaversary Soror Nicole Allison

December 10th

Happy Birthday Soror Rebecca Austin

December 11th

Happy Birthday Soror Kalimah White

December 13th

Happy Birthday Soror Azeb Kinder

Happy Zetaversary Soror Kimyla Stokes-Harrison

December 14th

UPLIFT Academy

December 18th

Happy Zetaversary Soror Kala Lynn Baxter

December 19th

Happy Birthday Soror Michelle Johnson

December 28th

Happy Zetaversary Soror Lytanja Jones-Beulah

January 4th, 2014

Happy Birthday Soror Andrea Allen

January 8th

Happy Birthday Soror Jamila Cook

January 11th

Rho Chi Zeta Chapter Meeting

UPLIFT Academy

January 16th

Happy Founders Day Zeta Phi Beta—94 Years!

January 17th

Happy Birthday Soror Carmen Wilson

Happy Birthday Soror Tracy Tucker

January 19th

Happy Birthday Soror Valentina Landrine

January 20th

Happy Birthday Soror Arlisha Calloway

January 25th

Happy Birthday Soror Keya Epps

January 28th

Happy Birthday Soror Kimyla Stokes-Harrison

Happy Birthday Soror Lavonia Page

February 1st

Happy Zetaversary Soror Erika Dawkins

Happy Zetaversary Soror Elizabeth Terrell

Rho Chi Zeta Chapter Meeting

February 12th

Happy Zetaversary Soror Latanga Rand

February 27th

Happy Zetaversary Soror Sheena Oliver

Happy Zetaversary Soror Kalimah White

P A G E 6

Rho Chi Zeta is proud to be the sponsoring graduate chapter for the following universities:

Undergraduate Corner

Pi Tau

A national coalition has been

formed by Phi Beta Sigma Frater-

nity and the National Action Net-

work calling on all fraternities,

sororities, civic organizations, ac-

ademic institutions, politicians,

celebrities and concerned citizens

to support a full-scale effort to

eliminate hazing culture from so-

ciety. Pi Tau and another sorority

collaborate to educate the campus

on this initiative.

Millersville University

Pi Mu

Penn State University

Mu Eta

Widener University Pi Tau

Kutztown University

Zeta Sigma

P A G E 7

Pi Mu Chapter Celebrates 3o years

Undergraduate Corner (Con’t)

Members of Rho Chi are made of sorors from various un-

dergraduates chapters. This year many celebrate their un-

dergraduate special anniversary. Soror Casimir celebrated

with each chapter to represent PXZ chapter celebration!

Soror Casimir, Basileus of Rho Chi Zeta and Soror Jones-

Beulah, Second Anti-Basileus pause for a picture.

We have worked really hard the past 30

years to establish a name for ourselves

at Millersville University. Our organiz-

ers Denise Nelson and Regina Moore

worked to overcome much adversity.

The torch was passed on to the Char-

tering line in 1983 and the legacy con-

tinues today. Sorors came from near

and as far as California, Georgia, Mas-

sachusetts, and North Carolina to cele-

brate this milestone in the chapter.

Cheyney University Celebrated 60 Years

Soror Casimir Cele-

brated Cheyney Uni-

versity, Chi Chapter

60th anniversary with

Soror Wilkes who was

initiated there.

Temple University Celebrated 90 Years

Soror Casimir, Livingston, Webb and Wilkes cele-

brated with Soror Moses-Baxter, Oliver, Epps and

White who are Temple graduates

P A G E 8

Rho Chi Zeta 2013 March of Dimes Walk

P A G E 9

O U T O F T H E B L U E

Rho Chi Zeta Youth

“Beautifully,

Brilliantly,

and Bravely” Uniquely You Summit Over the past four years UYS has had the unique opportunity to challenge more than

2000 girls throughout the Delaware Valley to become their best selves! They have encouraged

them to “Become

Who They Are”,

empowered them to

think and act

“Beautifully, Bril-

liantly, and Brave-

ly”, introduced them

to the foundation of

being “Uniquely”

themselves

and asked them

to declare—I AM!

Alexa Green has attended the Uniquely You Summit for the past two years. She enjoys the speak-

ers as well as meeting new friends.

The Salisbury School is a dynamic K-12 educational institution where

creative and innovative education and learning take place every day.

More importantly, students are exposed to the highest levels of learning

and instruction in an environment that is safe, and nurturing.

Alexa loves her school and fits

right in with her peers. She is giv-

ing swimming a break, but picked

up soccer in the Fall.

Alexa fixed houses for Habitat for

Humanity during 2013 Experien-

tial week with School. She hopes

to make it to China in 2014!

P A G E 1 0

O U T O F T H E B L U E

Congratulations

“Opportunities

don’t happen, you

create them.”

~Chris Grosser Lillie Mae Leatherwood(-King) (born July 6, 1964) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

She competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olym-pics held in Los Angeles, U.S. in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Sherri Howard, Olym-pic 400 m champion Valerie Brisco-Hooks and 400 m silver med-alist Chandra Cheesborough.

A native of Ralph, Alabama, Lillie attended the University of Ala-bama, in the 1986 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships Lillie captured the 400-m title with a 1st-place finish in an indoor collegiate record-setting time of 51.23s. She was also the Na-tional Champion in the 400-meter dash at the 1985 NCAA In-door Track & Field Championships, with a time of 53.12 sec-onds.

Lillie became a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority in 1986

through the Iota Eta Chapter at the University of Alabama. She

became married on November 20, 1986 to teammate & Olympi-

an, Emmit King, member of Phi Beta Sigma. Lillie now resides in

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and is employed by the Tuscaloosa City Police Department.

Congratulations to Soror

Nikia Whitaker and her

husband Kenneth Hannon

on their union as life part-

ners! I'm so happy that the

two of you have found

love in each other. May the

Lord bless you and keep

you.

Zeta’s Making History

P A G E 1 1

2013

Soror Ingrid Pérez-Martin can be reached at:

ingridp_23@hotmail.com

http://www.rhochizeta.com

I hope you enjoyed

Rho Chi Zeta’s “Out

of the Blue” Newslet-

ter.

I would appreciate

any comments or sug-

gestions so that our

newsletter will contin-

ue to grow and be-

come better.

Please remember submissions for the Winter

“Out of the Blue” Newsletter are due no later

than February 14th, 2014.

I look forward to your submissions!

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.

Rho Chi Zeta Chapter

PO Box 163

Chester, PA 19016

rhochizetamedia@gmail.com

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BOZIC

CHRISTMAS

CRACIUN

GABONETAKO

JOULU

JULE

KALEDOS

KARACSONYI

KERSTMIS

KRISMAS

KRISTNASKO

MILIED

NADAL

NADOLIG

NATAL

NATALIS

NAVIDAD

NOEL

NOLLAG

NWEL

PASKO

VANOCE

VIANOCE

WEIHNACHTEN

ZIEMASSVETKI

Can you match the language to its

Christmas translation?

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P A D S N K A T A W S L A H V

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