Recognizing, honoring, and congratulating Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated on its 111th Founders' Day.

Recognizing, honoring, and congratulating Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated on its 111th Founders’ Day. WHEREAS, The Philadelphia City Council traditionally recognizes significant contributions to our community, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated is one such contributor and prepares to celebrate its 11 1 th Founders’ Day on January 9, 202 5 ; and WHEREAS, On January 9, 1914, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., by A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown; and WHEREAS, The founders of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated wanted to organize a Greek-letter fraternity that would truly exemplify the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship and service and that viewed itself as “a part of” the general community rather than “apart from” the general community; and WHEREAS, The founders desired for their fraternity to exist as part of an even greater brotherhood which would be devoted to the “inclusive we” rather than the “exclusive we” and would deliver services to the general community; and WHEREAS,Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded on the simple belief that rather than gaining skills exclusively for themselves and their families, members should return their newly acquired skills to the community from which they had come, which is mirrored in the Fraternity’s motto, “Culture for Service and Service for Humanity;” and WHEREAS, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., …