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............Zetas Helping Other People Excel - Through Mind, Body and Spirit
Since 1920, the legacy of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. has been firmly secured in the sorority's service to community and all humanity. Building on that legacy, Zeta adopted a new national service program that is viable for the 21st century, and more importantly, meets the critical societal needs that impact Black America and International Women of Color. The program. Z-HOPE: Zetas Helping Other People Excel (Through Mind, Body and Spirit), is a holistic, multidimensional outreach program. One of the primary goals of Z-HOPE is to enhance, cultivate and empower participants to develop health-promoting lifestyle choices in all stages of their lives. Z-HOPE targets five major populations (Women, Youth, Men, Seniors, International Women of Color) utilizing a life-span approach, reaching all people...from the young to the old, from prenatal to geriatric. Each targeted population will be serviced by its local Zeta chapter or affiliate group through a holistic framework that focuses on the three essential elements of life: mind, body and spirit.
The programs were designed to address the prevalent health care issues of the African American community as well as the International Women of Color. Z-HOPE's 280 community-based programs were purposively designed to also respond to the Healthy People 2010's Ten Leading Health Indicators. The program contains three essential program structure components: provides for assessment of program effectiveness at the local, state, regional and national levels; promotes data collection at each site for collective impact evaluation at all levels; and allows for chapter recognition for reasonable and exceptional service efforts within local communities according to chapter/affiliate group size within states and the eight regions.
Z-HOPE addresses topics/issues
such as responsible sexual behavior, domestic violence, stress management,
caregiving, estate planning, homeland security, disaster preparedness
as well as the common physical illness that affect persons of color (stroke,
diabetes, heart attack, cancer). Programs also promote responding to society
health crises, such as bone marrow, blood drives, food or clothing drives,
and book bags and supplies for school children. Z-HOPE's International
component focuses on selected African communities health needs. Programs
include installing water wells, rice, providing basic supplies for those
caring for persons with AIDS, school supplies, books or magazines to foster
literacy skills, and supplied for a domestic violence shelter.
For additional information, contact Wanda Wilson-Little, Z-HOPE Coordinators
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