[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 104 (Monday, June 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1317-E1318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO BARBARA CROCKETT MOORE

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 23, 2008

  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
constituent and an extremely talented woman committed to community 
service at all levels. This month Barbara Crockett Moore will complete 
her tenure as International Grand Basileus of the Zeta Phi Beta 
Sorority. She has served in this capacity since 2002, and has proven to 
be an extraordinary and effective leader.
  As the Zeta's International Grand Basileus, Mrs. Moore leads a 
sorority made up of 100,000 minority and African-American women in 
America and abroad. She has led the Zetas in national community 
outreach services, public policy, governmental affairs, and oversees 
overall administrative function, including its fiscal management. She 
has focused her leadership on enhancing the Zeta's commitment to 
community service and all humanity. Her crowning achievement is the 
implementation of the international initiative known as Z-HOPE: Zetas 
Helping Other People to Excel. The program has had positive impacts on 
more than a million people in America and abroad. Z-HOPE has 
commissioned more than 44 water wells in Ghana, and West Africa and has 
begun construction on a health center at the Afua Kobi Ampen Girls 
School in Ghana.
  Mrs. Moore is also responsible for launching the Zeta's new program 
initiative called ZOL, which seeks to empower women in all aspects of 
their lives. The program encourages women taking charge of their health 
and inspires women to take on leadership roles in the sorority and 
their communities. She has made it a priority to grow the sorority's 
National Education Foundation by one million dollars, and has formed 
the Zeta Congressional Institute, which will encourage women to seek 
public office and provide internships for young women in the 
Washington, DC area at the Washington Institute. Under Mrs. Moore's 
leadership, the Zeta's completed a two million dollar renovation to the 
national headquarters in Washington creating state-of-the-art 
facilities.
  Mrs. Moore's success in the Zeta's lead ship stems from her previous 
work in various capacities in the sorority. She has served as Chair of 
the National Executive Board, First Anti-Basileus, Chair of the 
National Membership Committee and as the FIPSC Project Director, where 
she managed the first federally funded grant awarded to the sorority. 
Prior to becoming Grand Basileus, she was Chair of the National Capital 
Campaign that raised money for the headquarters renovations. She has 
also served as Boule Chief of Protocol, Chair of the Southeastern 
Regional Board, Southeastern Regional Conference Marshal, South 
Carolina State Director, and Basileus of the Kappa Eta Zeta Chapter.
  In addition to her duties as Grand Basileus of Zeta Phi Beta, Mrs. 
Moore serves as Vice President for Institutional Advancement at 
Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. She is also very active 
in the community as a member of Project Blueprint, The Columbia Forum, 
Ebony Keys, the Ridgewood Ladies Golf Club and Top Ladies of 
Distinction, Inc. She is a former board member of the Midlands YWCA, 
Richland County March of Dimes Foundation, and the Three Rivers Health 
Care Agency.
  She is the recipient of numerous awards including being named one of 
Ebony magazine's top five organizational leaders in the country. She 
has been inducted into the United Black Fund of the Midlands' South 
Carolina Black Hall of Fame and recognized

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by the African American Cultural Complex in Raleigh, NC as a ``Woman of 
Note'' for her exemplary leadership.
  Mrs. Moore and her husband, Norman, have one adult daughter, 
Walletta.
  Madam Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Barbara Crockett Moore for her outstanding service to 
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and our country. She has selflessly given her 
time and talents to lead a wonderful organization that is really making 
a difference in America and overseas. I commend her dedication to 
service, and look forward to seeing her at work in other leadership 
roles.

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