The Gainesville Sun, Guest columnist Teneeshia Marshall
October 19, 2021
In the powerful words of the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” In the end, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. will not be synonymous with silence.
Instead, these 125,000-plus college-educated, dynamic, community-service driven, diverse and professional women are using their powerful voices to cause a cacophonous sound against domestic violence that reverberates across generations and throughout time.
“Under ordinary circumstances, domestic violence is more prevalent among Black women than White, Latina or Asian women, according to statistics from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Four in 10 Black women experience physical abuse and … are more likely to endure psychological abuse, such as humiliation, bullying, name-calling, coercion and control,” according to Essence, America’s largest minority-focused magazine.
