Court decision allows comic to retain presidency of Zeta Phi Beta. November
24, 2008
[image: Sheryl Underwood]
*Comedian Sheryl Underwood gets to keep her title as president of Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority following a ruling Wednesday by Washington D.C. Superior
Court.
Judge Gerald I. Fisher dismissed a lawsuit filed by Kim Sawyer who,
after losing a close race in July, sought to unseat Underwood. Sawyer
claimed that she was the International Grand Basileus, the official title of
the organization's national president. She then asked the court to declare
that Underwood did not receive a majority of the votes cast at the national
convention, and sought a run-off election.
However, Judge Fisher granted the sorority's motion for a summary
judgment and dismissed Sawyer's case.
"I am grateful that this matter is over and that we as an
organization can move forward in doing what we do best – serving the
community," said Underwood. "I love all of my sorority sisters and look
forward to working with Ms. Sawyer to advance the causes of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority."
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"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over
their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."
- Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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