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The National Council of Negro Women is an “organization of organizations” (comprised of 300 campus and community-based sections and 32 national women’s organizations) that enlightens, inspires and connects more than 2,000,000 women and men. Its mission is to lead, advocate for, and empower women of African descent, their families and communities.
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In the News
Legacy Civil Rights Leaders Officially Endorse the Freedom to Learn Campaign
The leaders of the nation’s Black-led legacy civil rights organizations emphatically rejected the effort to suppress Black history and endorsed the Freedom to Learn campaign, a movement created to fight the growing disinformation campaign against the erasure of history and lived experiences of marginalized communities, critical race theory, and equitable legislation.
National NCNW News
NCNW Applauds President Biden on History-Making Pardons, Commutations, and Clemencies
(WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 19, 2025) — Today, President Biden announced the final round of pardons and commutations of sentences before leaving office.
NCNW Issues Statement on the Death of the 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter
“We are saddened to hear about the passing of President Jimmy Carter
NCNW Issues Statement on Biden-Harris Administration Commutations
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced sentences for 37 of 40 individuals on federal death row were commuted from execution to life imprisonment
President Biden Must Publish the Equal Rights Amendment
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) joins Shattering Glass and the League of Women Voters who lead total of 143 organizations and professional associations from across the country
New Collaboration Aims to Empower Black Communities to Protect against Preventable Infectious Diseases
Partnership between the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the National Council of Negro Women Helps Raise Awareness about COVID-19, Flu, RSV, and Pneumococcal Disease.
Black Women’s Roundtable Report
Black women could do more together than a part …
DIHEF & NCNW Team UP
Creating a new scholarship …
Events
NCNW Influenza Town Hall #5
March 9, 2023 • 7:00 p.m.
East Regional Sessions with the Sections
March 14, 2023 • 8:30 pm EST
Midwest/Central Regional Sessions with the Sections
March 21, 2022 • 8:30 p.m.
West Regional Sessions with the Sections
March 28, 2023 • 8:30 p.m. EST
National Affiliates Assembly
November 5-5, 2022
The Latest
Apply Today! The application DEADLINE IS EXTENDED for the Bethune-Height Changemaker Pathways (BHCP). Applications must be received by Friday, February 28.
The NCNW BHCP Girl Conference is a one-day, in-person, conference for middle and high school girls (7th – 12th grade)
The Dorothy I. Height Education & NCNW Scholarship
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NCNW HQ Newsletter 180 Days into the New Era
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NCNW Technology and Telecommunications Fellow
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Do you want to become more involved in strengthening families, creating economic opportunity and building healthy communities? If so, NCNW is for you. Your community-based section of NCNW offers you a positive, uplifting and supportive network of sisters (and brothers) who share a passion for NCNWs mission.