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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
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.
Civil Rights Groups Applaud Medicaid Update to Cover Anti-obesity Medications
Today, the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and a coalition of civil rights groups applaud the Biden administration for making strides in improving healthcare for the African American community
NCNW KICKS OFF Bethune-Height Changemaker Pathways
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) announced the start of the Bethune-Height Changemaker Pathways (BHCP) program, a new programmatic response to the systemic barriers and inequities that continue to stifle Black women in the workplace.
NCNW Statement on the Legal Cause of the Death of Breonna Taylor
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) is deeply disappointed by the ruling of U.S. District Court Judge Charles Simpson that “the legal cause of Taylor’s death” was the decision of Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, firing his licensed gun when officers burst into their home with a warrantless entry.
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
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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.