GRATITUDE & GIVING
As we enter the season of gratitude and giving, The Black Women’s Agenda, Inc. (BWA) gives thanks for the 21 women’s organizations – sororities, civic, service, and faith-based – that serve as its National Collaborating Organizations (NCOs) and partners in protecting, securing and advancing the rights of millions of women worldwide. Together with our NCOs, BWA has established numerous programs to support Black women and their families. These include:
- Because We Care – a series of free forums that provide African-American women and their families with the information and resources to take better care of their loved ones and themselves.
- BWA GE All Faces Program – a partnership with GE Healthymagination that increases breast cancer screenings in the African-American community by conducting outreach activities that raise awareness about the importance of getting screened and utilized new technology, customized materials, and resources to help reduce breast cancer disparities.
- Four for 4 – Four People, Four Votes, Four Years, and Foresight – an initiative that engages the members of BWA’s National Collaborating Organizations in raising awareness, educating voters, and ensuring that at least four people, including themselves, vote on Election Day.
- Inform & Inspire – workshops that provide middle school girls in cities across the U.S. with the opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics with African-American women who are working in these fields, and that encourage the girls to consider pursuing STEM-related degrees and careers, and
- The Bright Futures Awards – which recognize students whose academic achievements and service to school and community distinguish them as future leaders and success stories.
Your support of our collective efforts provides BWA and its NCOs with the inspiration and motivation to lift up Black women and to make sure that our voices are heard. In the coming months, we ask that you consider learning more about our organizations, taking part in one of the many activities we sponsor, or furthering our work by making a donation. The “National Collaborating Organizations” button on our homepage provides links to our NCOs. Here’s wishing you a safe and joyous holiday season!
OTHER NEWS
SPOTLIGHT ON THE TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION, INC.
If you are looking for the Top Ladies of Distinction, go into Black communities. You’ll find them planting fruit and vegetable gardens, tidying up historic cemeteries, and removing graffiti. They will be mentoring local teens, hosting workshops and seminars that prepare them for future success, and teaching youth the importance of giving back. They will be providing companionship, conversation and valuable information to the elderly. They will be improving the quality of life in neighborhoods across the United States.
2018 HOLIDAY MESSAGE FROM BWA’S PRESIDENT GWAINEVERE CATCHINGS HESS
On behalf of The Black Women’s Agenda, Inc., I wish you a safe, healthy, and joyous holiday season. This has been a busy year for BWA. Along with our National Collaborating Organizations, we were actively involved in getting out the vote and were thrilled with the pivotal role Black women played in electing candidates on the state and local level, and also running for office.
I AM THE CHANGE: THE BLACK WOMEN’S AGENDA, INC. 41ST ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM TOWN HALL & AWARDS LUNCHEON
Weeks away from one of the most hotly contested midterm elections on record, The Black Women’s Agenda, Inc. (BWA) recently hosted its 41st Annual Symposium Town Hall and Awards Luncheon, underscoring the importance of action and activism and encouraging civic engagement.
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