Greetings,
On behalf of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Memphis Chapter, I welcome you to our website. I hope that you will find it informative and enlightening. Our organization provides community service with excellence and integrity in the areas of health, economics and education. We are an advocacy organization that seeks to empower women of color through programs that meet their diverse needs.
Please contact us for any questions concerning our organization.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Booker Harris
President
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Mission
NCBW advocates on behalf of women of color through local and national actions and strategic alliances that promote its local national and international agendas on leadership development and on gender equity in health, education, and economic development.
Vision
We are an organization of progressive Women of African-descent whose voice and force for gender equity and socio-economic advancement drives meaningful change to empower women in our community.
Goals
The goals of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. - Memphis Chapter are similar to those of our national chapter and arise from the dedication and determination of this local chapter to provide:
- Empowerment of women, specifically women of color
- Promotion of positive self-image and positive mental attitude
- Support of civic, social, professional, and emotional development
- Networking to identify and capitalize on available resources
- Accountability for the organization, its members and scopes of service
- Facilitation of local, national, and international mandates
- Utilization of all available resources and creation of positive alliances
- Maintenance of high community visibility through civic involvement
History
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW), Inc., Memphis Chapter is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, organized in 1982 by a group of Memphis women with a vision. The major objective of the NCBW is to empower all women, specifically those of color, so that a positive and enduring change can manifest itself in their lives and the communities in which they live. Since its inception, the members include women between the ages of 21 to 79+, with backgrounds of elected officials, educators, entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals, and retirees.
Founding Resolution
WHEREAS, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women has been created to establish a leadership forum for Black Women from all geopolitical and socioeconomic groups whose overall mission is to provide a national and international medium through which they can develop, initiate and implement action plans designed to pursue social, economic and political gains;
WHEREAS, such plans of action will defend the social, economic and political gains made through other efforts, and will pursue new ways of extending those gains nationally and internationally for the Black community;
WHEREAS, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women will be a local, national and international levels and to seek proper recognition for the organization commensurate with its achievements;
WHEREAS, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women will organize and expand our communications and informational systems to aid us in achieving our respective goals and to facilitate the pursuit of our common concerns;
WHEREAS, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women recognizes the evolving demands upon Black women as they address their changing roles in relationship to their families, careers, the civic and political arenas and the international community;
WHEREAS, the 14 million Black females of America represent the potential for making a powerful impact upon the quality of life for all Americans;
BE IT RESOLVED, THEREFORE, that on this day, October 24, 1981, we, the members of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, dedicate our unsurpassed strengths, abilities and spirit to advancement on familial, social, economic and political fronts as we direct ourselves toward both the immediate challenges and those of every tomorrow in this and the 21st century.
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2007-2008 Officers
Cheryl Harris
President
Bettye Boone
1st VP – Programs
Angela Kelley
2nd VP – Membership
Rinata Jordan
3rd VP – Finance
Christin Webb
Recording Secretary
Kimberly Hayes
Financial Secretary
Shirley Henderson
Treasurer
Delondria Jackson
Historian
Charlotte Gaulmon
Past President
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2007-2008 Board of Directors
Phyllis Black
Budget & Finance
Wanda Halbert
Community Involvement
Charlotte Gualmon
Fundraising
LaTonia Blankenship
Political Action
Crystal Hubbard
Scholarships
Marilyn Cauley
Courtesy
Tatika Jones
Bylaws
Pam McLaughlin
HR/Firm Administrator
Wanda Langford
Parliamentarian
Marilyn Whitney
Chaplain
