San Francisco Section - NCNW

Your favorite purple ladies support the Stanford Cancer Institute Breast Cancer and African Americans (BCAA) Conference. Join us in volunteering on Saturday, August 24th. 💜

💜💜WE ARE BLACK HISTORY💜💜

Critical Concerns Impacting Black Women For nearly 90 years, the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) has worked to advance opportunities and quality of life for women of African descent. Shavon Arline-Bradley, President and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), joins host Tetiana Anderson to discuss the organization’s ...

Thank you to everyone who made it out on Saturday for our San Francisco voters event. It was a pleasure spending time with our Golden Gate sisters and YOU to get informed and ready to vote. 🗳️ If you missed this important session and would like the recording please reach out to your favorite purple lady!! See you at the polls!!💜

🗳️✨ Join us in empowering our community through knowledge! 📚🌐
With our sisters of the Golden Gate Section, we invite you to a Virtual Voter Education Forum on Saturday, January 27th, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Hear from the SF Department of Elections about general voting info and the SF League of Women Voters on the pros and cons of ballot measures. Let's make informed choices together! 🇺🇸🔍
Meeting registration link: https://bit.ly/ncnw2024vote

Your favorite purple ladies wear pink in solidarity with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A message from our President and CEO Shavon Arline-Bradley:

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2023

Pics from the Birthday Celebration for our founder Mary McLeod-Bethune hosted by the Northern California Guild 💜🥳

A WORD from our Madame President and CEO!💜

Black Women's Equal Pay Day: A Message from NCNW President and CEO

The women of the National Council of Negro Women stand in solidarity for equal pay for Black Women in America! 💜
Learn More: http://www.equalpaytoday.org/black-womens-equal-pay-day

Black maternal deaths keep rising. These doulas want to reverse that grim trend

Black maternal deaths keep rising. These doulas want to reverse that grim trend | CNN “Sixteen years ago, I almost died giving birth,” Ebonie Karma Tudor said, recalling the birth of her son. “It was just a really traumatic experience.”

Your favorite purple ladies are joining the efforts of Freedom to Learn network’s National Day of Action on TODAY. We invite you to join us! Did you know: There are efforts today to erase Black History in school districts across the United States. We ask YOU to keep black history taught amongst our youth in your communities.

To learn more about these efforts and how you can get involved visit:

Freedom to Learn | FREEDOM TO LEARN Our collective emphatically oppose the attacks being waged on educational curricula in the United States and elsewhere against intersectionality, critical race theory, Black feminism, q***r theory, and other frameworks that address structural inequality. Read the Letter Sign the Let...

***THERE IS STILL TIME!***
Support our efforts to care for a foster child. Donations will be accepted through Monday. Contact us for more information.💜

There is still time to send in your donations. Contact us today!

Please consider helping us by donating to children that are transitioning. We are accepting all donations this week. Contact us at [email protected] to send your donations.

Sending all our thanks to our local partner, Target , and individuals who donated Black Hair Care products for our local youth. We were able to support our friends at the Alternative Family Services in San Francisco in a big way. Thank you all for your help. 💜

Your favorite purple ladies are at it again!

The San Francisco Section is having our 2nd Annual Black Baby Doll Drive.

This is in support of US Congressional Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 - H.R. 959 that supports Black Maternal Health. The Black Maternal Health Week 2023 ( ) is scheduled for April 11th – 17th.

Donations will be made to the Alternative Family Services (AFS) in San Francisco. AFS shared with us last year that black children are the highest percentage that are supported by their organization. This organization provides foster care service, as well as adoption services, mental health services and transition age youth services. They have locations in San Francisco, Oakland, Vallejo, Sacramento, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa and San Rafael. Our 2022 donations were presented to the San Francisco office. The San Francisco location shared the donations with all their other locations. We received a huge welcome and thank you from AFS; they were very much appreciative.

Please consider donating to children that are transitioning through this organization. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

Celebrating our Sister Lou Ada Martin for being 100 years young. Happy Birthday to a phenomenal purple lady in service for 43 years...and counting. 💜

Your favorite purple ladies enjoying worship and fellowship, together, for Super Soul Sunday 2/26/23! Thank you to our churches for the worship experience:
SecondUnion BaptistChurch
SF
First AME Zion Church - San Francisco

Bringing you another Vaccine Clinic! Come out this Saturday for your free vaccines. 💜

****TODAY @ 10:30AM****
@ SF Christian Center 5845 Mission Street at 10am - 1:30pm 💜

BACK IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES!
Dec 17th - Good Health WINS @ SF Christian Center 5845 Mission Street at 10:30Am 💜

What a time to celebrate! 🎉
Join your favorite purple ladies this Sunday 12/11 at 11am for our Founder’s Day worship service at First AME Zion Church - San Francisco. 💜

Happy Founder’s Day to all NCNW Sisters! Thank you for being apart of such an amazing legacy!

Your favorite purple ladies wear ❤️in support of World AIDS Day. Stay educated https://www.dhd10.org/world-aids-day-12-1-2022/

REMINDER:

December 1st is World Aids Day!
Be sure to join us for the viewing of 'Wilhelmina's War' at Bayview Linda Brooks-Burton Branch Public Library in support of World Aids Day.

There will be gift drawings for those in attendance of the viewing!