Health

Health is a vital component of a thriving community. The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. is concerned about the well-being of the whole community and the whole person: physically, emotionally and spiritually.

PRIORITY FOCUS:

• Childhood and Family Obesity Initiative
• NCBW Cancer Health Disparities Program
• NCBW Metabolic Syndrome Initiative
• Prevention/Decrease Mortality
• Improve Health Outcomes
• Access to Affordable Healthcare
• Culturally Competent Research
• Quality of Life – Public Safety and Crime

Some of our recent programs include:

Let’s Chop It Up which focused on healthy meal consumption and provided an interactive exercise session, Maintaining Me, Mind, Body and Soul – which provided self-care strategies and fun exercise that can be performed anywhere to enhance clarity and productivity and, Taking Control of the Cluster which provided health education so that the community can be more informed about metabolic syndrome and how to prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

PREVIOUS HEALTH EVENTS:

Education

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) delivers support services that help youth achieve their educational goals. By supporting positive experiences, fostering a positive self-perception and self-respect, encouraging excellence in education and promoting the pursuit of positive lifelong goals, NCBW is creating future leaders.

PRIORITY FOCUS:

  • Eliminate Disparities
  • Improved Outcomes and Graduation Rates
  • Vocational/College Preparation
  • S.T.E.M. Education
  • HBCU Support
  • Access Affordability

Some recent programs include:

Beaucoup Vitabu: Black Girls Love to Read Too! The purpose of this event was to increase the literacy of girls k-8 with while fostering positive mentor relationships with the women of MBR Chapter. Mother’s Day Miracle which provided an STEAM educational opportunity through art for Girls and their mothers and our scholarship program which annually awards scholarships to those in 12th grade, college and graduate school.

PAST EDUCATION EVENTS:

Economic Empowerment

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.’(NCBW) economic programs focus on financial literacy, family wealth building, and entrepreneurship. NCBW’s empowerment programs include comprehensive workshops and seminars that promote economic self-sufficiency.

Sister-Nomic$™ Program is the new NCBW philosophical mindset our path to economic empowerment.

SISTER-NOMIC$™ PROGRAM:

  • Our Path to Economic Empowerment
  • A philosophical mindset to consider ourselves FIRST in all economic decisions.

PRIMARY FOCUSES:

  • Pay Equity
  • African American Woman-Owned Business Growth

Some recent programs include:

The Sisternomic$ 4-part series entitled: Building Generational Wealth Through Entrepreneurship workshops included: Business Success for Start – Up and Scaling, Funding Opportunities from SBA, LED & BRAC and Introducing the TRUFUND, DEB Certification and HUDSON Initiative; and the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southern University. We also held a session on Legal/Valuation/ and Estate Planning.

PAST ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT EVENTS:

Public Policy

The root of what we do is ADVOCACY. Our Public Policy committee focuses on Civic Engagement Legislation.

  • Supporting Advocacy Agendas
  • Voter Education, Registration, & Rights
  • Increase Women Candidates Running for Political Office
  • Issue Timely Policy Alerts
  • Issue Position Papers on Public Policy Platform Issues.
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Some recent programs include:

  • Meet the Candidates for the East Baton Rouge Parish Special Election
  • Break the Bias which commemorated International Women’s Day featured speakers from around the globe that discussed how they are overcoming bias in today’s society
  • Legislative Days with the women on the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus took us through the bills they have authored to positively impact the lives of black women and girls
  • Diversity & Inclusion Power Lunch covered changes seen in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion since the death of George Floyd

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