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National Coalition of 100 Black Women San Francisco Chapter 16th aual Gold girls NCBW National Coalition100 of 100 Black Women HATS San Francisco Chapter GVES TEA Bridging e Generations SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2021 12:00 - Auction • 12:30 tea & Pg m ncbwsf.org 25864 8 x 11 4c Communities are like families When everyone comes together, wonderful things can happen. This event is the result of a lot of hard work by many talented people. The spirit of community is alive and well, right here and now. We’re proud to be part of NCBW-SF Golden Girls 2020 Hats and Gloves Tea. Congratulations to all the Honorees. wellsfargo.com © 2020 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. IHA-25864 OUR HISTORY The National Coalition of 100 Black Women: The Advocate for the Health, Education, and Economic Empowerment of Black Women In the winter of 1970 in New York City, 24 Black women, The San Francisco Chapter was chartered August 28, 2004 led by visionary Edna Beach, began meeting in their homes by I. Lee Murphy Reed. to assess the problems and opportunities left behind in the wake of the turbulent 1960s. For the rest of the 1970’s, • The purposes of the National Coalition are these: they slowly, but persistently worked to master root causes • To foster principles of equal rights and opportunities, of issues that affected their families, their communities • To develop the potential of the membership for and themselves. effective leadership and participation in civic affairs, • To take action on specific issues of national and Naming themselves the Coalition of 100 Black women, international importance and they boldly began to reach out to other Black Women in • To cooperate with other persons and organizations to common cause and, eventually, mobilized their emerging achieve mutual goals. stature as a visible force of influence. As the Coalition gained recognition, Black women from other parts of the Structured for Action country inquired about duplicating its programs in their NCBW is committed to being a united voice for more than city. These requests triggered it to explore the possibility 22 million Black women in the United States. of expanding to a national organization. • As a leadership forum it serves as a role model to help elevate the quality of life for young Black Women and In 1973, the New York Coalition’s board of directors sent other Black women in transition three members, (Jewell Jackson McCabe, Patricia Henley • As an organization of career (professional and and Tracey Nicholas) to the National Black Political volunteer) women, it draws upon the strength of its Convention in Little Rock, Arkansas, to assess the need membership to work toward solutions on issues of for a National Coalition of 100 Black Women. Upon their concern to the contemporary Black Woman. return, the three women, reported that there was indeed a • As a network, it serves as a vehicle of communication need to expand the Coalition into a national organization. among Black women for their own personal and It was noted that all elements of the New York City group professional development. could easily be adapted and duplicated in any American • As an advocacy group, it collectively seeks the political city. and economic empowerment of Black women as a means of gaining access to mainstream America. By the beginning of the next decade, that influence had become a national movement. On October 24, 1981, 45 In line with these objectives, the National Coalition has representatives from 14 states and the District of Columbia set the following as target areas for program development responded to the New York Coalition’s nationwide call to over the coming years: develop a leadership forum for professional Black women • Political Action and Voter Mobilization from the public and private sectors. Led by Jewell Jackson • Economic Development McCabe, a past president of the New York Coalition • Personal and Professional Development and the first president of the National Coalition of 100 • Role Model/Mentor Projects Black Women (NCBW), this network of Black Women • Influencing and Shaping joined together to meet the professional needs of the contemporary Black woman by facilitating her assess Public and Private Policy to mainstream America and to meet the needs of the To achieve its targeted goals, NCBW works to develop community. alliances with leadership from corporate, civic, political and government entities and to build a consensus Today, the national movement has grown to more than among special-interest groups. Moreover, this national 60 chapters representing 28 states and the District of organization, created to serve as the eyes, ears and voice Columbia. In profile, the typical Coalition woman has for all Black women, positions itself as a complement to the completed college, holds a professional position, earns strong heritage of existing Black women’s organizations a median income of $60,000, is age 40 and under and that share its goals. is integrally involved in the socioeconomic and political matrix of her respective community. “BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS” SOJOURNER TRUTH IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT (1797 to November 26, 1883) (July 16, 1862 to March 25, 1931) Born into enslavement, once freed, she became Better known as Ida B. Wells, she was an African- an outspoken African-American abolitionist and American investigative journalist, abolitionist and women’s rights activist during and after the Civil War. feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the She is best-known for her speech on racial inequalities, United States in the 1890s. She went on to found “Ain’t I a Woman?”, delivered extemporaneously in and become integral in groups striving for African- 1851 at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention. American justice as one of the original founders of NAACP. QUOTES OF SOJOURNER TRUTH “You have been having our rights so long, that you QUOTES OF IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT think, like a slave-holder, that you own us. I know “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so upon them.”... long to give up; it cuts like a knife. It will feel all the better when it closes up again.” “Virtue knows no color line, and the chivalry which depends upon complexion of skin and texture of hair “The Lord gave me ‘Sojourner,’ because I was to travel can command no honest respect.” up an’ down the land, showin’ the people their sins an’ bein’ a sign unto them. Afterward, I told the Lord “One had better die fighting against injustice than to I wanted another name ‘cause everybody else had two die like a dog or a rat in a trap” names an’ the Lord gave me ‘Truth,’ because I was to –Ida B. Wells-Barnett declare the truth to people.” “I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is After more than 200 attempts to pass an anti-lynching all powerful and will prevail.” bill since 1918, it was not until 2018 that the Senate would pass (unanimously) anti-lynching legislation, –Sojourner Truth the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act co-authored by Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker. It also Passed by Congress February 26, 1869 and ratified criminalizes attacks based on sexual orientation, February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted gender identity, and disability. As of February African American men the right to vote. 24, 2019, it has not been passed by the House of Representatives or signed by the 45th President. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. “BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS” FANNIE LOU HAMER SHIRLEY ANITA CHISHOLM (October 6, 1917 to March 14, 1977) (November 30,1924 to January 1, 2005) Known for her civil rights activism, Fannie Lou Hamer Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician, was called “the spirit of the civil rights movement.” educator, and author who became the first black Born to a family of sharecroppers on a cotton woman elected to the United States Congress (‘68), plantation, she became involved in the Black Freedom and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s Struggle and eventually moved on to become a field nomination for U.S. President. secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and founding member of the QUOTES OF SHIRLEY ANITA CHISHOLM Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She bravely provided televised testimony about the violence and “The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping discrimination faced by blacks trying to register to of females begins when the doctor says: “It’s a girl.” ... vote. We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves.” QUOTES OF FANNIE LOU HAMER “If I fall, I’ll fall five feet four inches forward in the “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a fight for freedom. I’m not backing off.” folding chair.” “What I really feel is necessary is that the black people “Service is the rent that you pay for room on this in this country will have to upset this apple cart. We earth.” can no longer ignore the fact that America is not the... land of the free and the home of the brave. ” “I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the “One day, I know the struggle will change. There’s got United States, but as a black woman who lived in the to be a change - not only for Mississippi, not only for 20th century and who dared to be herself.