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Women Making A Difference
Dr. E. Faye Williams
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National Congress of Black Women Working Together
First Lady Michelle Obama sends greetings of thanks during our recent NCBW Brunch.
We thank the First Lady for her sincere words of inspiration.
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As The National Congress of Black Women continue on our mission, we hope you will support our causes with a contribution. This will assist us in building bridges into the 21st Century.
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As The National Congress of Black Women continue on our mission, we hope you will support our Housing Fund project with a contribution. This will assist us in building bridges into the 21st Century. Support The NCBW Housing Fund!
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Calendar of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc.
Here you will find upcoming events in our local chapters throughout America. We hope you will participate with local chapter to provide our communities with talented individuals dedicated to service.
National Calendar
- September 23, 2012 28th Annual Awards Luncheon, Washington, DC; Capitol Hilton Hotel. For tickets, call 202/678-6788. The First Lady is our invited speaker.
- April 28, 2012 3rd Annual Celebration of Sojourner Truth Unveiling, U.S. Capitol Visitors' Center, Washington, DC.
Local Chapter Calendar
- Metro Washington, DC -- Annual Shirley Chisholm Luncheon, March 17, 2012
- Prince William, VA -- Annual Luncheon, March 17, 2012
- Space Coast (Melbourne, FL) Annual Chapter Luncheon
NCBW'S Update
President Obama Signs Tax Cuts and Unemployment Insurance Bill!
The President signs the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, providing tax cuts and unemployment insurance extensions to help middle-class families. President Obama will signed the middle-class tax cut bill into law to provide tax relief for families around the country. The bipartisan bill is a major victory for American families and will prevent a massive tax hike next year.
This is a major win for African American Families. [fact sheet]An estimated 2.2 million African American families will benefit from the expansion in the EITC and CTC that are extended in this agreement. These credits help roughly 4.7 million African American children or almost half (44%) of all African American children.
• The extension of Unemployment Insurance will benefit 1.1 million African Americans. That is why the National Congress of Black Women praised the President for giving the unemployed a “new lease on life” and a “survival line” through the next 13 months. Click here to watch the Signing Ceremony
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Left - Right: Chris Wegmann-Radio One Regional Vice President/DC Market Manager, Sheila Stewart-Radio One DC Director of News Programming & Community Affairs, Mr. Forest-Community Advocate, Dr. E. Faye Williams, Andrew Welburn-Owner McDonalds Silver Spring
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Chair of the National Congress of Black Women, spoke for the Radio One open house recently. She is a big supporter of Radio One, and Radio One is very supportive of the National Congress of Black Women. Sheila Stewart, Director of Community Relations for the station often serves as Mistress of Ceremonies for the organization's annual awards brunch. Dr. Williams formerly worked as an on-air personality at the station.
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| Washington, D.C.— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Marc Morial, Chairman of the Black Leadership Forum, held a brief press availability at the top of the Speaker’s meeting with the Black Leadership Forum in the Capitol. Congressman Bobby Scott and Rev. Jesse Jackson made brief remarks, and Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq., Chair National Congress Of Black Women.
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TRUTH IS IN THE CAPITOL!
On Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in Washington, DC, Sojourner Truth was welcomed to the United States Capitol Visitors Center, Emancipation Hall, where a bust in memory of her work was donated to the U.S. Congress by the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. (NCBW)
The National Congress of Black Women, Inc. is chaired by Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. who succeeded Dr. C. DeLores Tucker and former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm--the two convening leaders of the organization. Both women passed away in 2005, and the bill to memorialize Sojourner Truth had not yet passed in Congress. Dr. Williams, Dr. Michelle Battle (former Chief Operating Officer) and members of NCBW across the country worked to get the bill honoring Sojourner Truth passed, and they spent the last 2 and one half years raising funds to make it happen. The final bill was championed by then-Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Arlen Specter, Congresswomen Sheila Jackson-Lee and Diane Watson, as well as others.
At the official unveiling, NCBW members and friends came to Washington from all over the country to see First Lady Michelle Obama do the unveiling honors. Actress Cicely Tyson performed Sojourner’s “Ain’t I A Woman” speech that was first delivered at a Women’s Conference in Akron, Ohio. The speech was so powerful that it is credited with igniting the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Sojourner was also instrumental in working to abolish slavery. The separate memorial to Sojourner came about when it was discovered that Sojourner had been left off the Portrait Monument that commemorates the right of women to vote. Agreeing to a stand-alone memorial of Sojourner Truth finally corrects the injustice of leaving her off the original monument. Others participating on the program were Lomax Spaulding, Yolanda Adams, Dorinda Clarke-Cole, Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie, and the young people from the Ron Clarke School from Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Williams says, “Nearly 1,500 men and women came to Washington for the unveiling, and more would have been present if the unveiling had been a public event. We hope that in the years to come, families will make it a point to find the Sojourner Truth memorial, and pause to honor her sacrifices for all of us. Just as she struggled to correct injustices to women and to Black people, the members of NCBW struggled to bring “Truth to the Capitol”, and we were often reminded along the way that it is through our struggles that we gain our victories. We want to thank everyone who contributed to making this beautiful, awesome memorial possible—with a special thank you to Artis Lane of Los Angeles, the sculptress”.
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