Programs
Our organization focuses on four key areas: Health, Education, Economic Empowerment and Public Policy.
Health
Our priorities for health are:
-Eliminating disparities within the health community
-Prevention of chronic diseases and decreasing their mortality rate within the Black community
-Ensuring access to affordable health care
-Advocating for and helping disperse culturally competent research for chronic diseases that affect Black women at a disproportionate rate
Advocating and working towards a better quality of life through better public safety policies and resources and the decline of crime in our communities
Education
Our priorities in education are:
-Eliminating disparities that children of color face in our education system
-Exposing students especially girls to STEM and encouraging them to pursue a career in the STEM field
- Preparing students for vocational training and college
- Improving graduation rates and students' outcomes upon graduating
-Support Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)
-Making higher education accessible and affordable
Economic Empowerment
Our priorities for economic empowerment are:
-Advocating and working towards pay equity for women, especially Black women
-Growing the number of and supporting minority and women-owned businesses in our community
-Advocating and ensuring access to livable wage employment opportunities
Public Policy
Our focus for public policy is:
-Voter education, voter registration, and voter rights/legislation
- Issuing timely policy alerts and position papers on key public policy issues
-Increasing the number of women candidates running and winning political offices