| 词条 | National Council of Negro Women |
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|name = National Council of Negro Women |logo = |type = |founded_date = 1935 |founder = Mary McLeod Bethune |location = Washington, DC |origins = |key_people = |area_served = |product = |focus = |method = |revenue = |endowment = |num_volunteers = |num_employees = |num_members = |subsib = |owner = |Non-profit_slogan = |homepage = |dissolved = |footnotes = }} The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) is a non-profit organization with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families and communities. NCNW fulfills this mission through research, advocacy, national and community-based services and programs in the United States and Africa. With its 28 national affiliate organizations and its more than 200 community-based sections, NCNW has an outreach to nearly four million women, all contributing to the peaceful solutions to the problems of human welfare and rights. The national headquarters, which acts as a central source for program planning, is based in Washington, D.C., on Pennsylvania Avenue, located between the White House and the U.S. Capitol. NCNW also has two field offices. History{{African American topics sidebar|right}}The NCNW was founded on December 5th, 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune,[1] a distinguished educator, and government consultant whose parents were born into slavery . Mary McLeod Bethune saw the need for harnessing the power and extending the leadership of African-American women through a national organization. In The early years of NCNW, the small volunteer staff operated out of Bethune's living room in Washington D.C..[2] National and international programsSome of NCNW's recent programs include:
Some of NCNW's recent international activities include:
Developing a small business incubator in Senegal
Serving as an umbrella organization for 39 national and local advocacy groups for women of African descent both in the U.S. and abroad, the National Council of Negro Women coordinates its activities with partners in 34 states. The Council also runs four research and policy centers in its efforts to develop best practices in addressing the health, educational, and economic needs of African-American women. In 2007, NCNW's administrative costs were an estimated $4 million of the organization's group’s $6 million budget for programs. National Black Family ReunionNCNW organizes the National Black Family Reunion, a two-day cultural event celebrating the enduring strengths and traditional values of the African American fathers.[2] National Chairs of NCNW
Executive Directors of NCNW
Uncommon Height AwardsAs of 2016:[4] {{div col|colwidth=25em}}
See also
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Mary McLeod Bethune with a Line of Girls from the School|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4013|publisher=World Digital Library|accessdate=8 February 2013}} 2. ^1 {{Cite book|title = Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations|last = |first = |publisher = Garland Publishing, Inc.|year = 2001|isbn = |location = New York|pages = 447|editor-last = Mjagkij|editor-first = Nina}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ncnw.org/about/index.htm|title=National Council of Negro Women|accessdate=2008-02-29}} 4. ^"Honorees", NCNW webpage. Retrieved 2011-08-05. Further reading
External links
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