ROCK THE VOTE IN 2012!
It took 72 years to secure the right to vote for all American Women. Every vote does count and when we register and vote, we decide. Our objective is to educate, register and mobilize Delawareans in order to make a difference through public policy and voter empowerment. We communicate our efforts through meetings with community groups, sponsoring candidate's forums, and support of or opposition to legislation impacting women of color and the community.
We are a non-partisan organization and, therefore, we do not endorse any specific candidate or party. In our forums, we share information on the issues that we believe to be so important to registered voters to drive them to the polls. In partnership with the Multicultural Judges and Lawyers Section and the Martin Luther King Voter Registration initiative, we encourage residents to be aware of the issues that impact them and to exercise their right to vote. Please exercise your right to vote.Vision. Initiative. Integrity. Accountability. Leadership. Service. Global Knowledge. Teamwork.
NC100BW, Inc.
Delaware Chapter
100 West 10th Street
Suite 1004
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 658-0410
NC100BW, Inc.
Delaware Chapter
100 West 10th Street
Suite 1004
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 658-0410
100
Bridges Mentoring - "Nothing
was ever achieved without somebody helping."
(Althea Gibson).
This year as we continue to focus on the leadership development of
girls and young women, the NC100BW Delaware reached a milestone.
Since commencing our hallmark program -- 100
Bridges four years ago, it's time to celebrate - our first
graduate of the program and our first high school graduate setting a
milestone for her family. "Wanda"
teamed up with Coalition member, Joan Sloan, and reached her goal to
graduate from high school in June 2004 and to attend college. Wanda has an
interest in photography and will enroll in a community college this fall.
The Coalition will continue to support Wanda's dream by purchasing
for her an interchangeable lens camera and accompaniments for class.
NC100BW Delaware recognizes that when involved in a mentoring
partnership, young people are less likely to get into drugs, they get
better grades, and in fact raise their standards of achievement.
Leadership development through role-modeling and mentoring to young
African-American women, we enhance the success and achievement of future
generations. In our
group mentoring sessions that focus on core areas of self-esteem,
leadership, health and academic enrichment, we ensure our young girls
learn skills and techniques from our members that will help them excel
personally. The 100 Bridges team traveled to New York City in
December to the see the play Aiyida on Broadway.
This offered a tremendous learning experience to the young ladies.
Delaware Theatre Company's "Constant Starr" brought
NC100BW Delaware members to witness the story of pioneer "Ida B.Wells."
NCBW members and 100 Bridges program participants were in
attendance in honor of Black History Month.
Saving our Sisters, Saving Others - Partnership
with the Delaware Technical Community College, Women's Center, Wilmington
Campus to bring a free conference to all women - "Dare To Soar"
on Saturday, November 15, 2003, was an initiative connecting mind, body
and spirit for professional development for women.
Attendees shared their experiences while facilitators engaged them
in a series of workshops from weight management to time management.
The
Gift of Life - NC100BW-DE
and The brothers of Omega Psi Phi sponsored a free community Health
Education Forum, "The Gift of Life" on December 13, 2003, PM at
the Wilmington PAL Center, Market Street, Wilmington.
This initiative was representative of our commitment to health
education, advocacy, and HIV/AIDS awareness for 2003 World AIDS Day.
Our featured guests and discussion topics were: Oluseyi
Senu-Oke, M.D. - "Hypertension, Diabetes and Us" and Helena
KwaKwa, M.D. - "HIV and Us."
Beautiful Gates offered anonymous, free, confidential testing at
secured locations within the PAL facility to forum attendees. Free babysitting services and dinner were available.
Life On The Down
Low He's in Delaware First - CDC
statistics reveal AIDS rate among Black women is three times higher
than
among Latina women and 18 times higher than among white women.
Delaware ranks 5th in per capita AIDS cases reported
nationally. An average of one
new case is reported daily. On
May 11, 2004 NC100BWDE boldly stepped forward in the fight to prevent the
continued spread of HIV/AIDS - calling it a public health emergency.
NC100BWDE stepped up to the plate by providing a volatile, vital
educational message about the DL behaviors.
We welcomed author, J.L. King to Delaware,
first. Right after
appearing on Oprah! Before appearing on the cover of Ebony, the cover of
Essence, or his tour with the Tom Joyner MS Cruise, the Essence Music
Festival, the Congressional Black Caucus Conference, and the Operation
PUSH conference, JL King launched his book tour in Delaware.
Prior to appearing at the Public Education Forum, he taped a
segment to air on Visions-WPVI TV 6, a program attracting black, urban
viewers, which was made possible by Coalition sisters, Johnnie Braxton,
Bureau Chief and Lauren Wilson, Delaware Reporter.
Economic
Development - On Line Learning Project - In
Delaware, single parent women head close to 70% of the families with
children below the poverty line (US Census 2000).
Delaware will launch a statewide on-line learning program for low
income working single-parent women. Single
women were targeted because they comprise the most overlooked and under
served population within the State. The program was slated to begin July
2004. NC100BW Delaware is the only organization of color at the
table on this major project. The
primary goal for all participation is to have the training lead to
increased earning potential. With
new marketable workforce skills the participants can begin to refocus
career goals and engage in life-long learning while modeling life-long
learning to their children. Having
IT skills will also enable participants to navigate the web, providing
them with easy access to economic, educational societal and civic
information. Crossing the
"digital divide", participants will have greater access to work
and life advancement. NC100BW
Delaware will sponsor one participant.
NICKEL and DIMED - On March 6, 2004, The Delaware Theatre Company’s opening night of
“Nickel and Dimed” - the result of a woman’s research on how hard it
is to live off of minimum wage-particularly for a single mother - NCBW
Delaware set a goal to donate
100 suits to the Welfare to Work program. Our members, friends,
mothers and co-workers to responded to the call we donated
85 freshly, dry-cleaned suits to the Salvation Army Welfare To Work
Program to assist women in career dressing for their new roles in the
workplace.
Our name prominently appeared in the opening night's souvenir
booklet and also our donated suits were on display in the lobby.
Advocacy and Leadership -- Congressional Black Caucus
- In partnership with the Multicultural Judges and Lawyer's Section of the
Delaware State Bar and the Martin Luther King Voter Registration
initiative as well as other organizations NCBW welcomed the Congressional
Black Caucus Foundation and its representative, Mr. Glover to Delaware in
September 2003 followed by Congressman Artur Davis (Alabama) in May 2004.
The goal of these events was to increase Delaware's participation
in the upcoming election process, and to provide the leaders of the
community with the ammunition to mobilize voters to the polls.
Women
of Color on the Hill - NCBW
convened its fourth annual Legislative Days program of round-table
discussions and meetings on Capitol Hill in March 2004. Focused on
engaging dialogue centered on NCBW’s priorities regarding education,
health, gender equity and economic development, the program’s goals are
(a) to identify common issues that support NCBW resolutions, as well as
agendas of the House, Senate and relevant committees, and (b) to advocate
for changes that will positively affect African
Black
Women March For Women's Lives - On
Sunday, April 25, 2004 the Delaware Chapter of the National Coalition of
100 Black Women, Inc., attended the March for Women’s Lives held in
Washington, D.C., to bring national attention to the status of women’s
reproductive health and lives.
Our National Founder, Jewell Jackson McCabe spoke at the rally.
Gender
Pay Equity - Women of Color in the RED - NCBW Delaware partnered with the Delaware Commission For Women on April
20, 2004 - National Equal Pay Day - to raise awareness of the continuing
equities in pay for women of color. Women
of color are still marginalized in the workforce and remain segregated
into lower paying occupations. According
to 2003 Census Bureau, a woman on average earns 77 cents for every dollar
a man earns; African American women earn 70 cents and Latinas earn 58
cents for every dollar a man earns.
Inequitable pay differentials still exist forty years after the
passage of the Equal Pay Act (1963) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
(1964). (Pay equity means that wages must be based on job requirements
like skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions without
consideration of race, sex or ethnicity).
"Our
Unfinished Business" The Coalition joined
as a principal organizer of "Unfinished Business" June 11, 2004
conference in partnership with the YWCA of New Castle County and other
women's organizations in a 1/2 day conference and luncheon where national
speakers -- Dr. Julianne Malveaux and Deborah Perry Piscone, a Democrat
and a Republican, reminded all women that it was time for women to vote.
Dr. Malveaux, an African-American woman and author of Our
Bodies, Ourselves, stated: "If we don't vote, we take away our power."
…"Power is not like peanuts, they don't pass it around at a
cocktail party…if you want it, you have to take it."
The authors reviewed the 10 most important issues women face today
in reinforced the need for women to take an active roles in politics.
Our advocacy committee is working to develop a public policy
handbook outlining issues important to women of color and how can we pool
our efforts to ensure our voices are heard.
ROCK
THE VOTE IN 2004!
It took 72 years to secure the
right to vote for all American Women.
Every vote does count and when we register and vote, we decide.
Our objective is to educate, register and mobilize Delawareans in
order to make a difference through public policy and voter empowerment. We communicate our efforts through meetings with
community groups, sponsoring candidate's forums, and support of or
opposition to legislation impacting women of color and the community.