One Hundred Black Women

Welcome to the Oakland/Bay Area Chapter

The Oakland-Bay Area Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women is committed to providing programs that increase the participation of African American women in economic, civic, entrepreneurial, and human service arenas of their respective communities through education, scholarship, and collaboration. We are here to support the next generation of successful African American women.

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Just Announced: 2011–2012 Community Grants Application Is Available!

Posted: Dec 15, 2011 | Category: Community Grants, Public Service

The National Coali­tion of 100 Black Women Inc., Oak­land / Bay Area Chap­ter is a vol­un­teer women’s orga­ni­za­tion that works to pro­vide pro­grams and ser­vices to increase the pop­u­la­tion of  women in eco­nomic, civic, entre­pre­neur­ial, and human ser­vice are­nas of their respec­tive com­mu­ni­ties through edu­ca­tion, schol­ar­ship, and collaboration.

We are cur­rently accept­ing appli­ca­tions from a diverse and wide‐range of orga­ni­za­tions that align with the mis­sion and vision of NCBW / OBAC. All appli­ca­tions should be sub­mit­ted by 5pm on Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 13, 2012 to PSE_NCBWOBAC@yahoo.com.

Down­load the appli­ca­tion here.

 

Save Your Seat! Our 14th Annual Fundraiser is here!

Posted: Dec 14, 2011 | Category: About Us, Community Grants, Events, Madam C.J. Walker, Membership, Programs, Public Service, Scholarships, Sponsorships

Click here to reserve your seats now!

This annual event will sell-out.

 

Our 14th Annual Fundraiser is here!

Posted: Dec 07, 2011 | Category: About Us, Community Grants, Events, Madam C.J. Walker, Membership, Programs, Public Service, Scholarships, Sponsorships

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Mark your cal­en­dar for the 14th Annual Madam C.J. Walker Busi­ness and Com­mu­nity Recog­ni­tion Awards Lun­cheon! We are excited to have a native of Oak­land and the Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Civil Rights, Rus­s­lynn Ali, as our keynote speaker and the oppor­tu­nity to honor four amaz­ing women who are lead­ers in the cor­po­rate, pub­lic and pri­vate sectors.

Secure your place today by pur­chas­ing an indi­vid­ual ticket for $150 per per­son. Click our Donate but­ton and indi­cate the name of the attendee on the Pay­Pal check­out page.

If you are inter­ested in spon­sor­ing please down­load our Spon­sor­ship Let­ter and Spon­sor­ship Invoice. For fur­ther ques­tions con­tact Cathy Adams of CDA Con­sult­ing Group at (5l0) 653‑4085 or cdagroup@aol.com.

Keynote Speaker:
Rus­s­lynn Ali, Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Civil Rights, U.S. Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion. Pres­i­dent Barack Obama nom­i­nated Rus­s­lynn Ali as assis­tant sec­re­tary for civil rights at the U.S. Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion on March 18, 2009, and she was con­firmed by the U.S. Sen­ate on May 1, 2009. As assis­tant sec­re­tary, Ali is Sec­re­tary Duncan’s pri­mary adviser on civil rights and respon­si­ble for enforc­ing U.S. civil rights laws as they per­tain to education—ensuring the nation’s schools, col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties receiv­ing fed­eral fund­ing do not engage in dis­crim­i­na­tory con­duct related to race, sex, dis­abil­ity or age.

Madam C.J. Walker Cor­po­rate Award:
Robin Wash­ing­ton, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent, CFO of Gilead Sci­ence. At Gilead Sci­ence, Robin Wash­ing­ton cur­rently over­sees the Investor Rela­tions depart­ment, the Global Finance and Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­ogy organizations.

Madam C. J. Walker Entre­pre­neur Award:
Denise Con­ley, Prin­ci­pal and Owner of Con­ley Con­sult­ing Group, one of few Black, female-owned, real estate eco­nom­ics firms in the country.

Madam C.J. Walker Pio­neer Award:
The Hon­or­able Teresa D. Cox, was appointed by the US Com­merce Sec­re­tary Gary Locke and United States Trade Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Ambas­sador Ron Kirk, to serve as a trade advi­sor, work­ing on small and minor­ity busi­ness initiatives.

Madam C.J. Walker Advo­cacy Award:
Car­olyn Rus­sell, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of A Safe Place (ASP), Oakland’s first shel­ter for bat­tered women and their chil­dren, Car­olyn Rus­sell has become a pio­neer in the move­ment of domes­tic violence.

 

Our President, Sheryl Grant is being honored 10/26!

Posted: Oct 21, 2011 | Category: About Us, Events, Membership

Please sup­port this won­der­ful event to honor two out­stand­ing women in our com­mu­nity. If you are inter­ested in attend­ing please con­tact CDA Con­sult­ing to hold your reservation. Thank you in advance for your sup­port. Spon­sor­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties are available.

Date: Wednes­day, Octo­ber 26, 2011
Loca­tion
: Joyce Gor­don Gallery, 406 14th Street, Oak­land, Ca
Time
: 6pm — 8pm
Attire: Busi­ness Casual
Tick­ets: $100

Hon­orees:

Sheryl Grant
Newly Elected NCBW-OBAC President

Dr. Bon­nie Wheat­ley
Newly Elected Chair of the Alameda County Com­mis­sion on the State of Women

The event includes food and hosted wine. For ques­tions con­tact Cathy Adams at (510) 725‑7722 or cdagroup@aol.com

 

2011 Induction Ceremony: “Celebrating Sweet Success”

Posted: Oct 06, 2011 | Category: About Us, Events, Membership

We are excited to induct four extra­or­di­nary women into the Oak­land Bay Area Chap­ter! Join us on Octo­ber 30, 2011 at the Linen Life Gallery in down­town San Lean­dro for an after­noon of amaz­ing desserts and a cham­pagne toast to cel­e­brate the growth of our Chapter.

Loca­tion: Linen Life Gallery 770 E. 14th Street, San Lean­dro, CA
There is free park­ing onsite

Time: 4pm — 6pm

Tick­ets: $40 per per­son. You may secure your tick­ets for this ele­gant event on our web­site via the “Donate” now button.

Attire: Cocktail

If you have ques­tions, please con­tact Induc­tion Chair, Andrea Walker at andrea.nc100bw@gmail.com.