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.

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

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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.