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.

NCBW/OBAC Awards 17 Scholarships to Deserving Students

Posted: Aug 14, 2010 | Category: Public Service

         2010 Young Black Schol­ars Awards Reception

NCBW’s Pub­lic Ser­vice & Edu­ca­tion Com­mit­tee hosted its annual Schol­ar­ship and Awards Recep­tion on Thurs­day July 29 at the Mont­clair Bistro in Oakland.

Oakland’s May­oral Can­di­date, Vice Mayor Jean Quan, Coun­cilmem­ber Des­ley Brooks, Assem­bly Mem­ber San­dre Swan­son and Super­vi­sor Keith Car­son all attended the cer­e­mony.  Each of the offi­cials pre­sented encour­ag­ing words on the impor­tance of edu­ca­tion and reach­ing for stars. “You can be any­thing you want to be in this world of oppor­tu­ni­ties,” said Super­vi­sor Keith Car­son who had ear­lier par­tic­i­pated in an event for Mae Jami­son,  First African Amer­i­can Female Astronaut.

The Schol­ar­ship cer­e­mony pro­vides an oppor­tu­nity for the Oak­land Bay Area Chap­ter to honor and sup­port women and girls who are work­ing towards improv­ing their own lives within their com­mu­ni­ties through the pur­suit of higher edu­ca­tion. A spe­cial Tech­nol­ogy Schol­ar­ship pro­vided by the Ora­cle Cor­po­ra­tion high­lighted this year’s cer­e­mony. The Ora­cle Tech­nol­ogy schol­ar­ship was pre­sented by Bar­bara Williams, Imme­di­ate past pres­i­dent of the Oak­land Bay Area Chap­ter and Direc­tor of Engage­ment and Inclu­sion for Ora­cle. Glo­ria Jenk­ins, Pres­i­dent of the Oak­land Bay Chap­ter brought the offi­cial greet­ing to the stu­dents on behalf of the board of direc­tors and mem­bers of the chap­ter. This year’s Theme: “Link Lever­age Lead” – Stu­dents Today – Lead­ers Tomorrow.

Founder, Cathy D. Adams served as Mis­tress of Cer­e­monies in the absence of Rose Scott, Schol­ar­ship com­mit­tee Chair, and VP Cor­po­rate Tech­nol­ogy QA/Risk for Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo has served as strate­gic part­ner of the Oak­land Bay Chap­ter and a direct sup­porter of the Schol­ar­ship pro­gram since its inception.

 To date, the Oakland/Bay Area Chap­ter has awarded over $200,000 in scholarships.

 2010 Schol­ar­ship Awardees

 Ca’Shea Airy, East Side Col­lege Prepara­tory School

Thome­cia Busby, San Lean­dro High School

Breeanna Decker, St. Joseph Notre Dame High School

Sharorie Evans, Excel High School

Kat­rina Gilbert, Excel High School

Tay­lor Lyons, Holy Names High School

Lashawn Moore, Pitts­burg High School

Ali­son Mor­gan, Clark Atlanta

Ash­ton Purvis, St. Eliz­a­beth High School

Kiara West­brooks, Cal­i­for­nia High School

Jade Robin­son, Bishop O’Dowd High School

Suphia Simon, Sky­line High School

Kye­sha Thomp­son, San Fran­cisco State

Charles­tine Vann, El Cer­rito High School

Bivett Brackett-Thompson, City Col­lege of San Francisco

Tahlema Mar­tin, Berke­ley City College

Lea Williams, City Col­lege of San Francisco