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About Us
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Dear Friends, 
Thank you for visiting the website of the Founding Chapter of the New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women, Inc. As you browse through the website, you will find information of who we are, what we are doing now and have been doing for the past 40 years. My vision is to increase productivity of the membership by greater participation by the members through the work of the committees. We will enhance Coalition visibility by promoting and publicizing activities through the creation of a public relations committee that is responsible for communicating with the media. We will increase recruiting young professional women who are seeking to give back to their communities through their time, financial support and skills. We will identify goals and new methods of attaining these goals to attract and develop young women. We will work more closely with elected officials on issues affecting our communities and seek new ways to encourage greater financial support for these worth while endeavors. The future is ours, let us embrace it with vigor and energy.
Sincerely, Virginia McNeil Montague |
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Coalition Mission Statement |
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The mission of the Founding Chapter of the New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women is to:· Foster principles of equal rights and opportunities for African American women; · Promote the awareness and vitality of Black culture and its heritage;· Develop the potential of the membership for effective leadership and participation in civic and community affairs;· Cooperate with other individuals and organizations that seek to improve and enhance Black people’s condition. |
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With the Civil Rights movement in full swing in the fermenting years of the early 1960s, then followed by the tragic deaths of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy, black women across the United States found themselves trying to gain and maintain acceptance into the Civil and Women’s Rights Movements. At the same time, students, who participated in sit-ins that were being adopted through-out the Deep South to protest against policies of not serving black people, were being sent to Northern cities for rest and relaxation after many agonizing months of verbal and physical assault, which more times than not, were unprovoked and resulted in cruel incarceration. |
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Founders |
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Founders Edna Beach*
Dr. Evelyn Cunningham Brown
Cathy Connors*
Evelyn Payne Davis*
Corien Drew*
T. Elaine Etheridge
Dorothy Gordon
Lourette W. Harper
Hermenia Jackson Salmon
Yvonne Jones-Reed*
Muriel B. Kellogg
Martha S. Lewis*
Mary Nicolas Washington
Janis Simms Norton*
Dorothy Orr
Elizabeth Peacock*
Anne M. Roberts*
Arden B. Shelton
Juanita Sleet*
Virginia Smit
Tracey Tyler*
LaVerne Young Usry
Joyce A. Wein*
Dolores Wright* * Deceased |
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