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NCBCP Black Women's Roundtable
The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) is an intergenerational civic engagement network of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. At the forefront of championing just and equitable public policy on behalf of Black women, BWR promotes their health and wellness, economic security, education and global empowerment as key elements for success. Who We Are BWR comprises a diverse group of Black women civic leaders of international, national, regional and state-based organizations and institutions. Together, the BWR membership represents the issues and concerns of millions of Americans and families who live across the United States and around the world. What We Do BWR seeks to bring together women representing diverse views and interests within the Black and community around the theme of women’s advancement with a particular focus on motivating Black women to engage in all levels of civil society. Through public policy forums, leadership training, and civic engagement and issue education campaigns, BWR provides women with a voice and the skills training to use the political process to improve the quality of life for themselves and their communities. Our programs include:
Get Involved BWR has outlined specific policy priorities to ensure the educational advancement, economic security, health and wellness, education and global empowerment of women, with a special emphasis on Black women and girls. Learn more about these priorities, BWR initiatives and how you can get involved. Click here to view the Black Women's Roundtable Policy Statement. WHO WE ARE Board of Directors Officers CHAIRMAN Mr. Thomas W. Dortch Jr.. Chairman, National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame VICE CHAIRMAN Ms. Diane Babineaux General Vice President International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers SECRETARY Dr. Elsie Scott Public Member Director Ronald Walters Leadership & Public Policy Center, Howard University TREASURER Mr. Hannibal Brumskine II Certified Public Accountant PRESIDENT & CEO
Ms. Melanie L. Campbell
Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable
LEGAL COUNSEL Mr. Derrick Humphries, Esq. Attorney-at-Law Humphries & Partners; Sonia Jarvis, Esq. CHAIR EMERITUS Mr. Eddie Williams Public Member IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Ms. Richard Womack Public Member Board Members Dr. Lezli Baskerville President & CEO National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) Mr. Thomas Battle Grand Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi Ms. Salandra Benton Convener, Florida Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Florida BWR Mr. Cornell Williams Brooks Interim President & CEO NAACP Mr. Diallo Brooks Public Member Ms. Clayola Brown President A. Philip Randolph Institute Ms. LaTosha Brown, Director Fund for Southern Cooperatives, Neighborhood Funders Group Mr. Michael Brown Public Member Mr. Chaka Burgess Vice President, Government Relations American Gaming Association Ms. Suzanne E. Burks President The Burks Companies Ms. Sharhonda Knott Dawson BYV Representative Director, Chicago Coalition on Black Civic Participation Mr. Curley M. Dossman, Jr. Chairman 100 Black Men of America, Inc. Mr. Ralph Everett Public Member Mr. Eugene Hudson Secretary - Treasurer American Federation of Government Employees Mr. Gerald Hudson International Executive Vice President Service Employees International Union Mr. Keith A. Hunt Executive Director Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Ms. Dorothy Jackson, Esq. Public Member Dr. Lorretta Johnson Secretary-Treasurer American Federation of Teachers Reverend Tony Lee Convener Black Youth Vote/Gathering of Black Men & Boys Initiative Pastor, Community of Hope AME Church Ms. Tanya Leah Lombard Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs AT&T Reverend Joseph E. Lowery Public Member Mr. Marc Morial President & CEO National Urban League Mr. Spencer Overton Interim President & CEO Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies Ms. Elizabeth Powell Secretary - Treasurer, American Postal Workers Union Ms. Becky Pringle Vice President National Education Association Ms. Carlottia Scott Public Member Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich Public Member Reverend Al Sharpton Founder & President National Action Network Ms. Debra J. Speed Director - Public Policy and Strategic Alliances Verizon Communications Mr. Foster Stringer Public Member Mr. Melvin Terry President Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Ms. A. Shuanise Washington President & CEO Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Ms. Robin Williams Associate Director Civil Rights and Community Action Department United Food and Commercial Workers International Union FOUNDING MEMBERS Dr. Dorothy I. Height (In-Memorium) President Emerita and Chair National Council of Negro Women Co-Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable Mr. Norman Hill President Emeritus A. Philip Randolph Institute Mr. William Lucy Founding President Emeritus Coalition of Black Trade Unionists |
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The text being discussed is available at http://www.ncbcp.org/who/bod/# and http://www.ncbcp.org/programs/bwr/ |
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