"Outstretched Hands and Open Hearts to Women and Children."
Women in the NAACP (WIN) seeks to enhance the leadership role of women, serve as an advocacy vehicle for issues affecting women and children, and advocate for the positive development of children.
Empowering Women for Equity Justice and the Freedom to Achieve
Beatriz Palmer
Chair
Dr. Satia Austin
Co-Chair
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Committee Members
Donyale Escobar
Kelley Gillespie
Inez Williams
Karen Bickham
Samantha Gambles Farr
Rachel Carmichael
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Committee Needs
Secretary
Social Engagement/Outreach
Communications / Marketing
Membership
Programs
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Donyale & Leilani
Women in the NAACP (WIN) seeks to enhance the leadership role of women, serve as an advocacy vehicle for issues affecting women and children, and advocate for the positive development of children.
History
During the year 1980, in Memphis Tennessee, Frances Louise Dancy Hooks (wife of Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks) and Earleen Bolden organized the trailblazing Women in the NAACP (WIN), an unprecedented project which aimed to enhance the leadership roles of women both within the Association and in everyday life.
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Women in NAACP was approved as a standing Committee in 2004 at the National Convention in accordance with Article VIII of the NAACP Constitution and Bylaws.
Purpose
Membership Dues
WIN membership is open to any person who is a member of the NAACP upon payment of the minimum membership fee of $10.
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The purpose of WIN is:
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to enhance the leadership role of women
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to serve as an advocacy vehicle for issues affecting women and children
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to advocate for the positive development of children
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to support the ongoing work of the NAACP and its units, especially civil and cultural activities to enhance membership.
Initiatives/ Programmatic Focus
Equity in Healthcare
Sickle Cell Anemia
Breast Cancer Awareness
SIDS Awareness
Heart Disease Detection
Diabetes Awareness
Equal Rights for Women
HIV/AIDS Awareness
Homelessness
Domestic Violence
Disaster Relief
Development of Groups for Girls
Human Trafficking
Women in the Workforce
Financial Literacy for Women
Voter Registration
Equal Rights for Women
Women in History
Salute To Women of Color
Community Partnerships
Community Outreach
School Support|Schools in Yawa & West Africa
Women Veterans
Mentoring
"These are difficult days, but there is always hope"
Mary White Ovington
"Throughout our history, Black women have made an important contribution to the race. As wives and mothers and teachers, we have accepted great responsibilities."
Frances Dancy Hooks
"There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it."
Ida B. Wells
"And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long."
Mary Church Terrell
Salute To Women of Color
03/2022