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Black Women in the US 2017

Looking Back to Move Forward in a Post-Obama Era: The Power of Black Women-Led Organizing. Download the 4th Annual Report Now

“HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT” #NOTAPRIVILEGE CAMPAIGN

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Jun 12, 2017

Check Out At&T Access a New Low Cost Internet Service for Qualifying Households

May 31, 2017

“HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT” #NOTAPRIVILEGE CAMPAIGN

Black Women Leaders Join Forces In A Call To Action to Protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Health Care

May 9, 2017

NCBCP Mourns Passing of Eddie N. Williams

Statement on Passing of Eddie N. Williams Founding Chairman of the Board of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation May 9, 2017

Mar 30, 2017

Opinion: Neil Gorsuch’s Frightening Record on Protecting Women’s Rights

NBC News

Black women in America have always had to cope with the double impact of being black and being a woman. Tradition, culture, custom, laws and even the courts are often stacked against them.

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NCBCP Programs

6th Annual BWR Summit Event Recap

The 2017 BWR Summit brought together a diverse and inter-generational group of over 300 Black women and girls from across the country. Learn more about the event and resources that were released.

The Black Youth Vote! Black Male Initiative is a program designed to provide a platform to encourage civic engagement between inter-generational groups of black men and boys. The signature event of this initiative is the annual Gathering of Black men and boys on Capitol Hill.

Black Youth Vote!
The Next Generation of Black Leadership

Black Youth Vote! (BYV!) is a national grassroots coalition of organizations and individuals committed to increasing political and civic engagement among black youth and young adults between the ages of 18-35. On April 4, 1996, BYV! was launched under the theme “The Ballot, Not the Bullet” live on CSPAN to address the chronic decline in Black youth voter participation.

Black Women’s Roundtable Policy Statement

The National Coalition Black Women’s Roundtable promotes public policies that ensure stable families and a prepared workforce for today and tomorrow. BWR believes that there must be intentional efforts, including program development, funding, staffing, administrative practice and rule of law to ensure genuine equity -- especially for women, communities of color, low income communities and others that have been traditionally left out of the policymaking arena. Click here to read the full statement.

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Melanie L. Campbell

Melanie L. Campbell is the president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable Intergenerational Public Policy Network. Ms. Campbell has served in the civil rights, social justice, youth and women’s rights movement for over 20 years.

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