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In 1988, it created The Institute for Women's Economic EmPOWERment, the only national training ground for economic development and justice organizers working on women's issues; in 1989, the Foundation started the Reproductive Rights Coalition and Organizing Fund; support organizations working on women's health issues at the state level.
— Fannie Lou Hamer Hamer and her husband wanted very much to start a family but in 1961, a white doctor subjected Hamer to a hysterectomy without her consent while she was undergoing surgery to remove a uterine tumor. Forced sterilization was a common method of population control in Mississippi that targeted poor, African-American women. Members of the Black community called the procedure a ...
In 2004, on the 40th anniversary of the murders, a multi-ethnic group of citizens in Philadelphia, Mississippi, issued a call for justice. More than 1,500 people, including civil rights leaders and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, joined them to support having the case re-opened.
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. ( NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities. Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of NCNW, wanted to encourage the participation of Negro women in civic, political ...
March 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM. Graduates and other supporters of the Mississippi University for Women, affectionately known as “The W,” gathered on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol State ...
Mississippi State women's basketball résumé, NET ranking. NET ranking: 31. Quad 1 record: 5-1. Quad 2 record: 3-5. Quad 3 record: 6-0. Quad 4 record: 6-0. Where ESPN projects Mississippi State ...
Women's Way is a grantmaking, advocacy, and education 501 (c) (3) status nonprofit that deals with current issues facing women and girls in the greater Philadelphia region. [1] Several women-focused nonprofits formed the organization in the late-1970s in response to financial struggles. The causes they served at the time were controversial and ...
Stefan Krajisnik, Mississippi Clarion Ledger. March 19, 2024 at 2:30 PM. STARKVILLE — Mississippi State women’s basketball guard Jerkaila Jordan plans to return to the program next season for ...