[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4428]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      IN RECOGNITION OF THE NATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 22, 2001

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 20th 
Anniversary of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc, New 
Jersey Chapter (NCBW-NJ).
  Founded in 1971, NCBW is a non-profit, volunteer organization 
dedicated to community service, leadership development, and the 
enhancement of career opportunities for African-American women. NCBW is 
dedicated to the empowerment of African-American women by increasing 
their access to and participation in America's economic and political 
arenas. In addition, NCBW addresses the challenges African-American 
families face today, and promotes African-American culture.
  The Coalition did not become the National Coalition until 1981, a 
decade after the first group of women met in New York City. Today, NCBW 
includes more than 7,000 members from 62 chapters representing 23 
states and the District of Columbia.
  The 20th Anniversary of NCBW celebrates and commemorates the great 
progress that African-American women have made in the United States 
over the past 30 years. This progress was made possible through the 
hard work, dedication, and compassion of the founding members of NCBW, 
as well as many others, who understood and continue to recognize the 
adversity that minority women face each and every day on the road to 
realizing economic and political empowerment.
  I'd like to acknowledge and thank the following individuals for their 
important contributions to NCBW-NJ:--the late Wynona Lipman; Barbara L. 
James; Bettye Ingram; the Honorable Janet E. Haynes; Dolores Buchanan; 
Lynn M. Stradford; Karen Lee Stradford; Carol A. Collins; Cherre E. 
Ogden; Karyn Stewart; Gessie Barnes; Brenda J. Murphy, Henrietta D. 
Ward, Marion Rhim Fowler; Katherine Daugherty Brown; Natalie Cole; Jeri 
Warrick Crisman; Redenia C. Gilliam-Mosee; Coretta Scott King; 
Constance Woodruff; and Larrie West Stalks.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the National 
Coalition of 100 Black Women--New Jersey for all it has done to empower 
African-American women.

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