Chicago Central Section of National Council of Negro Women

09/30/2026

✨ JOIN A LEGACY. BE THE CHANGE. ✨

For generations, visionary women like Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Founder of the National Council of Negro Women, and Dr. Dorothy I. Height, our beloved former President, paved the way through service, leadership, advocacy, and empowerment.

Now it's your turn.

The NCNW Chicago Central Section invites you to attend our Membership Informational and discover how you can make a meaningful impact in our communities while building lifelong connections with women committed to uplifting others.

📅 Saturday, October 3, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Pullman Library
11001 S. Indiana Ave, Chicago

Learn about our programs, community initiatives, leadership opportunities, and the legacy that continues to inspire change across generations.

Scan the QR code or click/copy the link below:

https://form.jotform.com/262594882494171

to register and take the first step toward becoming part of an organization dedicated to service, sisterhood, and social action.

Together, we honor the past, serve the present, and shape the future.

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09/18/2026

09/17/2026

09/15/2026

Introducing NCNW Women on the Move. 💜

Across NCNW, extraordinary women are leading, serving, building, achieving and making a difference every day. We want you to know who they are.

So we’re beginning a new series celebrating the women who make NCNW what it is—and there is no better place to begin than with our National Chair, Dr. Lois Keith.

Dr. Keith brings a lifetime of leadership and service to NCNW and continues the tradition of women who have accepted the responsibility of stewarding this organization, strengthening its mission and helping prepare the way for those who will come next.

Today, we celebrate Dr. Lois Keith—National Chair and our first NCNW Woman on the Move.

And there are so many more women to celebrate.

Know an NCNW member who is on the move? Tag her below and tell us what she’s doing. She just might be our next feature. 💜

09/15/2026

We're excited to share that NCNW, in partnership with Oxfam, will be hosting a plenary session at this year's Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) hosted in Washington, DC. If you're heading to the conference do not miss:

📋 Still We Rise: The State of the Union for Black Women in America
📅 Friday, September 18 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
📍 Room 209BC, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

This candid plenary brings together policy leaders, advocates, organizers, and elected officials for an honest conversation about the challenges facing Black women today, from health equity and educational equity to economic opportunity, voting rights, and civil rights, while highlighting the resilience and leadership that have always defined our communities.

This is more than a conversation about the obstacles we face. It's a call to action that will leave attendees with practical strategies, renewed hope, and a clear sense of what must happen next.

We hope you'll join us for this powerful session as we ask together: Given everything happening right now, where do Black women go from here, and how do we lead the nation forward?

We look forward to seeing you there!

09/11/2026

Rudolph overcame childhood polio, which doctors said would keep her from walking without a brace, to become the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. Carry her belief in dreams the next time the odds in front of you look permanently fixed.