Whether by lecture series, current research, health and finance leadership, the Queen’s Tea, or daylong celebrations and conferences, the WOCAP group has supported womankind for 25 years. This community has fostered a sense of belonging that all can appreciate. The community welcomes you, and hopes that you will choose to participate in celebrating Women of Color at the University of Pennsylvania. If you are interested in joining the Women of Color at Penn Planning Committee or desire additional information, please contact AARC at [email protected]. How it began:
In mid-February of 1988, Ms. Suzanne Brooks, then Director of Affirmative Action at the Penn State University and a member of NIWC's Board of Directors, wrote several women at Penn to urge that we join a national day of celebration, commemoration and affirmation of women of color. The National Institute for Women of Color (NIWC) proclaimed March 1, 1988 as the first National Women of Color Day. In the ensuing two weeks, a small group of women organized Penn's first annual celebration which was held at Penn Tower Hotel on March 1, 1988. The sixty-five women in attendance were treated to a spiritual and intellectual feast so profound, enlightening and empowering that they decided to institutionalize the celebration and invite students, faculty and staff members of the community to attend.
