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African
American Women Evolving..
Founded in 1996 by Toni M. Bond and Winnette P. Willis, the
mission of African American Women Evolving, Inc. (AAWE) is to increase the
activism and leadership of Black women around reproductive health. AAWE
further works to examine and draw the connections between other social
justice and basic human rights issues (i.e., violence against women,
substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, economic development and sustainability, etc.)
that directly and indirectly affect Black women's ability to exercise
complete autonomy over their lives and bodies.
AAWE works to create a direct response from Black women at the
grassroots level to social and economic policies that impact their overall
reproductive health.
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THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 15TH 2007
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 African
American Women Evolving presents a Birthday Celebration for ART
"Chat Daddy" SimsEntertainment, Night Life and
Travel columnist for the Chicago Defender, the brainchild behind
relationship advice column "Dear Chat Daddy" and creator and host of
the highly acclaimed "Original Real Deal Chat Experience" |
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 African
American Women Evolving
is a nonprofit organization that works to help African American women
realize true reproductive justice.
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Great African American Women in History
Walker, Maggie Lena
Maggie Lena Walker (July 15, 1867-December 15, 1934) was the
first woman in the USA to become a local bank president. Throughout
her life, Walker worked for civil rights and other humanitarian
causes.
Maggie Mitchell was born in Richmond,
Virginia, to former slaves. In 1886, Maggie married Armstead
Walker, Jr. She worked first as a teacher, and then as an agent for
the Woman's Union Insurance Company, quickly rising to become the
executive secretary/treasurer of the company. She founded the
newspaper, the St. Luke Herald, in 1902. In 1903, she started the
St. Luke Penny Savings Bank and was its president. In 1929, at the
start of the economic depression, her bank bought all the local
black-owned banks in town and renamed itself the Consolidated Bank
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AAWE
Birthday Celebration for Art "Chat Daddy" Sims
