Women of Vision Young Adult Club
A Legacy of Strength
At the call of Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, the National of Colored Women's Clubs, (NACWC) was organized in Washington, DC on July 21, 1896 by the merger of National Federation of Afro-American Women, the Women's Era Club of Boston, and Colored Women's League of Washington, DC. The NACWC is the oldest African American secular organization in existence today.
The objectives of the NACWC are as follows:
1.
To promote the education of women and children,
2.
To raise the standards of the home,
3.
To improve conditions for family living,
4.
To work for the moral, economic, social, and religious welfare of women
and children,
5.
To protect the rights of women and children,
6.
To secure and enforce civil and political rights for the African American
race, and
7.
To promote interracial understanding so that justice may prevail among
all people.
[The] National Association of Colored Women's Clubs is a great fellowship
of women united for service to lift the standards of the home and extending
their service to help make better communities. The activities and
contributions of the club women help to improve the quality of the
life for all people, especially those in the African American community.
NACWC Club Colors |
Purple & White |
NACWC Club Flower | Violet |
NACWC Club Motto | "Lifting As We Climb" |
NACWC EMBLEM |
National
Headquarters
Address
National
Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc.
5808 16th
Street, N.W.
Washington,
D.C. 20011