Mission & History
Our mission is to promote and protect the interests of African American business and professional women; to serve as a bridge for young people seeking to enter business and the professions; to improve the quality of life in the local and global communities; and to foster good fellowship.
In July of 1935, Mrs. Ollie Chinn Porter, President of the New York Club, extended an invitation to local clubs, organized as Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, to join and form a national organization. The Founders were Emma Odessa Young, Ollie Chinn Porter and Effie Diton of New York City; Bertha Perry Rhodes, Josephine B. Keene and Adelaide Flemming of Philadelphia; and Pearl Flippen of Atlantic City.
After a year of meetings, the first convention was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 9-11, 1936, at the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church on Artic Avenue. Mrs. Ollie Chinn Porter was elected as the first national president. The aim of this newly formed national organization was then, as it is today, to attract women of high caliber to organize similar clubs within their communities. Facing the realities of the times, their daring and inspiring goals were to share their experiences and exchange information; to protect their interests and to encourage and develop opportunities for black women in businesses and professions.
The founders were owners, managers, college graduates, and other professionally licensed women, who had managed to realize some measure of personal success. Over the years, NANBPWC, Inc., has grown in numbers and scope, conducting many needed community service activities that go far beyond the original purpose. Women have come a long way and so has NANBPWC, Inc.
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Hello, I’m Sherelle T. Carper and it a pleasure to have this opportunity to greet you and to provide a brief overview of The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. We are an Association of dynamic business and professional women whose mission is to promote and protect the interests of African American women; to serve as bridges for young people seeking to enter business and the professions; to improve the quality of life in the local and global communities and to foster good fellowship. The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. makes a difference - won’t you join us?
The Mid-Atlantic District is a region of the United States comprised of clubs and members-at-large which were formerly a part of the Northeast District. On June 25, 1965, Mid-Atlantic was established as one of what is now seven Districts. The states of Southern New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia comprise the Mid-Atlantic.
Annually, two general membership meetings and a District Conference is held to review and update programs, adopt resolutions, recommendations and foster rapport among sister clubs.
The National Association convenes an Annual Convention on a rotational basis among the six Districts in the United States.
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