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NCNW
Pennsylvania

About

Executive Committee

Pennsylvania State Coalition
National Council of Negro Women

President

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Tameko Patterson

Email: ncnwpapresident@gmail.com

Phone: (973) 594-6655

Vice Presidents

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E. April Baidal

1st Vice President

Philadelphia Section

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Dr. Ginger Farrow Williams

2nd Vice President

Greater Pocono Section

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Aaliyah Hollloway

3rd Vice President

Philadelphia Section

Finance & Communication

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Denise Thorpe-Clarrett

Financial Secretary / 
Interim Treasurer

Greater Pocono Section

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Alaina Gibbs Humphries

Corresponding Secretary

Rankin/Mon Valley Section

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Selina Winchester

Recording Secretary

Greater Pocono Section

Procedures & Spirituality

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Dr. Sonya Wortham

Chaplain

Delaware Valley Section

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Lorraine Williams

Historian

Philadelphia Section

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CJ Mills

Parliamentarian

Delaware Valley Section

Public & Political Engagement

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Ernestine Watts-Taylor

Public Relations Chair

Rankin/Mon Valley Section

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Patricia (Pat) Alford

Political Chair

Delaware Valley Section

Our History

The National Council of Negro Women is a coalition comprised of 200 community-based sections in 32 state and 38 national organizational affiliates that work to enlighten and inspire more than 3,000,000 women and men.

Its mission is to lead, advocate for and empower women of African descent, their families, and communities.  NCNW was founded by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, an influential educator and activist.

For more than fifty years, the iconic Dr. Dorothy Height was president of NCNW. Today, under the leadership of Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, NCNW’s programs are grounded on a foundation of critical concerns known as “Four for the Future”.

NCNW promotes education with a concentrated focus on science, technology, engineering, art and math; encourages entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and economic stability, educates women about good mental and physical health practices; promotes civic engagement and advocates for sound public policy consistent with traditional values.

“The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.”

– Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune