NWA Women and Girls of Color Leadership Development Program

The NWA Women and Girls of Color Leadership Program focuses on building the skills and capacity of women and girls of color to lead movements for social and political justice.

The program is devoted to bringing women and girls of color together through workshops, trainings, and retreats to share and exchange resources and information; develop their skills and capacity to lead movements for social change; and promote coalition building and collaboration among marginalized groups and communities.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

WOMEN OF COLOR LEADERSHIP RETREAT

The Women of Color Leadership Retreat focuses on building the leadership skills of women of color who lead or direct community-based or grassroots organizations or who hold leadership positions in community-based initiatives or efforts. The purpose of the three-day retreat is to strengthen the leadership skills and capacity of women of color working in various social justice movements. The retreat will provide training and technical assistance on issues such as project development and management; fundraising, creating visibility and credibility building, coalition and alliance building, personnel issues, sustainability, and building a multi-issue agenda in social justice movements or in communities.

NWA YOUTH FELLOWSHIP PROJECT
The NWA Youth Fellowship Program provides young women and girls of color between the ages of 16-26 with the opportunity to develop their leadership skills; work to improve their communities; and become active participants in movements for social justice.

NWA Youth Fellowship program is located in Washington, DC, and links young women and girls of color to nonprofit organizations that have a demonstrated commitment to social justice and helping others. Fellows work 24-32 hours a week and participate in a Service-Learning Institute once a week for 8 hours. During the Institute, Fellows learn grassroots organizing skills; how to build a multi-issue organizing agenda for social change; and how to effect change at the community, state, and national levels.

During the program, Fellows will work closely with a community advocate to design a service-learning project based on their community that will be implemented once their fellowship is completed. Fellows receive a $500.00 stipend to implement their project in their community.

We are currently seeking funding for these leadership initiatives. We plan to hold our first Leadership retreat in the Fall of 2004 and host our first youth fellows in the Summer of 2004. If you would like to donate to either or both of the projects, please visit our donation page