If you have been looking for a place where you can realize your potential with the help of a positive, supportive network of sisters, NCNW is the place for you. Through national programs and through the work of over 200 sections and 37 national affiliate organizations, NCNW helps women enhance their health, knowledge, and personal satisfaction to improve their communities.
Your membership helps NCNW to promote and recognize leadership among women of color; champion women’s rights and civil rights; celebrate and strengthen the African American family; and work toward the economic empowerment of African American women all over the world.
NCNW Philadelphia Section provides activities and support services for our adopted Mary McLeod Bethune School in Philadelphia. We provide Good Health Wins literature and other resources during the school’s Back-to-School Block Party, and we proudly support their holiday Adopt-a-Family program.
Each year, the NCNW Philadelphia Section Scholarship is open to a graduating senior attending a Philadelphia County high school and meet the following criteria:
Visit the Scholarship Page for more information.
“Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.”
~ Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Click here to learn more and apply for the Philadelphia Section’s Scholarship
Applications are currently open
