AAWA

  AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S AGENDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION

I Am Woman, Hear Me...

NEWS...

 

1. The AAWA Education Foundation supports the efforts of Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage to increase Ohio's minimum wage from $4.25 per hour to $6.85 per hour. If you are interested in assisting us in this effort, please email : Lois@aawacleveland.com.

2. The next meeting of the AAWA Education Foundation will be held on Thursday, August 17, 2006; 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Friendly Inn Settlement House (2382 Unwin Rd. - near the corner of E. 55th & Quincy) We hope you will be able to join us! Please call Lois at 216-310-2750 to RSVP.

    

3. Mayoral Candidates Debate Safety, Cleveland Plain Dealer - September 1, 2005
   Plain Dealer coverage from the AAWA Education Foundation Mayoral Debate and March held on Saturday, August 27, 2005

   SAVE THE DATE!!!

   Annual AAWA Education Foundation Thanksgiving Community Dinner

   Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.  

   Friendly Inn Settlement House (2382 Unwin Rd.)

   Please call Lois at 216-556-1465 to RSVP

    

4. This year we are concentrating heavily on a few specific areas such as Lead Poisoning, Health Care, Predatory Lending and Youth Crime & Law.  Please be sure to check our website often as we will be posting information outlining the specifics of our 2004 agenda, as well as, up coming events.  Check out the pictures from last year's Health and Wellness Walk! 

   Check out our Monitoring Report by clicking the link to the left.

AAWA Background History

This organization is comprised of African-American Women of many educational, religious, occupational and familial backgrounds. A common goal and determination to create a better foundation, first for African-American women and other women of color, then all women and families in general, has bought us together.  Each committee is born from the original agenda as set forth, to engage the city of Cleveland's leadership to be inclusive of the needs of African-American women and their families when making decisions, setting policy, and creating programs, or jobs.

As we go forth with this campaign, the agenda is expanded to include issues related to entrepreneurial leadership as well as, political leadership.

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PREAMBLE

The African-American Women’s Agenda is meant as a call for action to improve the quality of life for African-American women in the City of Cleveland.  By no means was this agenda drafted to exclude other Cleveland women – on the contrary, other women of color and white women, to different degrees, share the same concerns that their African-American sisters have.  While we write this agenda with a focus on our African-American sisters in Cleveland, we firmly believe that as this agenda is enacted it will improve the quality of life for all women in Cleveland.

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Contact Information

The following is administrative contact information for AAWA.  Our Executive Director is Lois Jones.

Telephone:

216-556-1465

Electronic mail

General Information: Lois@aawacleveland.com

Corresponding Secretary: Mitch@aawacleveland.com
Webmaster: dvsonline@visn.net

Each AAWA committee has a representative or representatives.  For information on a particular issue or committee, please select the appropriate link and visit that site.   Thank you.

Last modified: 08/25/05