AAWA

  AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S AGENDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION

I Am Woman, Hear Me...

This document is meant as a call for action to improve the quality of life for Black women in the City of Cleveland.  By no means was it 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 once this agenda is enacted it will improve the quality of life for all women in Cleveland. 

And, as women – as mothers of this earth – we cannot, and do not, lift the boats of other women only: our agenda, when realized, raises the boats of our children, our husbands, our brothers, our parents, and the entire community.

Last modified: 08/25/05