CALIFORNIA BLACK WOMEN S COLLECTIVE EMPOWERMENT INSTITUTE
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Mission Statement
The California Black Women's Collective Empowerment Institute (CABWCEI) serves as a vehicle to amplify the voices, expertise and issues of Black Women throughout the state. Serving as an intersectional, intergenerational, diverse table exclusively for Black Women, the Collective aims to prepare, educate, and organize our networks to eliminate the systemic and blatant racist and sexist barriers to success that Black Women experience.
About This Cause
The California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute (CABWCEI), a 501C3 non-profit organization, focuses on improving the lives of Black Women and Girls throughout the state. Through partnerships with corporate, social, not for profit, and advocacy entities, the Empowerment Institute develops programs and initiatives that have a meaningful impact on dismantling systemic social, economic, and physical barriers. The purpose of the Empowerment Institute is to: Serve as the anchor organization for the CA Black Women’s Think Tank with academic partner, California State University at Dominguez Hills Elevate our voice, power, and participation to secure adequate representation and reparations; Amplify our issues and priorities that are vital to elevate Black Women; Organize, leverage and utilize our extensive talent, influence, networks, and brilliance into areas of collective alignment; Eliminate the racist and sexist attacks on Black Women and Girls; and Elevate the agenda and collective power of Black Women locally and nationally to secure the social and economic safety-net. Our mission is to uplift the voices and issues of Black Women and Girls in California. Our vision is to improve the lives of California Black Women and Girls. The foundation of our work is anchored by our values – Resilient, Elevate, Advocate, Collaborate, and Hopeful (REACH). CABWCEI has three core programs – The CA Black Women’s Think Tank, Conversations for Black Women, and Protect Black Women and Girls. CA BLACK WOMEN’S THINK TANK The California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute serves as the lead organization for the CA Black Women’s Think Tank, a nonpartisan public policy and training think tank based in California. The Think Tank provides ongoing programming and research on Work & Family; Health & Wellness; Employment & Earnings; Poverty & Opportunity; Education; Violence & Safety; and Black Women & Aging. California State University, Dominguez Hills serves as the academic partner. CONVERSATIONS FOR BLACK WOMEN Conversations for Black Women includes informative, resource rich events and activities that are designed to reset the conversation around issues important to Black Women. The initiative includes bringing together subject matter experts, policymakers, business leaders, activist, labor, and community leaders to have robust conversations on what needs to be done to help Black Women, their families and their communities on issues that impact their lives as well as to address disparity gaps, develop policy change and drive practice transformation. PROTECTING BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS The Protecting Black Women and Girls initiative focuses on ensuring the safety and improving health of Black Women and Girls throughout the state. This initiative is centered on harm reduction in every aspect of the lives of Black females including at home, in the public, within community and in the workplace as well as in intimate, personal and professional relationships.