The Board of Directors and staff of the Women’s Civic Improvement Club (WCIC) are proud to announce its 75th anniversary celebration. This historic occasion will be celebrated August 1-6, 2011 with a week of fun and educational activities for all ages. There will be art work displays, children’s literacy day, poetry/spoke word and a 1930’s theme house party. The celebration will conclude with a gala banquet honoring the founding members. All events will be held at the WCIC facility 3555 3rd Ave., Sacramento, CA and are free except for a nominal fee for the Gala Banquet. WCIC was organized in 1936 as the Negro Women’s Civic Improvement Club for the primary purpose of providing housing for

http://www.newjimcrow.com/ Wednesday, May 25, 2011 from 6:30pm 8:00pm, the Sacramento Chapter of All of Us or None, Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley and the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC) will co-sponsor and host noted author and legal scholar, Professor Michelle Alexander’s visit to Sacramento. The event will be held at the historic Women’s Civic Improvement Center, 3555 3rd Ave., Sacramento, CA. 95817. Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer, advocate and legal scholar. She is also the author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (The New Press, 2010). See http://www.newjimcrow.com. The book is a bold challenge to the widespread belief that

Join us Sunday, January 30, 2011 from 2-4pm. In the spirit of Dr. King’s vision for a more engaged community the Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley (BUFSV) and the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC) presents a Day of Service in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy. Join the Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley (BUFSV) and the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC) for a Day of Service in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy. The community is invited to attend and participate in this year’s Day of Service to prepare personal kits (for items collected during the 2010 Kwanzaa Celebration), to be delivered to three programs serving homeless individuals and fa

NIA-WOMEN OF PURPOSE presents its Literacy and Learning Program. In recognition of National Library Week…April 11-17, 2010 “EARLY YEARS ARE LEARNING YEARS FOCUS” and Week of the Young Child, April 11-17, 2010. NIA adopted and will provide children’s books and educational materials to Women’s Civic Improvement Center’s (WCIC) Headstart Program. The first in a series of events will be held Tuesday, April 13 at 1:30pm at WCIC'S Headstart Program, 3930 8th Avenue, Sacramento, California 95817. NIA-WOMEN OF PURPOSE, Inc is based on the giving circle concept which promotes giving back because we are all blessed in order to be a blessing to others. On an annual basis NIA will distribute member's

  IT’S A CELEBRATION Sacramento, CA.…The Black Parallel School Board (BPSB) invites you to attend our “Second (2) Year Anniversary Celebration”, Saturday, February 6, 2010 ,10:00am to 12:00pm. The celebration will be held at our regularly scheduled meeting-place, Oak Park United Methodist Church, 3600 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95817. Please check-in and arrive by 10:00 am.   Our guest speaker is the distinguished Amina R. Merritt, Esquire, a native of Hartford, CT. Ms. Merritt is the founding Attorney at the Merritt Law Clinic, Sacramento, California. The first class of women to graduate from Amherst College in 1980, Amina received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree, magna cum laude. Af