Womens Groups Who Help Other Women
A HAND UP FOR WOMEN, Eva Pierce, Executive Director, 2909 N. Broadway, PO Box 3216, Knoxville, TN 37927, 865.219.0104, FAX: 865.281.0483, email: eva@handupforwomen.org, website: www.ahandupforwomen.org. Helps dependent women become self-sufficient. Pairs each client with a mentor. Offers computer classes and teaches life management skills including improving self-esteem, anger management, assertiveness skills, goal-setting, problem-solving and budgeting. Assistance with transportation.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, 1111 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-4873, 800.326.AAUW, Fax: 202.872.1425, (TDD) 202.785.7777, Email: info@aauw.org, website: www.aauw.org/. A powerful, nationwide network of women, 160,000 strong, striving to tear down the barriers - educational, financial and legal - that women and girls continue to face. Have led the way to secure for women equal employment opportunities, civil rights, healthcare, adequate child care and more.
AMERICAN WOMEN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (AWED) 216 E. 45th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017, 917.368.6140, website: www.awed.org. Their goal is to increase the start-up, survival and expansion rate of small businesses especially for women business owners.
INDEPENDENT MEANS, INC., 126 East Haley Street, A16, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, 805.965.0475. A place where teen women can learn about pursuing their dreams through entrepreneurship. Offers imaginative and unique programs and products related to economic empowerment for young women.
CATALYST, Sheila Wellington, President, 120 Wall Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10005, 212.514.7600, Fax: 212.514.8470, E-mail: info@catalystwomen.org, website: www.catalystwomen.org. Established to help women entering the labor force.
CENTER FOR YOUNG WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT, 1550 Bryant Street, Suite #700, San Francisco, CA 94103, 415.703.8800, Fax: 415.703.8818. Sisters helping sisters.
FINANCIAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, 215 Park Av, South, #1713, New York, NY 10003, 212.533.2141, Fax: 212.982.3008, Email: fwaoffice@fwa.org, website: www.fwa.org/. Non-profit professional organization established by a group of Wall Street women to support the role and development of women in the financial services.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS (NABWE), One Ford Place, Detroit, MI 48202, 313.874.6284, Fax: 313.874.9582, Email: info@nabwe.org, website: www.nabwe.org. Provides support services for members, bi-monthly networking meetings and seminars for African American women entrepreneurs.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY WOMEN IN BUSINESS, 906 Grand Av, #200, Kansas City, KS 64106, 816.421.3336.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MOTHERS CENTERS, 64 Division Avenue, Levittown, NY 11756, 1.800.645.3828, 516.520.2929, Fax: 516.520.1639, Email: info@motherscenter.org, website: www.motherscenter.org/. Offers mothers a place to learn, to listen and to be listened to.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS, 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite #800, Mclean, VA 22102, 800.55.NAWBO, Email: national@nawbo.org, website: www.nawbo.org/. .
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, 733 15th Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 202.331.0066, website: www.now.org. Devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation. Largest women's rights organization in the United States.
NATIONAL WOMEN'S BUSINESS COUNCIL, (NWBC), 409 Third Street, SW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20024, 202.205.3850, Fax: 202.205.6825, Email: info@nwbc.gov, website: www.nwbc.gov. NWBC's mission is to promote new initiatives, policies and programs designed to foster women business enterprise at all stages of development in the public and private sectors. It focuses on expanding the financial resources available to women business owners, etc.
