SRBWI

The Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative for Economic and Social Justice (SRBWI) promotes the first human rights agenda in the United States aimed at eradicating historical race, class, cultural, religious and gender barriers experienced by southern rural black women.

SRBWI Mission Statement

To nourish the internal capacity of women to take responsibility for their own lives, personally and externally;
To engage women in advocacy and policy initiatives that redirect local, state, and federal resources to help ensure women's full participation and access to economic and social justice;
To engage women in an economic and community development agenda that includes workforce development;
To develop organizational capacity within the region to sustain this work; and
To build linkages with women's groups committed to economic and social justice. For more information on the New Visions Program, goto http://www.srbwi.org/newvisions/SRBWINV.html

New Visions is created from curriculum & instruction provided by Jeffrey B. Teitler / Envision Films

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