Black Women's Embassy
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"This is the most revolutionary thing I have ever heard."
Sign the Petition for the Black Women's Embassy!
IBWPPI is campaigning to build a center, highlighting the Excellence of Black Women.
VISION: A distinguished building that would be a home to intergenerational Black Women regardless of where they are from.
IMPACT: First and only Black Women’s Embassy in the world.
MISSION: IBWPPI Capital Campaign Project
BUILDING: Washington, DC or Atlanta, GA Headquarters, designed for mixed use, private residential quarters for international guests, high tech conference space, retreat and training space, museum like atmosphere show casing a variety of artisans and more.
GROUNDS: A place for nature’s beauty to be on display with an intentional focus on the importance of green spaces and outdoor appreciation.
Your support will set the foundation for future generations!
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Reason for signing...
| Signature | Last | Country | I support this because... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms. | McDaniel | United States | A Black Women's Embassy is necessary to bring black women together from all spectrums to discuss and brainstorm issues and opportunities specific to black women. The embassy will be a safe place for Black Women. A place of learning and growing. |
| Mrs. | McFadden-Lawson | United States | We’re building the next generation of global leaders, focusing on service, equity, and transformational leadership. |
| Mrs. | Wright-Chisolm | United States | As a women and more so as a black women, I believe it is critically important that we stand for and support women all over the world. We must take a stand now so that the future of our young black women will not be diminished or overlooked. STAND! |
| Ms. | Washington | United States | I support this campaign because I believe in the vision |
| Ms. | Salvary | United States | It will be a great space dedicated to empowering black women and their progress |
| Mrs. | Moore Lee | United States | This project is long overdue! Black women need this safe space for recognition, support and upliftment. |
| Mrs. | McCann Hightower | United States | If We Don't Do it... Who will? |
| Dr. | Kelley | United States | There is a need for Black women to have and occupy a space of personal focus, dedicated to their needs, agenda(s), policy that supports and elevates their lives so they may pursue their vision, mission and goals. |
| Dr. | Honore | United States | I direct a health policy honors program for medical students and would like to introduce more Black Women medical students to policy. |
| Mrs. | Forbes | United States | |
| Dr. | Akande | United States | I support this campaign because of the research, leadership, wellness and advocacy work for black women that is critically needed. |
| Ms. | Clanton | United States | Black women deserve space! Our own space! |
| Miss | Nixon | United States | |
| Ms. | Hutchison | United States | Black women need a globally connected support community. |
| Mrs. | DUPONT-WALKER | United States | I support because Black women have historically stood for everybody so celebrating Black Women means we celebrate those who nurture all of humanity. |
| Mrs. | Peterkin Bell | United States | It’s Time. There is power in our Global connection. |
| Mrs. | Jones-Harrigan | United States | It is needed! |
| Dr. | Nicholas | United States | This is so, so needed! |
| Ms. | Davis | United States | I just learned about this organization on the weekly WWBW zoom meeting. I would like to learn more, then explore the possibilities of committing to the cause. |
| Ms. | Hunt | United States | I support this campaign because I think it is important to have a safe place for black women. |
| Ms. | Gainey | United States | I support this campaign because of the impact it will have now and future generations. |
| Ms. | Coleman | United States | It is important for Black Women to raise each other and recognize that we are the ones we've been waiting for. |
| Mrs. | Dupont-Walker | United States | Black women have been the advocates and nurturers for all of humanity. It is our time to tell our story and celebrate the legacy that is ours. |
| Ms. | Perry | United States | Of the leadership of president Barbara Perkins |
| Mrs. | ECHEUMUNA | United States | |
| Signature | Last | Country | I support this because... |
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About the Campaign
President, Barbara A. Perkins, Co-Founder of the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute announced at the UN CSW 65 Conference on March 16th, 2021, the launching of a major capital campaign by IBWPPI to build the first Embassy for Black Women globally. The vision is to design and construct a magnificent building in our nation’s capital or Atlanta, GA where Black Women from across the world would be welcomed to take a Seat at the Table. This 3 to 5-year campaign began with a call for the first 100 women to become Seed Growers by donating $1000 before the end of 2021.
A couple of months ago, Ms. Perkins was giving a speech during International Women’s Day at the invitation of the National Women’s Advisory Council of The Bahamas. The planned address did not include anything about the Black Women’s Embassy; however, it was there that she made the first public announcement. Immediately following that televised announcement, she made a call to the Board of Directors of the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute, under whose governance the Embassy Project will be built. They are all IN.
The Black Women’s Embassy will be built in Atlanta, Georgia, the cradle of the civil rights movement or Washington, D.C., the gateway of power. It will be an unmistakable symbol of Black Women’s contributions to humanity. It would be in honor of our foremothers, who carried, nurtured, and prayed over so many dreams deferred. This symbol of beauty would connect our rich past with our hopeful future. In solidarity, we are confident that this big dream is realizable.
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
This dream is asking us to go further than we have ever gone before. This dream is about our collective legacy for generations to come. Regardless of where little black girls are in the world, this dream includes them. Our daughters, grand-daughters, sisters, nieces, and goddaughters will know that we were thinking of them with this big dream.
The plan is built on a simple principle “When you learn, teach. When you get, give.” Dr. Maya Angelou. IBWPPI is asking you to do both. Sow a seed of $1,000 dollars first, and then encourage another to do the same. We are asking 100 women such as yourself to sow the first $100,000 dollars for this project. Doing this says, you see the vision and will commit to making it a reality. The Seed Growers will always be a special group in the center of all that will happen in the Black Women’s Embassy.