WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A new chapter in community leadership began in southeastern North Carolina on Saturday as the National Council of Negro Women’s Coastal Wilmington Section celebrated its official charter.
At the Skyline Center in Wilmington, a new chapter in Black women’s leadership took center stage. The celebration, “Justice, Joy & Jubilee: Chartered, Crowned & Celebrated,” marked the official chartering of the Coastal Wilmington Section of the National Council of Negro Women.
Founded in 1935 by educator and civil rights leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, NCNW has spent decades empowering women and strengthening communities through education, advocacy, health initiatives, and civic engagement…