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Voices of Black Mothers United
Mothers of fallen Black children are seldom given the platform to speak up and address the crisis of Black homicide. Voices of Black Mothers United empowers Black mothers, family members, and community partners to voice their opinions and to heal our communities.
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Community Affiliate Network
The Community Affiliate Network (CAN) is a nationwide association of community-based leaders who are solving America’s most challenging social problems from the ground up. We currently have over 500 members within the network spread across the country.
Our 40th Anniversary
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“1776 Unites achieves high quality scores for nearly all its resources. This suggest that the materials used in each unit provide substantial information, offer the possibility of high impact for students, and contain a multitude of topics”
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$52,000,000 MINI GRANTS
Since 1998, the Woodson Center has invested more than $52 million into over 800 community-based organizations.
100,000+ DOWNLOADS
Our K-12 black history and excellence curriculum has been downloaded over 100k times across the nation.
68,217 STUDENTS PLEDGED
In 2022, several VBMU state leads partnered with schools and community organizations to facilitate youth pledges against gun violence on the Day of National Concern.
200% GROWTH
the Community Affiliate Network (CAN) has expanded exponentially since 2022.
21,636 LIVES IMPACTED
through the Woodson Center mini-grant program in 2022.
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Our non-profit relies on the generous support of our donors to create an impact in neighborhoods across the country.
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The Woodson Center operates throughout the nation to help community and faith-based organizations with training, technical assistance, and linkages to sources of support.
“Those suffering the problem must be involved in the creation and implementation of the solution.”
– Bob Woodson –
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“My individual choices or actions, when multiplied by those of young people throughout the country, will make a difference. Together, by honoring this pledge, we can reverse the violence and grow up in safety.“ The Pledge began in 1996. Over 10 million students have signed the pledge. Our Voices of Black Mothers United (VBMU) initiative…
Conference dates: October 30 – November 3, 2024 TSSSA: Thursday October 31 #TXCSS2024: Friday, Nov 1 – Sunday, Nov. 3
We are pleased to announce we will be attending the National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference for the third year in a row to exhibit our K-12 Black History and Excellence Curriculum, which now has close to 200,000 downloads.
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Please join our Community Affiliate Network (CAN) to receive access to our grants and much more!