Mission

The Woodson Center’s mission is to empower community-based leaders to promote solutions that reduce crime and violence, restore families, revitalize underserved communities, and assist in the creation of economic enterprise

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A Celebration of
Resilience

The inspiring story of how Black America survived unimaginable odds and an examination of the real challenges it faces today.

A Pathway to American Renewal: Red, White, and Black Volume II is now available at a bookstore near you!

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Our Curriculum: CH Mason
and the Black Church Lesson

This lesson introduces students to Charles Harrison Mason, founder and bishop of Church of God in Christ (COGIC), one of the largest historically-Black Protestant denominations in the world. A public witness for peace and justice in his country and beyond, Bishop Mason was a pacifist who pursued racial justice and unity in both religious and civic spaces.

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Comeback Series E2 —
Beyond the Walls Church

Woodson Center
Introduction

Our Founder

Meet our President and founder Bob Woodson, a social activist dedicated to discovering local solutions to local issues

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Empowering the Families

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

How We Help

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Curriculum

Learn more and download our free achievement-oriented Black History curriculum
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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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Impact

Accomplishments

$55,000,000 MINI GRANTS

Since 1998, the Woodson Center has invested more than $55 million into over 800 community-based organizations.

200,000+ DOWNLOADS

Our K-12 black history and excellence curriculum has been downloaded over 200k 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.

Woodson Center Impact

Over 450
Community Affiliates

In 37 States

Over 20
VBMU Moms

In 10 States

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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.

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“Those suffering the problem must be involved in the creation and implementation of the solution.”
– Bob Woodson –

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