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#HERStoryMatters: Black Women For Wellness

The ARGUS Staff by The ARGUS Staff
March 6, 2025
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Celebrating the powerful role of Black women in health advocacy and community wellness.

Black Women for Wellness started as a group of six women who were concerned with the health and well-being of black  babies and teamed up with the Birthing Project as “sisterfriends” in 1994 to implement the Shangazi Program.

This grassroots program dedicated its’ time and mission to matching pregnant women with “sisterfriends” mentors who  coached expecting mothers throughout their pregnancy until the child was at least a year old.

These mentorship  experiences provided support systems to combat infant and maternal mortality rates. Within 4 years of implementation,  BWW began moving upstream to address systems and political policy by becoming a California 501 (c) (3) nonprofit in 1997.

Black Women for Wellness celebrated our 20th anniversary in 2017, having grown from a volunteer group of  women to a community institution.

Our budget has grown at a steady pace where we are now close to having an annual  budget of approximately $1,900,000.00. 

Communities served

BWW works in Los Angeles County where over one million of all Southern California residents live. In addition, BWW services Stockton and Joaquin Valley in Northern California.

L.A. County has the largest number of African Americans in Southern California. (Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 2016)

In addition, more than half of L.A .county residents are females, a large percentage of which are women of color.  (Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc, 2006) 

Women residing in SPA 6 are disproportionately impacted by health disparities that impact the African American community, including obesity and lack of health insurance.

Through various Black Women for Wellness programming, we serve youth ages 12 – 17,  young adults ages 18 – 24, adults ages 25 – 65, and seniors ages 65+. 

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Sisters@Eight is a monthly roundtable bringing a wealth of information to health professionals, leadership, advocates and community to help empower, mobilize, and organize toward advocacy. Forums are held monthly every 2nd Friday.

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#BlackWellness #Empowerment #CommunityImpact

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