BWOPA
BLACK WOMEN ORGANIZED FOR POLITICAL ACTION (BWOPA)
Since 1968 BWOPA has understood the need for Black women to be involved in the political process at every level. That understanding has guided decades of civic engagement and the election of many qualified candidates and the advancement of innumerable community initiatives.
BWOPA understands that everything that affects our quality of life is in most ways political. BWOPA’s primary goal is to educate, train, and involve as many African American women as possible in the political process. Today, BWOPA is a statewide 501c4 non-profit advocacy and membership organization.
Our Mission
The mission of Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) is to activate, motivate, promote, support, and educate African-American women about the political process. Then we want to encourage involvement, and affirm our commitment to solving the problems affecting the African-American community.
BWOPA's purpose is to:
- Provide leadership, training and mentoring to insure participation in the political process (TILE)
- Developing long-range strategies to insure representation of African Americans within the political spectrum.
- Articulate our collective positions on issues affecting African Americans;
- Develop collaborative linkages with other political organizations; and
- Preserve and chronicle the political experience of African American women in California.
Work is accomplished through our main organization (BWOPA), our Training Institute for Leadership Enrichment (TILE) and our Political Action Committee (PAC). TILE is leading the BLACK + VAXXED campaign.
