2025-2026 Scholarship is LIVE
The scholarship is for current college students
Application Deadline - April 4, 2025
About
The National Council of Negro Women is an “organization of organizations” (comprised of 330 campus and community-based sections and 32 national women’s organizations) that enlightens, inspires and connects more than 2,000,000 women and men. Its mission is to lead, advocate for, and empower women of African descent, their families and communities.
NCNW was founded in 1935 by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, an influential educator and activist, and for more than fifty years, the iconic Dr. Dorothy Height was President of NCNW. Johnnetta Betsch Cole was elected Chair of NCNW in 2018, ushering in a new era of social activism and continued progress and growth for the organization. Today, NCNW’s programs are grounded on a foundation of critical concerns known as “Four for the Future”. NCNW promotes education with a special focus on science, technology, engineering and math; encourages entrepreneurship, financial literacy and economic stability; educates women about good health and HIV/AIDS; promotes civic engagement and advocates for sound public policy and social justice.
Our Mission
The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) mission is to lead, empower and advocate for women of African descent, their families and communities.
Chartered on September 10, 2020, the Greater Harrisburg Section was chartered by fifty women who reside in the Harrisburg, PA area. NCNW advocates for and empowers women of African descent, their families and their communities. Following and aligning with the national headquarters' Core Four, the Greater Harrisburg Section will strive to promote these initiatives throughout the Greater Harrisburg community.
Welcome to the Greater Harrisburg Section’s website.
NCNW Pledge
It is our pledge to make a lasting contribution to all that is finest and best in America, so that her heritage of Freedom and Progress will be infinitely enriched by the integration of all the people (regardless of race, creed or national origin), in the economic, social, cultural, civic and political life of their country and thus achieve the glorious destiny of a true and unfettered democracy.
— Founder Mary McLeod Bethune's Pledge for NCNW