2016-10-13T14:12:55-07:00 2015-12-31 Pamela R Ross CPA 22739 Federalist Road Calabasas CA 913024809 990 2015-01-01 954624707 BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS BLAC 3232905955 PO BOX 292516 LOS ANGELES CA 90029 JANETTE ROBINSON FLINT Executive Director 2016-10-13 true Pamela R Ross P00034695 8182228581 X 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z 760290 false false X WWW.BWWLA.ORG X 1997 CA BWW mission strategies include sharing communication between health care professionals, grassroots leadership and community advocates, implementing cultural and gender appropriate programs, publishing health education materials, research and validation of effective prevention strategies, documenting new health trends impacting well being, and being an active listening voice concerning the health status of Black women 5 5 16 75 0 467120 657066 70049 103224 0 0 537169 760290 0 0 359071 455780 0 42660 122101 186680 481172 642460 55997 117830 114841 234552 4701 6582 110140 227970 Black Women for Wellness is a woman centered grassroots community based organization, on a mission to enhance the health and well being of African American and Black women and girls. false false 514804 Sisters @ Eight Sisters @ Eight, held on the 2nd Friday of the month, brought a wealth of information to the community to help empower, mobilize, and organize toward advocacy. More than 440 women and men participated with Sisters @ Eight this year including a total of 39 speakers presenting at monthly meetings held over 2015 year. Sisters in Motion Kitchen DivasBWW in partnership with community based organizations, faith based institutions, and health insurance companies have conducted food demonstrations reaching at churches, annual conferences, fitness events and local large scale health fairs. More than 5000 people have attended a minimum one of these events where participants are able to taste new recipes, observe food demonstrations and hear health education messages on the intersection of food and health status. BWW conducted Kitchen Diva workshops and demos at 30 different sites in 2015 (some re-occurring and others one-time). One site, L.A. Care Inglewood Resource Center, met a minimum of twice a month. KD had more than 1260 participants to share lifestyle change information via nutrition, food preparation and cooking demonstrationsUrban Chef Academy taught classes at 4 middle and high schools surrounding Black Women for Wellness offices reaching more than 300 students with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) information centerd with food. Sisters in Motion National Diabetes Prevention ProgramBWW in partnership with the Black Womens Health Imperative implemented Change Your Lifestyle. Change Your Life. as part of the Center of Disease Controls National Diabetes Prevention Program, working with community centers and with employers to offer lifestyle coaching and health education to prevent type 2 diabetes at the work site. We also allowed persons with diabetes to audit the class. We served 96 participants in 2015.Sisters With Options Education Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening BWW in partnership with the Georgia Regent University/National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer outreach and education efforts extended throughout Los Angeles to reach 74 people sharing information on cancer screenings and interventions. CoalitionsBlack Women for Wellness partners with a number of coalitions including California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom, Reproductive Justice Coalition of Los Angeles Having Our Say Coalition, Women for Health Care Reform, Black Agenda and California for A Health and Green Economy. Sisters in Control Reproductive JusticeBlack Women for Wellness (BWW) held 12 peer educator and volunteer trainings where we recruited and trained 125 peer educators (both adult and young people to provide information and education to the communities of Black and African American women on reproductive health/rights and justice issues. April 2, 2015 marked the 3rd year anniversary of Spring into Love attracting more than 170 students from across Los Angeles. Hosted by Black Women for Wellness, Spring into Love is a youth led, sexual reproductive health conference which provides a day for youth to learn about various health topics from peer leaders with the support of community based organizations from East and South Los Angeles. #SexSpeaks brought 50+ young women to share stories surrounding sex education and self esteem to address root causes of particularly the high rates of sexually transmitted infections among Black women 18 35. Black Women for Wellness along with NARAL Pro-choice California and The California Attorney Generals Office sponsored AB 775 or the Reproductive FACT (Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency) Act. The Reproductive FACT Act, authored by Assembly members David Chiu (D-17) and Autumn Burke (D-62), ensures that California women get basic information about their reproductive options. In short AB 775, requires that licensed clinics provide clients with full information about Californias comprehensive family planning services, prenatal care, adoption and abortion services and notify patients about available financial assistance and contact information for those services so they can promptly enroll if needed.Environmental JusticeBlack Women for Wellness is conducting outreach, education and research touching 952 people that include 723 community members, 117 academic researchers, 10 elected officials, and 90 beauty professionals. BWW continues research into the impact of chemical use by African American women with our Hair Salon Project. BWW reprinted Toxic Chemical Purse card a summary of the most utilized chemicals to accompany community members while shopping for beauty, personal and cleaning products. BWW distributed 1000 cards at various events, health fairs and forums. Via Twitter Chat and social media pushes BWW Environmental Justice team reached 14,885 accounts via social media, webinars and real time Facebook broadcasts. Voter Education Through our GOTV work we were able to register 35 people to vote, canvass more than 10,000 residents, phone bank close to 4000 people via 40 phone bank shifts and mailed to 1200 folks in Los Angeles City Council District 8 to raise awareness of the reproductive justice challenges to Black women & girls. Through our civic engagement work, we deepen relationships with social justice organizations, civil justice organizations and faith based organizations in the south Los Angeles community co-hosting with SCOPE an accountability conversation with city council members. In addition BWW partnered to convene a reproductive justice briefing, in Sacramento and Washington DC.Social media Social media communication strategy has been quite productive. Our 2015 numbers include 185,880 individuals reached through the bwwla.org website 2,285 Email addresses (2014) / 3,749 Email addresses (2015) = 64% increase53K Facebook likes (2014) / 166K Facebook likes (2015) = 213% increase6,892 Website views (2014) / 16,131 Website views (2015) = 134% increaseBWW publishes an electronic newsletter weekly reaching more than 2000 people where we share upcoming events, articles of interest on the health and well being of Black women and community, discuss hot topics and news on the health status of women, our programs and strategies to build health. This year we continue to build Twitter, Instragram and Tumblr and have added Pinterest to our strategies of outreach and communication on health and well being for Black women & girls. 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After resolving any questions or updates, the form will be presented to the board members to approve for filing with IRS. A board resolution is required in order for the Form 990 to be filed. The resolution is acknowledged by signing of the Board of Director's Acknowledgement of 990 Review form. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts When BWW becomes aware of a situation, the Conflict of Interest policy is reviewed with the officer or employee. When we decide that there is a conflict, we discuss the situation and come up with a solution that might include resignation from the board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.