The Co-op City Section of the National Council of Negro Women, located in Bronx, NY was founded in 1971. Chartered by Dr. Dorothy I. Height, President Emerita. We will continue the legacy of our founder, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.

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“It is our pledge to make a lasting contribution to all that is finest and best in America, to cherish and enrich her heritage of freedom and progress by working for the integration of all her people regardless of race, creed or national origin into her spiritual, social, cultural and civic life, and thus aid her to achieve the glorious destiny of a true and unfettered democracy.”