#WATESPEAKS: OUR Community LIVES
Encouraging Community ; Experiencing Change
2015 Heart Walk with the AHA
DUMBO, Brooklyn
"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change… I am changing the things I cannot accept” - Angela Davis
2016 All About the Benjamins
Brownsville, Brooklyn
Women got together to discuss financial literacy, the myths about creating debt and how to have tough conversation around finances with loved ones.
2017 Black Women Shoot
Convo, Education, & Training- Offsite
We encouraged African-American and Latina women to be engaged in firearm information. The goal was to empower Women of Color to be aware and to be accountable and be in control of how our children are being exposed to firearms. We had difficult conversations around firearm education and firearm training.
2017 WATE Voter's Registration Drive
East NY, Brooklyn
Brooklyn WATE's main goal in the Brownsville community was to increase the number of voters at the polls. We also debunked myths for those who were once incarcerated, about their ability to vote. Our Vote is Our Voice.
Black Women Teach
Coming February 2023
Passing on the Knowledge
Black Women Teach is an opportunity to engage in "Each one; Teach one." We hold a wealth of knowledge and its only right that we use it towards moving our communities into being "in the know. Different experts in their field will drop those gems and enlighten us all.
Black Women Read - Starts in March 2023
Reinforcing our Commitment
This is not your average book club. Black Women Read will engage in thought provoking and controversial reading material by Black Authors to invoke conversation. Don't worry we're reading these books together.
Black Women Give
2023 Joy Drive: Flatbush, Brooklyn
When women work together towards a common cause, they can move mountains. Our Joy Drive sits under the Black Women Give umbrella. It is our coordinated effort to gift families this holiday season. BWG in our communities calls to action coat drives, food drives and other needed resource- driven drives and initiatives for those in need.
