NCFCWC YAYC Inc
State Board and Officers
Barbara R Myers
State President
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Deborah Pringle
State Vice President
Central District
June Van
State Vice President
Northeastern District
Vacant
State Vice President
Southeastern District
Jacqueline C Kanipe
State Vice President
Western District
Carolyn Robinson
State Director
Young Adults and Youth
Barbara H. Hill
Assistant Director
Young Adults and Youth
Pending
Executive Board Chairperson
Jennifer Weaver
Treasurer
Marisa Byer Dockery
Recording Secretary
Geraldine Hill
Assistant
Recording Secretary
Magnoria Lunsford
Correspondence Secretary
Coralisa Matthews
Financial Secretary
Geraldine Young
Chaplin
Deborah Pringle
Historian
Laura T. Jamerson
NCSOS Registered Agent
Parliamentarian
About Us
The North Carolina Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, Young Adult and Youth Clubs, Inc., was founded in 1909 at the Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, North Carolina, by Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Minnie S. Pearson, Cottie Dancy Moore, Maggie Jones, and Julia M. Warren. Rooted in the early Black women’s club movement, the Federation began as the North Carolina Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs and was recognized from the start as North Carolina’s official state affiliate of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC).
Throughout the 20th century, the Federation united local clubs across the state in service, education, leadership development, health, youth programs, and community uplift. Its Young Adult and Youth divisions emerged mid-century and were formally incorporated into the organization by the 1990s. Although its legal filings long retained the historic “Negro Women’s Clubs” title, in 2018 the Federation updated its corporate name to align with the terminology used in its public identity and NACWC affiliation: North Carolina Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, Young Adult and Youth Clubs, Inc.
Today, the Federation proudly continues its 116-year legacy of “Lifting as We Climb”—supporting women, strengthening families, empowering youth, preserving history, and advancing justice throughout North Carolina as an active member of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc (NACWC) network.
Our Mission
To advance the moral, educational, economic, and civic welfare of women, youth, and families throughout North Carolina; to uphold the enduring principles of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs; and to exemplify the Federation’s guiding motto, “Lifting as We Climb.”
Our Priorities
To promote high standards of character, integrity, and service; to foster leadership among women and young people; to cultivate educational opportunity and cultural enrichment; to support community stability and family well-being; and to preserve the legacy and history of African American women’s organized work in North Carolina.
Our Objectives
To unify clubs across the state in constructive community service; to encourage scholarship, self-improvement, and responsible citizenship; to develop programs that strengthen homes and communities; to guide the growth of Young Adult and Youth Clubs; and to maintain faithful affiliation with the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs in purpose and practice.
Join the Movement —
State to National
If you feel called to serve, to mentor, or to help shape a new generation of women leaders, we invite you to become part of this enduring legacy.
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Explore your local and state chapters through the North Carolina Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc (NCFCWC).
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Connect nationally through the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc (NACWC).
where women continue to unite “Lifting as We Climb.”
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✨ What happens to one woman touches us all.
What we build together will outlast us all.
