special thanks to our
BWOPA Lifetime Members

Hon. Dezie Woods Jones
Hon. Alfreda Abbott*
Hon. Irma Anderson*
Hon. Surlene Grant*
Hon. Lauren Hammond
Hon. Tony Thurmond
Hon. Alona Clifton
Commissioner Margaret Gordon
Beryl Crumpton, Esq.*
Arthelma Johnson
Charlene Leathers-Sibblis
Victoria Redus
Ella Servell
Elaine D. Smith
Melanie Sweeney-Griffith
Hon. Cynthia Sterling
Florence Stroud
Nicole Taylor
LaConnie Taylor Jones*
Carrie Womack*
Carol Crawford
Althena Curry
Linda Crayton
Gwen Booze
Carol Belle
Thomas Moss
Lillian Litzsey

About

About Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA)

Founded in 1968, BWOPA understands that everything that affects the quality of life is in most ways political.  Therefore, BWOPA’s primary goal is to educate, train, and involve as many African American women as possible in the political process.   Today, BWOPA is a statewide 501c4 non-profit advocacy and membership organization.

Our Mission

The purpose of Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) is to activate, motivate, promote, support, and educate African-American women about the political process, encourage involvement, and to affirm our commitment to, and solving of, those problems affecting the African-American community.  BWOPA is...

• Preserving and chronicling the political experience of African American women in California;
• Developing collaborative linkages with other political organizations;
• Providing leadership, training and mentoring to insure participation in the political process;
• Articulating our collective positions on issues affecting African Americans; and
• Developing long-range strategies to insure representation of African Americans within the political spectrum.