Black Women In Sisterhood for Action (BISA)

Black Women In Sisterhood for Action (BISA)

Black Women In Sisterhood for Action (BISA) was founded on January 10, 1980, as a non-profit organization, whose purposes are to develop and promote alternative strategies for educational and career development of black women; provide scholarship assistance to young black women; provide support and social assistance for senior black women in the community; share information in meaningful ways with the community at-large; and to provide leadership, role models, and mentors for young black women. For the past 25 years, BISA has been publishing annual calendars of distinguished black women, who serve as role models and mentors for BISA's scholarship recipients. It is through the support of BISA's philosophy, goals, and programs and the marketing of BISA's calendar, posters, reference books, and annual gala conference that BISA is able to support its national scholarship program. Other support is obtained from individual contributions and the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). We have sponsored 22 gala programs honoring 301 distinguished black women to date. In addition, we have published four major reference books and 25 calendars.