Our mission
To recapture the vision for rebuilding stronger family foundations — one that is conducive to bringing about change through education, inspiration and transformation.
About us
Recapturing the vision for rebuilding stronger family foundations.
Women of Strength Resources, Development and Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that focuses upon the needs of women, children, at-risk youth and families in low-income and underserved communities.
Our goal
To empower women from every walk of life by providing a support-based network system that will assist them in coping with the challenging circumstances of daily living, and ultimately improve the quality of their lives.
We create a path for the physical betterment of women by providing a forum for increased awareness and successful solutions for day-to-day management. We provide hands-on training, workshops, conferences and effective decision-making strategies that promote health and wellness, healing and wholeness, healthy relationships, wealth and balance.
- Women and families served
- 5,000+Women and families served
- Serving under-resourced communities
- Since 2001Serving under-resourced communities
- Community partner organizations
- 8Community partner organizations
- Ready For Success programs
- 5Ready For Success programs
01Purposeful Living — A Daily Celebration of Me!!!
Our national campaign — empowering women to become the total woman through purposeful living applications.
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Creating a Wealthy Lifestyle
Money habits, earning power and long-term stability — taught as skills, not secrets.
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Developing Limitless Expectations
Naming what you actually want, then building the plan that makes it reachable.
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Experiencing Freedom
Walking stress-free in liberty, supported by a sisterhood that knows your name.
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Practicing Healthy Habits
Health and wellness, healing and wholeness, and the daily routines that hold them up.
05A welcome
From our Executive Director
On behalf of our Board of Directors, we would like to take the time to welcome you to Women of Strength Resources, Development and Foundation, Inc. We are currently launching our national campaign, “Purposeful Living” — A Daily Celebration of Me!!!
The goal of the Women of Strength organization is to assist women in finding their strength by providing a sisterhood, a support-based network system, a resource directory of multi-purpose services, and a community that will help women cope with the challenges of daily living.
These services are provided through empowerment workshops, training sessions, seminars, state and local conferences, and retreats.
Our endeavor is to empower women from all over the world to maximize their fullest potential and achieve optimum performance in every area of their lives through education, inspiration and transformation — while becoming the total woman.
Margaretta Young
Executive Director
02Leadership
The people accountable for the work.
Executive Director
Margaretta Young
Board of Directors
- Joyce Brown
- La'Shawn Allen Muhammad
- Dewey Dockery Jr.
- Denise Taylor
- Donald Young
Advisory Council
- Kimberly Copeland
- Floryta Velasquez
03Book projects
WOS in print.
The Villagers
Stories from the community that raises us.
Women of Strength Book
The organization's flagship title on becoming the total woman.
Women of Strength Magazine
Features, resources and member spotlights.
Testimonies of Victory and Strength
First-person accounts from women who came through.
Who's Who Among Women of Strength
Recognizing the women carrying the work forward.
Resource Directory
The multi-purpose services directory, in print.