Illinois Women of Diligence & Resilience Club - NACWC

IWDR x WOE x WOI alumni Feds at Church this Sunday 🥰 We love seeing our sisters and connecting 💜 It was a great Sunday.

Join us Friday, October 3rd for a VIRTUAL Vision Board Party! Bring your planners, calendars, and journals and map@out your last quarter of 2025 and first quarter of 2026 with IWDR 💜 We’ll be raffling off gift cards and a planner kit! RSVP via the link in our bio

Some of our Feds at Sunday Service yesterday at New Life Southeast Covenant Church. Congratulations to and on being baptized 💜 We love you ladies and are so proud of you for taking this step in your spiritual lives.

Due to today’s weather forecast our Vision Board Party is POSTPONED. Please stay tuned for details on a new day/time for the event.

Join us this Sunday ‼️ Bring your notebooks, journals, iPads, and supplies to our Vision Board Party!! Everyone is invited to come plan out your last quarter of 2025 💜 Please DM us if you plan to attend so we can ensure you get all the information to meet up with us!

Join us for Sunday Service at New Life on September 21st! Please RSVP by the link in our bio by the 19th 💜

🌟 Happy Labor Day! Today we celebrate the hard work, dedication, and creativity of workers everywhere. This day reminds us of the power of unity and the importance of lifting one another up. Together, we keep moving forward, building stronger communities and brighter futures.

129 years strong. 💐 Today we honor the legacy of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC), founded in 1896 by visionary Black women who dared to lead, organize, and uplift in the face of injustice.

With gratitude, we carry on the legacy of educators, activists, and community builders whose commitment to “Lifting as We Climb” continues to inspire generations. Here’s to the powerful legacy of service, sisterhood, and social change. ✨

Today we honor and celebrate the freedom of our ancestors on June 19, 1865. Two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, which only freed slaves in confederate states, those in remaining states were freed. We celebrate our ancestors and our culture all year, but today…we take it up a NOTCH! Happy Juneteenth from IWDR ♥️

Happy 3rd Charter Day to the Illinois Women of Diligence and Resilience Club of NACWC. 3 years ago 32 Federated Women came together to charter the FIRST State-wide Standard Adult Club so that Federated Women in the state of Illinois could have a club to call home after their collegiate journeys or for women seeking to become members of NACWC. In these 3 years, our club has serviced our communities, held numerous events, and made strides as a club. From inducting 16 amazing women 2 years ago, to now continuing to support chapters across the state/region and build a legacy our founders would be proud of. Today we celebrate IWDR 💜 Cheers to 3 years!

Happy 2nd FEDversary to 16 S.H.A.D.E.S. inducted into the Illinois Women of Diligence and Resilience Club of NACWC on March 4, 2023 💜 We send our love and a million purple Fed hearts to:

Cheniya Alston
Kennedy Byrd
Diamond Crowder
Marshay Embery
Shakiyah Golden-Fullilove
Iyana Ho**er
LaTaysha Jackson
Brenyè Johnson
Kristen Lyda
Aagiyah Miller
Crystal Nwansi
LaToyia Roman
Quamesha Smith
Rhaya Vaughn
Anita White
Shania Wright

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Happy Monday from IWDR 💜 We hope you all have an amazing week!