MECCA Chapter, National Coalition of 100 Black Woman, Inc
541-178 Tenth Street, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30318
404-863-1388

• The MECCA Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. is a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to community service. The group was formed February 1990, and began to meet at the Lullwater Cafeteria on North Decatur Road, to deal with issues confronting teen and young adults in the Atlanta area.

• April 1990, the group officially met for the first time with a group of fifteen African American Women at Paschals Motor Hotel on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta. By June of 1993, MECCA was installed as a Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Since February 1999, Mecca has been involved with:
  • Formed a "Teen Mothers Program" through the Oakhurst Community Center, designed to support young mothers, emphasize the importance of prenatal care, teach parenting skills and to encourage teens to complete high school.
  • Hosted an "International Coffee Hour" at Emory University.
  • Sponsored the first Black Arts Festival of South DeKalb.
  • Collected back-to-school clothes for homeless children.
  • Supplied the funds to purchase electric poles for the village of Assisiwira in Ghana, so that this remote village could have electric power for the first time.
  • Formed the "Little Ladies of English Avenue" group, followed the group to Drew Elementary after the closing of English, and continued with the group onto Perkerson Elementary.
  • Sponsored a "Coalition Day at the Capitol" to meet with our elected officials on a county and state level.
  • Held a fund-raiser, "Sunday Summer Jazz Festival", to benefit the Hammonds House Museum.
  • Volunteered time and service for a Fulton County battered women shelter.
  • Supported the Apex Museum and Auburn Street Library with donations.
  • Held MECCA's successful "First Annual Golf Tournament" as a fund-raiser.