Currently, NCBW provides opportunities for women for leadership and decision-making positions in government, nonprofit organizations and the private sector.
Their mission is to educate youth on the responsibilities of good citizenship and the importance of engaging the political process, while also providing opportunities for internships and other learning experiences at the local, state, national and global levels.
The National Congress of Black Women's founding chairs were Shirley Chisholm and Dr. C. Delores Tucker.
The National Congress of Black Women commissioned Artis Lane to create a bronze bust portraying Sojourner Truth, women's-right advocate and abolitionist.
The bust was unveiled on April 28, 2009, by First Lady Michelle Obama for permanent display in the Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Centre.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Lavonia Perryman Fairfax, Johnnie Scott Rice (Washington, DC), Hon.