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About
Our story
Recognition is a form of infrastructure.
2026
National Honors Gala
Largest program to date — gala, exhibit, workshops, and scholarship ceremony in March.
2023
First traveling exhibit
Photo and oral-history installation tours four cities in seven months.
2019
100 honorees
Crosses the threshold of 100 women honored as Community Stars.
2014
First scholarship cohort
Begins awarding scholarships to graduating high-school seniors across Florida.
2011
Reorganized & expanded
Becomes the African American Women’s History Month Project, Inc. with national ambitions.
1998
Founded as Orlando WHMP
The project begins in Orlando, FL — a single ceremony honoring twelve local women.