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Women for Progress of Mississippi, Inc. was chartered on May 11, 1978, as a nonprofit, nonpartisan community improvement organization founded by Dorothy T. Stewart with the mission of Advocacy, Awareness, and Action.

The organization's major priorities include political action (increasing minority representation in state legislature), education (providing books and teaching materials to public schools), economic development (supporting minority businesses through the Women's Business & Entrepreneur's Network), and cultural advancement (Kwanzaa celebrations, radio programming on WMPR 90.1 FM, and the Sankofa Book Club).

Dorothy Stewart Samuel, the founder, was an educator who taught at multiple schools in Mississippi and California, and served on charter boards for the Urban League Guild of Jackson and Mission Mississippi.

Core projects include Women for Progress Radio Network, Political & Education Forums, the "She Should Run" initiative for women in public leadership, the Dorothy Stewart Samuel Scholarship Fund, Project Aspire Youth Leadership Institute, and annual Kwanzaa celebrations.

The Mississippi Senate commends the organization for 45 years of public service to Mississippi citizens and extends best wishes for its future prosperity.