ABOUT
National Black Nurses Association, 1971
Who We Are
Tuskegee University, Alabama
THE NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION, INC. (NBNA) was organized in 1971 under the leadership of Dr. Lauranne Sams, former Dean and Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama. NBNA is a non-profit organization incorporated on September 2, 1972 in the state of Ohio.
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​NBNA represents approximately 200,000 African American nurses from the USA, Canada, Eastern Caribbean and Africa, with 115 chartered chapters nationwide.
NBNA mission is to provide a forum for collective action by African American nurses to represent and provide a forum for black nurses to advocate for and implement strategies to ensure access to the highest quality of healthcare for persons of color.
Sitting: Phyllis Jenkins, Lauranne Sams, Betty Smith Williams and Ethelrine Shaw.
Standing: Gloria Rookard, Betty Jo Davidson, Mary Harper, Doris Wilson
Mattiedna K. Johnson, Phyllis Davis, Mattie Watkins, and Florrie Jefferson
Greater Inland Empire
A Healthier Tomorrow
Originally chartered in 1986 in San Bernardino, California, 5 dynamic women sought to reestablish the work of NBNA in the Greater Inland Empire. With support of the original chapter members, the Greater Inland Empire chapter began the chartering process in October of 2019. The official chartering was in March 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
VISION
A relational movement toward wellness and wholeness among black nurses and the black community in the Greater Inland Empire.
Our Executive Board 2024-2026
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