BECAUSE OF A BLACK WOMAN Fern E. Stroud
As we continue uplifting our 10-year anniversary theme, Because of a Black Woman—during Teacher Appreciation Week and with Mother’s Day right around the corner—who better to recognize than mother of our founder and lifelong educator, Mrs. Fern E. Stroud? In addition to a remarkable teaching career in the East Bay through pivotal times in our nation’s history, she raised daughters who went on to carry forward her legacy of service. There would be no BlackFemaleProject without Mrs. Stroud!