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Janelle Wood

Founder & CEO
Black Mothers Forum, Inc.

Janelle is the Founder/CEO of the Black Mothers Forum, Inc., founded in August 2016, a non profit organization of black mothers who have come together to end the bloodshed in the Black community; dismantle the school to prison pipeline; and restore the strength, dignity and hope of the Black community. She strongly believes in parental choice and children should be able to pursue their educational endeavors in safe and supportive learning environments.

Janelle Wood earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Arizona State
University in 1989 and her Master of Arts degree in Biblical Leadership from Phoenix Seminary in 2005. She has been married for 29+ years and is the proud mother of one adult son.

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Events featuring Janelle Wood
Events featuring Janelle Wood