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ABOUT 
MCNBNA

Leading the profession to shape the future of nursing and healthcare.

OVERVIEW & HISTORY.

Milwaukee Chapter National Black Nurses Association was organized in 1980, by seven registered nurses (Emma Smith, Carol J. Calvin, Brenda Dockery, Bonnie Booker, Laura Mathews, Ruby Dancil and Eva Allen) who saw a need for this nursing organization in Milwaukee, WI. 

  • In 1982, Milwaukee Chapter National Black Nurses Association was incorporated and became a member of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA). 

  • In 1984 under the leadership of NBNA Second President (Carrie Rogers-Brown) and in collaboration with MCNBNA Board of Directors, WRENs’ (Wisconsin Registered Ebony Nurses) a social network of Black  nurses, met and symbolically merged, at St. Mark AME Church, to become a nursing organization for minority nurses in Milwaukee. 

AWESOME MOMENTS.

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Association Overview

Milwaukee Chapter National Black Nurses Association was organized in 1980, by seven registered nurses (Emma Smith, Carol J. Calvin, Brenda Dockery, Bunny Booker, Laura Mathews, Ruby Dancil and Eva Allen) who saw a need for this nursing organization in Milwaukee, WI. 

  • In 1982, Milwaukee Chapter National Black Nurses Association was incorporated and became a member of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA). 

  • In 1984 under the leadership of NBNA Second President (Carrie Rogers-Brown) and in collaboration with MCNBNA Board of Directors, WRENs’ (Wisconsin Registered Ebony Nurses) a social network of Black  nurses, met and symbolically merged, at St. Mark AME Church, to become a nursing organization for minority nurses in Milwaukee. 

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