Starting Your Own Member Organization

Make a difference. As an organization united together we make a difference. The Women’s Alliance is dedicated to providing technical assistance to community groups and volunteers, helping them to start and grow independent programs that will provide professional clothing and  career skills coaching for low-income women in need in their communities.

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New Program Concept Checklist

Thinking about starting a "career clothing closet" in your city or community? The Women's Alliance can help! Our New Program Concept Checklist was created to assist people like you who want to start a program but are unsure how to go about it. This guide was created by gathering information from our members and compiling a list of shared practices, the resources needed and the steps many followed to establish similar programs in their own communities. For a nominal cost of $35, you will receive the New Program Concept Checklist and thirty minutes of follow-up telephone support to answer any questions you may have. Should you decide to become a member of The Women's Alliance, you will receive a $35 credit towards your first year membership dues.

To order online, simply make a $35 contribution via our button and a PDF copy of our NEW Program Concept Checklist will be emailed to you within 3-5 days (after processing).

START-UP Membership. 

The Women's Alliance provides a point of focus for collaborative efforts among organizations delivering similar services, thereby maximizing resources, expertise and best practices to every member’s ultimate benefit. As such, The Women's Alliance functions as an national center for collaborative program development, fund raising, public relations, marketing and communications efforts.

It is also a key function of The Women's Alliance to help new organizations get started in communities that are not already being served. 

The benefits of START-UP membership include:

  • New Program Concept Checklist (refer above)
  • START-UP KIT for guidance in establishing your program.
  • Ongoing mentoring by other member organizations.
  • Ongoing communications with other members via The Women’s Alliance Intranet, monthly email updates and quarterly member conference calls.
  • Shared purchasing power.
  • Access to technical assistance with individual marketing, public relations and program efforts.
  • Access to information relating to legislation and national workforce initiatives and related issues of national concern.
  • Participation in program sessions of Annual Conference at member rates.
  • Listing with hyperlink, and assistance in the development of member web page on www.thewomensalliance.org.
  • One-year membership in the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE).

If you have further membership questions,  please contact:
Terri Kearns, Membership Chair, The Women’s Alliance and Executive Director, Our Sisters’ Closet, Mobile, AL – Tel. 251-476-6768 ● Email: oursisterscloset@comcast.net