Tawanda Jones, AfroAmerica Network Black Woman of Year 2013

Tawanda Jones, AfroAmerica Network Black Woman of Year 2013

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Tawanda Jones is the founder of the Camden Sophisticated Sisters Drill Team, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Camden, New Jersey.

Camden Sophisticated Sisters Drill Team empowers teen boys and girls, younger children, and even adults, all through the art of dance.  Tawanda Jones summarizes the mission of the organization she founded 27 years ago, when her high school dance team lost funding:

“I actually wanted the entire world to know that these young ladies are sophisticated and they are from Camden, New Jersey. They do exist, they are here.

 

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